At Cabarrus College, we groom you for your intended healthcare profession. You will be expected to present yourself in accordance with the guidelines established for your intended profession and to project a professional image through your actions as well as your appearance. College guidelines for appropriate behaviors are reflective of our core values and are articulated in the Student Code of Conduct, College Creed, and Dress Code.
Students enrolled at Cabarrus College are expected to:
- Engage in safe and professional behaviors on campus, online, and at clinical and fieldwork sites. (Professional behaviors include, but are not limited to: treating others with respect, wearing appropriate attire, wearing identification badge as required, maintaining patient confidentiality, avoiding the use of obscene, offensive, or threatening language, and refraining from behaviors that are destructive, threatening, or violent.).
- Regularly attend classes, labs, clinicals, and fieldwork experiences.
- Be honest and report acts of dishonesty, fraud, or theft.
- Maintain academic and copyright integrity.
- Maintain a drug-free, alcohol-free, and tobacco-free environment.
- Report physical, emotional, or behavioral limitations or illnesses that could limit clinical performance.
- Meet financial obligations to the college.
- Notify the college of any existing or new criminal charges, convictions, or sanctions.
- Comply with college, program, clinical, and fieldwork site policies.
Students who fail to adhere to the college's values or to abide by the Student Code of Conduct may be subject to disciplinary action. Failure to report a criminal charge, conviction, or sanction in writing to the Provost within the specified time frames could be grounds for immediate termination of participation in clinical activity. Additional information on student conduct, criminal charges and convictions, grievances, and the appeal process can be found in the College Catalog. Download the Appeal Checklist Form.
Communication plays a key role in creating and fostering strong, positive relationships between and among students, faculty, staff, and administration. Communication is bidirectional and includes the effective delivery of information as well as the ability and willingness to receive information and respond to the other.
A communication protocol is a set of guidelines for routine communications and problem solving within an organization. This communication protocol is intended to describe the Cabarrus College expectations which promote respectful communication and effective issue resolution among students, staff, faculty, and administration.
Before posting online, consider if what you say conveys pride in being a member of Cabarrus College.
- Think before you post.
- Realize your posts are public. Even with privacy settings, your photographs and information may be accessible by others for years to come.
- Respect the rights of others. Use the same discretion as in face-to-face interactions, phone, or email communications-avoid hiding behind anonymity, be polite, and keep comments appropriate. Refrain from posting anything profane, libelous, hateful, harassing, slanderous, or obscene.
- Protect confidential information, including information about patients, students, employees, and friends.
- Posting during class, clinicals, or work hours should occur only if it is part of the course assignment or work duties.
When you enter the halls of Cabarrus College, you quickly discover that faculty, staff, and students demonstrate caring attitudes, teamwork, commitment, and integrity in all that they do. As members of the College community, students are expected to maintain the highest ethical and academic standards, to respect the privacy and confidentiality of others, and to be honest and objective at all times. Students are expected to do their own work and give appropriate credit to the work of others. Cheating, plagiarism, falsification of records, unauthorized copying, and any other dishonest act will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal from the College.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can support learning when used responsibly and in compliance with College policies. These guidelines outline expectations for appropriate AI use, protect privacy, uphold academic integrity, and support your academic and professional development.
Protect Confidentiality
- Never enter patient data, PHI (Protected Health Information), PII (Personally Identifiable Information), or other sensitive personal or institutional information into AI tools.
- Treat all AI platforms as public-facing systems. Information entered into AI tools may be stored, logged, or reused by the vendor.
Use AI as a Support Tool
- AI tools may be used to support learning activities such as brainstorming, outlining, or revising your own work. AI tools may not be used to generate original academic work submitted for credit unless explicitly permitted by your instructor.
- Students are responsible for verifying all AI-generated content against course materials and credible, evidence-based sources.
- AI-generated content may contain bias, factual errors, or fabricated information. Students are responsible for identifying and correcting these issues.
Transparency and Citation
- Any use of AI tools must be clearly disclosed in coursework, consistent with course-specific guidance and College policy.
- Students must follow AI-related expectations outlined in the course syllabus.
- When expectations are unclear, students are responsible for asking their instructor for guidance before using AI tools.
Sample AI Disclosure Statement: “I used Microsoft Copilot to assist with brainstorming and revising this assignment. All submitted work reflects my own understanding and academic effort.”
Academic Integrity
- Use of AI tools without disclosure or instructor permission constitutes a violation of the Academic Integrity Policy.
- Students are fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and quality of all submitted work, regardless of whether AI tools were used.
Compliance and Security
- With instructor approval, students may use AI tools to support their learning; however, Microsoft Copilot is the College’s official supported AI platform for coursework and academic activities.
Examples of AI Use
Acceptable use (unless restricted by your instructor):
- Brainstorming ideas or topics
- Revising grammar or clarity of your own writing
- Generating practice questions for self-study
- Summarizing notes or content you created yourself
Unacceptable use (unless explicitly permitted):
- Submitting AI-generated work as your own (including but not limited to discussion board posts, presentations, paper development, etc.)
- Using AI to generate citations or references without verification
- Using AI during quizzes, exams, or clinical documentation
- Entering patient, clinical, or confidential institutional data into AI tools
AI-Generated Citations
AI tools may generate citations or references that are inaccurate or do not exist. Students must verify all sources and may only submit legitimate, retrievable references.
Before You Submit
- Did you follow your instructor’s AI guidance?
- Did you disclose any AI use?
- Did you verify all facts and citations?
- Does this work reflect your own understanding?