VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #U014

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Policy Order No.: U014 Effective Date: November 30, 2001 Revised Date: January 12, 2023

Signature on File

_______________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O. President and Provost ________________________________________________________________________ VCOM Consensual Relationship Policy ________________________________________________________________________ 1. PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................... 1 2. EMPLOYEE / STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS ......................................................................... 1 3. STUDENT / PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS ............................................................................. 2 4. POLICY ENFORCEMENT ............................................................................................... 2 5. DURATION OF POLICY .................................................................................................. 2 1. PURPOSE The purpose for the Employee/Student Relationship Policy is to establish professional behavioral and ethical standards for students, faculty and staff to adhere to which will guide them in the academic as well as the professional setting. 2. EMPLOYEE / STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS A primary responsibility of employees is to promote an academic environment conducive to the maximum development of students. Employees are encouraged to be familiar with and support those policies directly affecting students. VCOM expects faculty, staff, students, and administration to exhibit professional behavior. VCOM believes that an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect between students and faculty is essential to a healthy medical school environment where students may flourish. Employees will serve as role models to students in the application of ethical principles in the classroom, at the patient’s bedside, and in the community. VCOM’s goal is to produce highly qualified and knowledgeable osteopathic graduates who are dutiful and who exhibit integrity and compassion. Education at VCOM is conducted for the common good and not to further the interest of an individual teacher or the financial initiatives of

VCOM Consensual Relationship Policy

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