CODE OF CONDUCT FOR STUDENTS

INTRODUCTION

As aspiring health care providers, the students shall need to maintain the highest levels of personal honour and integrity. The standard procedures and practices of the CDCRI college encourage the personal and professional development of students and set forth the minimum expectations for behaviour. Thus, all students are requested to be well versed with this code, which can also be viewed on the official website of the institute.

ATTENDANCE

        As per the NDC & University norms, 75% attendance every year is mandatory for BDS students in theory, 80% for practical/clinical classes, and 80% attendance is mandatory for MDS students to be eligible to appear in University Professional Examinations. Any student failing to fulfil these eligibility criteria will not be allowed to appear in the University Exam, and parents should desist from pressing upon the college authorities to complete the attendance unlawfully. Therefore, parents are requested to keep track of the leave record of their wards to avoid any disappointment at a later time.

DISICPLINE

  1. The student should follow the academic calendar and the curriculum prescribed by the university
  2. During class hours, a student cannot go out of the classroom without the permission of the teacher concerned. The use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited on the college campus.
  3. Students are prohibited from indulging in anti-institutional, anti-national, antisocial, communal, immoral or political expressions and activities within the campus and hostels
  4. Inattentiveness, indifference to the lessons being taught, discourtesy to any member of the staff, indiscipline of any kind which affects the prestige and reputation of the institution, staff, students or management are forbidden.

Dress Code

    Students are expected to dress neatly and wear the white coat, a symbol of professionalism, responsibility, duty and compassion

Examination

  1. There will be three Internal Assessment Examinations during each academic year for every class (BDS) as per NDC norms. The marks will be sent to the university and which is added to the final university marks as 10%.
  2.  The internal assessment examinations in theory and practical/ clinical will be held twice in a particular year, followed by a model examination in the pattern of university examination.

CODE OF CONDUCT IN CLINICS

In treating patients or carrying out practical work in class with fellow students, they must act with all reasonable care and under the direction of clinical staff.

  1.  Students must observe confidentiality about information concerning patients and fellow students, which is available to them through practice or observation at the College clinic.
  2. Undergraduate students may not give advice to patients or suggest medications or patent herbal remedies without appropriate supervision.
  3.  The student must always take steps to alleviate patient symptoms and distress, whether or not a cure is possible.
  4.  Obtaining informed consent or other valid authority before undertaking any examination, investigation or providing treatment (except in an emergency), or before involving patients in teaching or research is a must.
  5.  In their relations with patients, staff and fellow students, students are expected to act with sensitivity towards and respect for their colleagues’ backgrounds and points of view. Students practising and observing in the clinic are expected to treat patients, staff and fellow students without prejudice or discrimination of any sort.

Inappropriate Behavior

          Any student who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, who is violent physically or verbally towards anyone (patient, staff or student) in the clinic, or who makes inappropriate advances towards a patient will be excluded from the clinic immediately.

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE STUDENTS RESIDING IN THE HOSTEL

In and Out Register

  1. Hostellers are required to enter the date, his/her own name and time along with their signatures in the entry registers both at the hostel gate as well as at the campus gate while going out and while coming back into the campus. Any student found not adhering to this rule will be strictly reprimanded.
  2. Roll call of all the hostellers will be taken daily at 08:30 P.M. by the Warden. Disciplinary action will be taken against those found absent during the roll call.
  3. The students must take meals in the mess only, and they are not allowed to carry utensils into the room.
  4. The menu shall be prepared by the hostel management in consultation with the vice president of the college.
  5. No student is allowed to enter the mess kitchen under any circumstances.
  6. Hostellers are expected to treat mess staff with respect and not to threaten or manhandle them. Complaints, if any, are to be forwarded to mess management.

Furniture and Electricals

  1. Rooms are supplied with the furniture and fixtures as allotted to the students. These items are to be maintained in proper condition by the students concerned. Any breakage will be charged to the users.
  2. At the time of admission, a tube light/electric bulb will be provided by the college in working condition and at the time of leaving the hostel, finally, the students shall have to hand over these things in working condition only.
  3. Sound system/TV/ Electric kettles/ Heaters or any other electrical appliances in the rooms are strictly prohibited.
  4. All electrical points, including geyser points, are to be switched off when not in use. 
  5. Any item (e.g. bulbs, tube lights, geysers, furniture items, etc) fitted at a particular place is not to be removed or fitted at any other place.

General Instruction

  1. Every hosteller should have the civic responsibility that he or she should not cause inconvenience, annoyance or disturbance to others.
  2. All hostellers are expected to keep their rooms as well as the common areas neat and clean to maintain a hygienic and healthy atmosphere. 
  3. The hostel rooms are subject to inspection at any time by the college/hostel authorities to make sure that they are kept neat and no unauthorised items like liquor, drugs, lethal weapons, etc., are kept in the room. Any student found indulging in such unauthorised activities shall be dealt with stringently and shall be liable for expulsion and legal action.
  4. The hostellers should not engage in any unnecessary conversation, quarrel or altercation with the mess/hostel staff and fellow hostellers.
  5. Male students are not permitted to enter the girls’ hostel compound and vice versa. Day scholars and outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering the hostel compound.
  6. Hostellers are responsible for their own items. They are advised not to keep cash, gold or any valuable ornaments/items in the rooms and take adequate safety measures to safeguard their possessions. Institutional authorities will not be held responsible for any loss of such possessions/items under any circumstances.

Ragging

Ragging of juniors by the seniors is a punishable offence as per the Supreme Court ruling.

  1. Any incidence of ragging of a fresher by the seniors causing mental and physical agony will be severely punished on a written complaint by the student.
  2. The college has constituted a disciplinary committee / anti-ragging committee, which is responsible for controlling/prevent ragging.
  3. Senior faculty members of the disciplinary committee will be on rotational duty as an anti-ragging squad, which will conduct raids/surprise visits to check ragging.
  4. Students are liable to be punished when found guilty by the disciplinary committee, depending upon the nature and severity of the ragging or any other activity of indiscipline. The punishment can be financial, suspension, or expulsion from the institute. FIR may also be lodged against students indulging in ragging.