Responsibilities of Teachers and Learners

  • Treat students fairly and respectfully
  • Maintain high professional standards in all interactions
  • Be prepared and on time
  • Provide relevant and timely information
  • Provide explicit learning and behavioral expectations early in a course or clerkship
  • Provide timely, focused, accurate and constructive feedback on a regular basis and thoughtful and timely evaluations at the end of a course or clerkship
  • Display honesty, integrity and compassion
  • Practice insightful (Socratic) questioning, which stimulates learning and self-discovery, and avoid overly aggressive questioning which may be perceived as hurtful, humiliating, degrading or punitive
  • Solicit feedback from students regarding their perception of their educational experiences
  • Encourage students who experience mistreatment or who witness unprofessional behavior to report the facts immediately