The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are dedicated to providing students, postdocs, residents, faculty, staff members, and patients with an environment of respect, dignity, inclusion, trust, support, and protection of civil and professional discourse, free of mistreatment, abuse, or coercion, and without fear of retaliation.
Educators (defined broadly to include anyone in a teaching or mentoring role, including faculty, postdocs, residents, fellows, nurses, staff, and students) bear significant responsibility for creating and maintaining this environment. As role models and evaluators, educators must practice appropriate professional behavior toward, and in the presence of, students and trainees, who are in a particularly vulnerable position due to the formative and dependent nature of their status.
Mistreatment interferes with the learning environment, adversely impacts well-being and the trainee-mentor relationship, and has the potential to negatively impact patient care and research.
At the same time, exemplary behaviors that demonstrate integrity, empathy, compassion, respect, and advocacy help create a learning and working environment we can all be proud of.
Mistreatment policy: You can find more information here.
All student grievances should be filed through the feedback form or report any form of grievance (it includes Title IX), mistreatment, or misconduct: learn more here.