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Summary of LEAC concerns and actions - 10/1/2021 - 12/31/2021

Since the 2020-21 academic year, the LEAC committee has used a process for reviewing and addressing reports received for review by the LEAC committee. 

Beginning with this current academic year, the committee categorizes learning environment concerns into five categories:

  • A: Mistreatment or Unprofessional Behaviors were reviewed, founded, and egregious.
  • B: Mistreatment or Unprofessional Behaviors were reviewed, founded, and not egregious. 
  • C: Mistreatment or Unprofessional Behaviors were not found.
  • D: Insufficient information to follow up on the incident.
  • E: Unprofessional Behaviors that are not a learning environment violation were reported. 

For the October 1 through December 31, 2021 period, the LEAC committee reviewed and acted on five concerns that were received through BEACON and ONE45.  

  1. One concern was about a faculty member and deemed Category B: Mistreatment or Unprofessional Behaviors were reviewed, founded, and not egregious.  The clerkship director and department chair discussed the issues with the faculty member. Dr. Criss reported back to the LEAC.
  2. One concern was about a faculty member and was deemed Category E: Unprofessional Behaviors that are not a learning environment violation were reported. Dr. Schmidt-Dalton met with the faculty member who apologized for the behavior and promised to be more observant in the future. Dr. Vanke-Adams (for Dr. Vari) reported back to the LEAC.
  3. One concern was about a faculty member and was deemed Category E: Unprofessional Behaviors that are not a learning environment violation were reported. The block director met with the faculty to discuss appropriate behavior when on ZOOM instruction. No follow-up report was necessary.
  4. One concern was about a faculty member and deemed Category B: Mistreatment or Unprofessional Behaviors were reviewed, founded, and not egregious.  Dr. Vari spoke with Dr. Schmidt-Dalton who addressed inappropriate behavior of the faculty member during the sessions and also sent an announcement out to all Clinical Science 1 faculty about the importance of stepping out of classroom for phone calls and staying focused during workshops.  Dr. Vanke-Adams (for Dr. Vari) reported back to the LEAC.
  5. A student reported concerns about a faculty member, and the concerns were deemed Category A:  Mistreatment or Unprofessional Behaviors were reviewed, founded, and egregious.  Dr. Criss met with the faculty member and the section chief to discuss the faculty member’s interaction with the student.  Discussion with the faculty member included appropriate interactions and the need to be cognizant of feedback language. Dr. Criss and the student met with the faculty member. Ultimately the student chose not to return to that rotation. Dr. Criss reported the outcome back to the LEAC.