{"id":2189,"date":"2024-06-30T10:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T14:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/?page_id=2189"},"modified":"2026-07-11T21:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:10:51","slug":"academic-integrity-academic-dishonesty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pa\/academic-integrity-academic-dishonesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Integrity\/Academic Dishonesty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Academic Integrity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PA Program expects the highest standards of academic integrity throughout the university and our medical communities. Academic integrity and ethical behavior are vital to an academic environment and to the development of qualified PAs; therefore, graduate students are responsible for learning and upholding professional standards of research, writing, assessment and ethics. In the academic community the high value placed on truth implies a corresponding intolerance of scholastic dishonesty.  Written or other work which a student submits must be the product of his\/her own efforts and must be consistent with appropriate standards of professional ethics. Academic dishonesty, which includes plagiarism, cheating and other forms of dishonest behavior is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Dishonesty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alleged violations of the UMES Physician Assistant Program involving academic dishonesty such as falsification, collusion, plagiarism or cheating will be resolved through the proceedings of the Progress and Promotion Committee (PPC). Faculty, preceptors and staff who become aware of academic dishonesty may choose to first counsel that student. Other consequences of such behavior include repeat assignments, partial grade, assignment failure, course failure, unprofessional warning\/citation, professional probation, or program\/university dismissal.  However, in all cases the incident should be documented and submitted to the Office of Student Affairs for inclusion in the student\u2019s file. Complaints can be made confidentially. Every effort should be made to maintain the confidentiality of all the members involved in the alleged incident. The accused will have the opportunity to review the evidence against them including information about witnesses involved in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An existing objective of the Physician Assistant Program is to promote the highest standards of professionalism among its students. The integrity of work performed is the cornerstone of professionalism. Acts of falsification, cheating, and plagiarism are acts of academic dishonesty, which show a failure of integrity and a violation of our educational objectives; these acts will not be accepted or tolerated. The following definitions and guidelines describe violations related to academic dishonesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Plagiarism <\/em><\/strong>as a form of cheating is unacceptable. Plagiarism is the act of presenting as one\u2018s own creation works actually created by others. Plagiarism consists of:\n