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Physican Assistant Program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine


The Honor Code

·          Standard
Students shall be committed to uphold the Standards of Honor and Professional Conduct as stated in the Standards of Honor and Professional Conduct.

·         Dishonorable Actions
All students shall refrain from dishonorable actions. These actions shall include the following: 
  o    Cheating, including, but not limited to, copying the answers of another student on an
        examination, unauthorized use of previous editions of examinations, or reproducing information
        on an examination for other students who have not taken the examination (see
        Examination Policy for details).
  o    Failure to remove electronic testing material as required by the Department.
  o    Plagiarism, including, but not limited to, dishonest representation of another person's work
        as one's own.
  o    Lying about academic affairs. 
  o    Falsifying or deceitfully representing information regarding clinical work or patient care,
        including, but not limited to, reporting or documenting false lab values or other unverified
        patient information.
  o    Other actions deemed violations of the Standards of Honor and Professional Conduct.


Updated 5/08*