Appropriate Treatment in Graduate Education

Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) in the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is committed to a work environment that is professional, collegial, supportive of all personnel, and conducive to providing the best possible teaching, training and research. GMS places a very high priority on maintaining a work environment for staff, trainees, and faculty characterized by generosity, integrity, constructive interactions, mentoring, and respect for differences among members of our community. All faculty, staff and students are also expected to model the behavioral attributes of responsibility, empathy, service excellence, problem solving and continuous improvement, efficiency, cultural humility and teamwork. Students are expected to embody these characteristics in the pursuit of continuous personal and professional growth and aspire to sustain the highest level of ethical and moral standards and academic excellence. These standards are exemplified in the GMS Student Code of Conduct and the Academic Conduct Code & Procedures.

To ensure a supportive learning environment for its masters, PhD and post-doctoral trainees, Graduate Medical Sciences established the Appropriate Treatment in Graduate Education (ATGE) reporting form.

Complaints of mistreatment to GMS can be submitted named or be made anonymously. 

NOTE: This process does not apply to complaints relating to sexual misconduct, violence, or discrimination.  These are addressed by other university policies including the Equal Opportunity Office and Title IX policies and are investigated by other University offices.  Submitting a complaint to the GMS Deputy Title IX Coordinator, Dr. Gwynneth Offner (goffner@bu.edu / 617-358-9541), requires immediate and mandatory reporting. Dr. Karen Symes serves as a second Deputy for GMS (symes@bu.edu)