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• Recognize and accept personal limitations in knowledge, skill, and behavior, seeking
guidance and supervision when appropriate
• Identify and appropriately respond to unprofessional behavior in others
• Participate in defining, organizing, and evaluating the educational process for current and
future students
• Be willing and capable to work collaboratively and resolve conflicts in a variety of settings
to achieve optimal patient care and educational goals of all involved
Excellence:
• Commit to self-improvement, including being open and responsive to feedback, reflection
and self-evaluation, and actively setting and pursuing learning goals and applying
knowledge gained
• Recognize the role of wellness in the practice of medicine
• Apply legal and ethical principles to patient care, clinical research, and the practice of
medicine
Professional behavior in students is expected at all times, not just in the role of medical student while at
UCHC and affiliated teaching hospitals. Unprofessional behavior both in the personal and professional
setting reflects poorly on the individual, the SOM, and the University of Connecticut. All reports of
unprofessional behavior, including arrests, will be referred to the SOM Professionalism Incident Report
Triage (PIRT) regardless of the location where it occurred (see section II and IV below).
II. Reporting Violations of Professionalism
Any individual can report misconduct including but not limited to medical and dental students, program
directors, deans, faculty, residents and fellows, patients, or public person who has contact with the student.
Moreover, it is expected that students will self report unprofessional behavior. Self reporting
unprofessional behavior will be viewed favorably and can serve as an opportunity for self reflection and
improvement. Students must notify the school in the event they are arrested or cited for violation of Health
Center rules, or local, state, or federal laws (exceptions being traffic violations not involving impaired
driving); failure to do so would be regarded as a professionalism violation.
All incidences of professional misconduct should be reported to Professionalism Incident Report Triage
(PIRT). This is accomplished by completing a ‘Professionalism Incident Report’ (Appendix E) and
submitting the report by any of the following methods:
• E-mail to one of the PIRT Co-chairs
• Health Center mail to one of the PIRT Co-chairs (MC-1922)
• USPS mail to one of the PIRT Co-chairs (MC-1922, Office of Academic Affairs
and Education, University of Connecticut Medical School, 263 Farmington Ave.,
Farmington, CT 06030)
• Directly deliver to the Office of Academic Affairs and Education staff (AG-050)
An individual may not wish to personally submit an incident report and may decide to report the incident
to a member of the Honor Board or the Assoicate Dean of Student Affairs who will then be responsible for
completing a ‘Professionalism Incident Report.’ Although it is recommended that the reporting individual