Student Advocacy
We are committed to promoting and supporting a safe, welcoming and professional environment for students in the School of Medicine and associated educational and clinical settings. If you feel you have experienced mistreatment or unprofessional behavior, there are a variety of ways to file a report.
Mistreatment may involve sexism, racism, harassment, discrimination, verbal abuse, or any other types of unprofessional behavior. Medical students can make anonymous, in-person, or phone reports of mistreatment or unprofessional behavior.
Resources Available to Medical Students
Contained below is information covering the following avenues of reporting: Student Listening Post; Oasis course, clerkship, elective and faculty evaluations; Office of Educational Affairs; Just Report It (JRI); and University Ombuds. If you believe you have experienced sexism, racism, harassment, discrimination, verbal abuse, or any other types of unprofessional behavior, please report it.
Student Listening Post
Medical students can make reports to the Office of Educational Affairs through the Student Listening Post available on VMED. Students can choose whether or not to include their name on the report.
Oasis course, clerkship, elective and faculty evaluations
Reports of mistreatment and/or unprofessionalism can be submitted through Oasis course, clerkship, elective, or faculty evaluations. Reports filed through Oasis are received in real-time by the Office of Educational Affairs if the questions regarding student mistreatment or unprofessionalism are answered affirmatively.
These reports do not contain the name of the student completing the evaluation.
Office of Educational Affairs
Medical students can report mistreatment or unacceptable behaviors in person, by phone or email to:
Lesley Thomas
Assistant Dean for Compliance and Accreditation
Office of Educational Affairs
(434) 924-1864
Dean on Call
The SOM Office of Student Affairs provides 24-hour crisis management and incident response services to medical students. In case of an emergency, contact the Dean on Call.
Just Report It (JRI)
Students may report an incident of bias/discrimination/harassment, hazing, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, intimate partner violence, stalking, sexual or gender-based harassment, complicity, or retaliation using Just Report It, the University’s online incident reporting system.
University Ombuds
The University Ombuds, Amanda Monaco, acts as a trusted navigator for current faculty, staff, and students seeking confidential guidance, information, insight, and potential options to overcome an existing conflict or concern. Virtual, phone, and in-person ombuds consultations can be conveniently scheduled online.
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Procedure Available to Medical Students for Filing Reports of Mistreatment and/or Unprofessionalism
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Student Mistreatment and Other Unacceptable Behaviors (SOM)
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Discrimination and Harassment: Preventing and Addressing (UVA)
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Harassment: Sexual and Gender-Based and other forms of Interpersonal Violence (UVA)
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Preventing and Addressing Retaliation (UVA)
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Standards for Professional Behavior for Practitioners (Medical Center)
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Title IX and Sexual Misconduct
