The purpose of the MCOM Professionalism Committee is to serve as a focus of expertise and as a resource for recognizing and managing lapses of professional behavior in students. The committee will manage lapses in student professionalism across all years of instruction. The primary function of the committee is to review submitted Professionalism Improvement Forms (PIF) for students, gather information about the incident or issue, and offer a recommendation for remediation as appropriate. The committee will also monitor outcomes of remediation. Repeated or serious lapses, or failure to engage in remediation, may be reported to the Student Performance Committee (SPC) for further investigation and/or disciplinary action.
Examples of unprofessional behaviors that would warrant further action include repeated tardiness; non-inclusive or discriminatory behavior, offensive or inappropriate use of language, unexcused absence from a required activity; disruptive behavior in the classroom, clinical setting, or administrative setting; academic dishonesty; abdication of responsibility for patients, harassment, or violence.
