Program Manual - Saint Louis University
Program Manual - Saint Louis University
Program Manual - Saint Louis University
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SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY<br />
CENTER FOR ADVANCED DENTAL EDUCATION<br />
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT<br />
Adapted from the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong> Resident’s Association and<br />
Approved by the Graduate Medical Education Committee June 20, 2000<br />
Preamble # Code of Professional Conduct # Expectations<br />
Code Violations # Procedures # Appendix A-F<br />
The following Code of Professional Conduct for Residents, Fellows and Faculty of <strong>Saint</strong><br />
<strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Center for Advanced Dental Education <strong>Program</strong>s was approved by the<br />
Center for Advanced Dental Education in June , 2001.<br />
I. Preamble<br />
<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Louis</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Center for Advanced Dental Education (CADE) in<br />
sponsoring Graduate Dental Education <strong>Program</strong>s strives to prepare<br />
dentists for practice in their chosen dental specialty, focusing on the development<br />
of clinical skills, professional competence and acquisition of key knowledge<br />
through organized educational programs with guidance and supervision.<br />
Professional competence requires that they manifest in their lives exemplary<br />
ethical and professional attitudes.<br />
Among the attitudes and behavior we espouse are:<br />
1. respect for the sanctity of human life<br />
2. respect for the dignity of patients<br />
3. appreciation of the role of religion, family, work, community and<br />
culture in patients’ well-being and illness<br />
4. devotion to social justice, including addressing inequalities in the availability<br />
of dental care.<br />
5. personal humility and an awareness of dental medicine’s inherent limitations<br />
6. maturity and balanced personal and professional lives<br />
7. an understanding and respect for collegial teamwork in the provision of<br />
care<br />
8. commitment to the development and continued maintenance of clinical<br />
competence in ourselves, our colleagues and our students.<br />
Participants in the CADE programs must realize the importance of this<br />
professional ethic and assume responsibility for developing, reviewing and<br />
maintaining these ideals in themselves, their colleagues and the dental profession.<br />
The fundamental principle is personal responsibility for professional conduct at<br />
all times based on the ethic long espoused by the dental profession of self-
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