University of Virginia Health System

The Medical Student Advocacy Committee seeks to eliminate the mistreatment of medical students and to promote a supportive learning environment for students in the School of Medicine.

The Committee is available to hear, evaluate, and act on reports of mistreatment.  These reports may involve sexism, racism, harassment, discrimination, verbal abuse, and other types of unprofessional behavior directed at students.

Medical students can make confidential reports about mistreatment or unprofessional behavior in person or by phone or email to any member of the Committee.  Anonymous reports to the Committee can be made using the web site, The Listening Post:  http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/listen/.

The University also has a web site for all Schools for reporting bias complaints: http://www.virginia.edu/justreportit

• Members of the Committee
• University Policies on Discrimination and Harassment
• University Board of Visitor's Resolutions on Diversity
• Personal Relationships Between Faculty and Students
• Dean Garson's Statement
• Student comments about making reports to the Committee
• Actions the Committee May Take
• Confidentiality of reports

Related Materials

• Covenants describing the relationship between students and faculty
• Presentations related to professionalism and collegiality
  • Convocation Speech to Class of 2000 by Margaret Morhman, M.D.
  • Convocation Speech to Class of 2001 by Brian Wispewey, M.D.
  • Convocation Speech to Class of 2002 by Benjamin C. Sturgill, M.D.
  • Convocation Speech to Class of 2004 by Norman Oliver, M.D.
  • Convocation Speech to Class of 2005 by Munsey S. Wheby, M.D.