Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Bulletin
| Supreme Chapter Volume XXXVII October 2002 |
2002 OKU/SPA SYMPOSIUM
Academic Integrity and Honor Codes: Focus on Faculty Leadership
The issues of academic integrity and accompanying honor codes are threads
underlying the fabric of learning from early grades through all levels of higher
education. Indeed, the very definition of a health professional-patient
relationship infers not only technical competence and compassion, but also a
sacred bond of honesty and reliability. Ironically, the most challenging time
for dental educators may come at this advanced point of a student’s career,
when the stakes are highest for various graduate and residency programs and the
mindset of personal integrity has long been formed, making positive change
extremely difficult.
Omicron Kappa Upsilon, along with the National Dental Hygiene Honor Society Sigma Phi Alpha, presented a symposium at the 2002 ADEA Annual Session in San Diego as a platform to explore the issues of academic integrity and integrated honor codes as they relate to current dental education. The panel of presenters included renowned experts in the field of academic integrity and its relationship to dental education, three of which have held recognized national ADEA positions. The fourth is a University Director of Legal Management.
(l-r) Julie Kligerman, Phyllis Beemsterboer, Theodore Pate, John Odom
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