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Pharmacy Professionalism Toolkit for Students and
Faculty
Provided by the APhA-ASP/AACP Committee on Student Professionalism
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PROFESSIONAL YEARS 01, 02, 03
(Didactic)
Honor System
Description of activity
An honor system includes an honor pledge and a policy for promoting
these values. Typically, the honor system consists of a policy or
policies that describe the responsibilities of students, faculty, and
administrators in upholding academic integrity. At the same time there
is a description about the rights of individuals to the due process
offered by administrative hearings and appeals. In some systems, only
students are involved in evaluating violations and determining the
appropriate penalty or sanction. Other systems may involve a combination
of students, faculty, and administrators.
Rationale
An honor system provides the infrastructure for fostering honesty,
truth, and integrity among students. A system serves to inform and
educate students about professional behavior and provides consequences
in the event of an infraction.
Areas of professionalism addressed
Honesty, truth, and integrity serve as core values for professionals.
These values are fulfilled by an active honor system.
Special issues involving
planning/promotion/implementation
An honor pledge should be developed and communicated to all students and
faculty. For all pledged assignments, the student should be expected to
sign a statement such as “On my honor, I have neither given nor
received aid on this assignment.” A policy or policies should be
developed to define violations (e.g., cheating, plagiarizing,
facilitating academic honesty, abusing academic materials, stealing
academic materials, lying related to academic matters); establish a
formal hearing process; establish a list of responsibilities for
participation in the process by students, faculty and administrators;
establish penalties (e.g., honor probation, assignment of grades,
suspension, expulsion); and establish an appeals process.
Examples of programs and resources
- Auburn University
- Ohio Northern University (conducted a survey on honor codes)
- Virginia Commonwealth
University
- University of Michigan
- Univeristy of Mississippi
- University of Southern California
Honor System
Dress Code
Course Content and Structure
Classroom Demeanor
Student Membership on School and College
Committees
Professional Demeanor: Faculty, Teaching Assistants,
Preceptor, Staff & Administrators
Ethics Course Offerings
Leadership and Political Advocacy Course
Offering
Recognition and Awards
Cultivating Student and Faculty
Relationships
Professional Pharmacy Organizations
Student Leadership Council
Community Service Requirements (Service
Learning)
Pinning/Professional Commitment Ceremony (End of
P3)
Faculty Retreat
Student Professionalism Assessment
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