Professional behavior is not confined to the workplace. These skills also affect daily interactions with peers, instructors, friends, and family members. The faculty and staff at MCHP demonstrate the tenets of professionalism in all their encounters with students and with one another. As they assimilate into the college community, students are coached in the development and effective utilization of these important interpersonal skills.
Students must demonstrate professional behavior consistent with nursing standards, including confidentiality, respectful communication, ethical conduct, and compliance with institutional and clinical agency policies.
The college community encompasses administration, faculty, staff, and students. Students are part of the college community and retain the rights, protections, and privileges of fair treatment. Students are also subject to the standards, responsibilities, and regulations associated with an educational environment.
The purpose of the Maine College of Health Professions Student Code of Conduct is to foster a sense of trust, responsibility, professionalism, and accountability among all individuals at MCHP. The Code of Conduct is to assist in students’ personal and intellectual growth to become healthcare professionals, as well as to establish behavioral expectations. Students’ behaviors can have long-term effects, even in their careers. Depending on the offense, students may not be eligible to obtain a professional license; therefore, students should contemplate decisions that violate the Student Code of Conduct. The goals for the disciplinary policy in the MCHP’s Student Code of Conduct are:
- to develop a sense of responsibility
- to provide a safe atmosphere for learning and well-being
- to encourage ethical behaviors
- to promote academic integrity
The MCHP Student Code of Conduct (SCC) is in the MCHP College-Wide Handbook.