The Honor Council - PowerPoint Presentation

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The Honor Council

Judith Wold, PHD, RN, ANEF, FAANFaculty ChairSlide2

Professional Ethics

Nursing

is the country’s most trusted profession

Bound by the ANA Code of Ethics and the ICN Code of EthicsSlide3

Honor Code Pledge

All students are required to sign the Student Academic Honor Code Pledge form prior to enrollment at the NHWSN. This document will be valid the entire time the student is enrolled at the NHWSN.Slide4

PLEDGE

Academic Honor PledgeAs a member of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, I pledge to conduct myself with the utmost integrity in all matters related to Academic Honesty. This commitment is built upon the principles of Scholarship, Leadership and Social Responsibility.

On My Honor……..I pledge to be honest in any and all Academic Endeavors and will conduct myself in a manner that exemplifies honesty, integrity and exemplary character.I verify that I have read the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Academic Honor Code. By signing this pledge, I acknowledge that as a professional student, I will abide by the Academic Honor Code and I will remain mindful of the policies set in place throughout my academic career at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

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The Honor Council

Responsibility for maintaining a standard of unimpeachable honor in all academic workStudent-initiated and student-regulated

Every student who chooses to attend the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing agrees, as a condition of attendance,

sign an honor council pledge at orientation agreeing to abide by

all provisions of the

Academic Honor

Code as long as he or she remains a student. By continued attendance

at

Emory, students reaffirm their pledge to adhere to and uphold the provisions of the

Academic Honor

Code.Slide6

Honor Council Domains

The Honor Code governs academic conduct of a student in the NHWSN. Any student who submits an examination or other academic work thereby certifies that the work is his/her own and that he/she is unaware of any instance of violation of this code by him/her or others. Students enrolled in the NHWSN are accountable under the jurisdiction of the Student

Academic Honor Code of the NHWSN in all student handbooks. READ IT. Academic setting:

Examples: plagiarism, cheating, falsifying documents of

any

kind

, facilitating academic dishonesty, providing false informationSlide7

Member selection for 2016-17

Occurs late Fall SemesterMembers nominated and voted on by members of your class. 2members and an alternate for each classOnce on Committee—serve till graduationAnnual orientation for new members in early Spring semester.Slide8

Duties of the Honor Council

The duties of the Honor Council include the following:1. The Honor Council will introduce the Student Academic Honor Code to the student body during Orientation each year.

2. The Honor Council is responsible for recommending actions to the dean of the NHWSN as appropriate3. When case is reported, reviews and interview/s

need to begin immediatelySlide9

Duties of the Honor Council cont’d

4. The Honor Council will work in collaboration with the Associate Dean of Enrollment and Student Affairs and the Academic Assistant Deans/program directors to revise the Student Academic Honor Code as necessary.

5. The Honor Council will keep in strictest confidence any infraction, preliminary meeting and/or hearing. This is of utmost importance. No one outside of the Honor Council shall be informed of any activities surrounding reported infractions.

6. It is the responsibility of the Honor Council to meet at the beginning of spring semester each year to orient new members to Honor Council regarding procedures and expectations. Slide10

Academic

Integrity Violation ReportSome academic violations will be handled by class facultyIf a faculty finds that someone has violated the HC within their class, they have the latitude to handle in their course gradingA record will me made of the violation and filed with the appropriate academic dean.Slide11

FAQs

Who can report alleged violations?  Will I remain anonymous if I report a violation?

  How does the Honor Council function with regards to punishment for academic violation?

If

I have any kind of a question regarding the Honor Code or the Honor Council, whom should I contact?

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Our Process

Incident reportedInvestigative team assigned

1 faculty member and 1 studentInvestigative team will construct letter to person/s

involved

Interviews with all parties involved

Case is either Dismissed or forwarded to the Honor Council for full hearing

Honor Council meets

Investigative team reports and other materials given to each HC member. Thirty minutes to review material prior to hearing.

Student given an opportunity to speak (Advisor may not speak to HC or question witnesses)

Honor Council Votes; If majority vote guilty, HC recommends punishment

Recommendation is made to the Dean

The Dean makes the final decision and dispositionSlide13

Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct is an offense generally defined as any action or

inaction that is offensive to the integrity and honesty of the members of the academic community. This offense includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Seeking, using, giving, or obtaining unauthorized assistance or information in any academic assignment or examination

Intentionally giving false information to professors or instructors for the purpose of gaining academic advantage

Plagiarizing

Often committed without intent because of incorrect citations

Most papers are submitted to

Safe Assign,

a program available through Blackboard. Most faculty are attuned to changes in writing style and if material sounds outside of the norm, this will raise questions.Slide14

Signing the pledge on your tests/quizzes

I did not give or receive help…..What does that mean??????Slide15

Most Common Issue

Advances in medical treatment have improved the health and reduced the death rate of those infected with HIV. In order to realize the benefit of these advances, HIV positive patients must maintain a high level of adherence to their medication regimen “Patients with low adherence were almost 6 times more likely to progress to clinical AIDS or die than the high-adherence reference group”. With approximately 45% of HIV patients in North America failing to consistently adhere to their medication regimen, there appears to be significant need for intervention. Poor medication adherence is associated with an increased viral load and a potentially greater risk of HIV transmission. Considering that medication adherence is one of the most important predictors regarding the success of HIV treatment, methods to increase adherence can have tremendous impact on favorable patient outcomes. An analysis of interventions designed to enhance medication adherence among the HIV-positive population can provide insight into future efforts to improve adherence to medication regimens.

(

McNicholl

, 2008; Quinn, et al., 2000)Slide16

What Should Have Been

Advances in medical treatment have improved the health and reduced the death rate of those infected with HIV (Lewis, Heitkhemper

, Dirksen, O'brien, & Bucher, 2007)

. In order to realize the benefit of these advances, HIV positive patients must maintain a high level of adherence to their medication regimen

(Mills, et al., 2006)

.

McNicholl

(2008) reports

, “Patients with low adherence were almost 6 times more likely to progress to clinical AIDS or die than the high-adherence reference group”

(p. S14)

. With approximately 45% of HIV patients in North America failing to consistently adhere to their medication regimen

(Mills, et al., 2006)

, there appears to be significant need for intervention. Poor medication adherence is associated with an increased viral load and a potentially greater risk of HIV transmission

(

McNicholl

, 2008; Quinn, et al., 2000)

. Considering that medication adherence is one of the most important predictors regarding the success of HIV treatment

(

McNicholl

, 2008)

, methods to increase adherence can have tremendous impact on favorable patient outcomes. An analysis of interventions designed to enhance medication adherence among the HIV-positive population can provide insight into future efforts to improve adherence to medication regimens. Slide17

Resources on Plagiarism

Library Tutorialshttp://health.library.emory.edu/training/eLearning-solutions.htmlAPA Manual

http://www.apastyle.org/manual/Carolyn M. Brown, Reference Librarian

SON Liaison to Woodruff Health Center Library

404-727-0285

carolyn.m.brown@emory.eduSlide18

Plagiarism

When in Doubt

CITE

Ask Your

Instructor

ORSlide19

Use of Smart Phones

SEE TESTING POLICY FOR YOUR PROGRAMTextingEmailingNotes on PhoneDifficult to prove without witnesses