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The PIRT Chairperson(s) shall review and act upon all reports and, after consultation with other
members of the committee, will determine the final destination of each report; this will be
accomplished within 4 business days of receiving a report. PIRT will consider already established
criteria (i.e. Honor Code, CHIPS referral criteria, etc.) when making this determination. The
destination of each report may vary, but some examples are as follows:
• PIRT student file
• Honor Board
• Confidential Help for Impaired Professional Students (CHIPS)
• Associate Dean, Medical Student Affairs
• Academic Advancement Committee (AAC)
• Professionalism Review Board (PRB)
• Local Law Enforcement
• Course/Clerkship Director
If a face-to-face meeting has not already been performed by the individual submitting the formal
incident report, a face-to-face meeting between the student and a PIRT committee member will be
held for all reports of a negative nature to ensure the student is aware of both the report and the
process of addressing each report. For those reports of a positive nature, a face-to-face meeting
with the student is encouraged but not required.
C. PIRT Student Files
All Professional Incident Reports that are submitted to the PIRT will remain confidential. A copy
of all negative incident reports submitted to PIRT will be placed in the PIRT student files. If a
negative incident report is not acted upon by PIRT, the file will be reviewed to see if the report is
an isolated event or indicative of a pattern of negative behavior. At the discretion of PIRT, if a
pattern is present (i.e. persistent tardiness to class/lab, absence from PBL, etc.), a summary report
describing the concern may be forwarded directly to the AAC.
All positive/exemplary incident reports submitted to PIRT will be placed in the PIRT student files.
Copies of each praise report will be sent to the student as well as to the student’s permanent file in
the office of Student Affairs and may be mentioned in their Medical School Performance
Evaluation (MSPE) as per the decision of the Professionalism Honors Committee.
All PIRT files will be retained in the office of Academic Affairs and Education and will not be part
of any permanent student record. Upon a student’s graduation, all related PIRT student files will
be destroyed.
V. Professionalism Review Board (PRB)
If a negative professionalism incident is determined to be of a serious and significant nature, but is
deemed by PIRT to necessitate investigation beyond the purview or scope of the Honor Board, the
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, or other report destinations, then this significant incident will be
referred to the Professionalism Review Board (PRB).
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