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As a university devoted to medicine, dentistry, and other health professions, the academic integrity of A.T. Still University programs and the work of its faculty, students, staff, and administration must be beyond reproach. Violations of academic integrity are grievous offenses against the university community. Academic integrity violations generally fall into one of three categories: plagiarism, cheating, or fabrication/falsification.

Plagiarism is the presentation of work from another person, entity or source as if it were one’s original work.  Also, turning in previously submitted work, in part or in whole, is considered self-plagiarism.  Plagiarism is a violation of the University’s Code of Academic Conduct found in the University Catalog and carries serious penalties in CGHS. Proper and complete citation and reference, in accordance with APA style guidelines, is required of all student work.

Specific examples of plagiarism include:

• Cutting and pasting or re-entering information from another’s work into a document without correct citation or attribution
• Information is attributed to a source other than the original
• Material authored by someone else is submitted as original work
• Material created by another source or entity such as ChatGPT, Bard, or other AI content generating technology is submitted as original work
• Self-plagiarism, which is unacceptable.  All previously prepared work, in part or in whole, may not be resubmitted, including work from a course that is being retaken.
  • In instances where it may be appropriate to include prior work, the student must obtain permission from the instructor to include the prior work.
• Information is properly cited but the paraphrasing is not substantively different from the original source
• Citations are insufficient or missing.

All assignments submitted for a grade are subject to review for plagiarism. The consequences of plagiarism vary based on whether the incident is a first, second, or third occurrence.  Incidents are cumulative during enrollment in CGHS programs.

First occurrence: A first instance of plagiarism is generally believed to result from a lack of familiarity and inexperience using APA guidelines and is perceived as a misuse of sources.

The sanctions for a first offense generally are, but not limited to:

• A grade of zero on the assignment.
• Required completion of the University Writing Center’s Proper use of Sources tutorial
• Students who choose not to participate in the tutorial or fail to complete the tutorial will receive a grade of zero on the assignment
• Resubmission of the assignment for a reduced grade
• The program chair may allow the student to revise the assignment within 7 business days of notification for a grade up to 80% of the possible points.

Second occurrence: A second occurrence of plagiarism is a more serious academic offense and is not attributed to naiveté, ignorance of guidelines, or a misunderstanding of what constitutes acceptable graduate scholarship at ATSU.

The sanction for a second plagiarism offense is, but is not limited, to:

• A grade of zero on the assignment
• A grade of F in the course

Third occurrence: A third occurrence of plagiarism is seen as a student’s chronic inability or refusal to produce acceptable graduate-level scholarship and is viewed as the student’s refusal to follow this policy.

The sanction for a third plagiarism offense is, but is not limited, to:

• A grade of zero on the assignment
• A grade of F in the course
• Expulsion from the university

Appeal process: Please refer to the appeal process outlined in the current A.T. Still University Catalog .

Materials used in connection with this course are subject to copyright protection. Materials may include, but are not limited to, documents, quizzes, discussion prompts and responses, assignments, slides, images, audio, and video. Materials in this course are only for the use of registered students and assigned A.T. Still University faculty/staff for purposes associated with this course. Unauthorized retention, duplication, distribution, or modification of copyrighted materials is strictly prohibited by law. This includes posting, submitting, sharing, using or acquiring course materials or content through online “study” platforms such as Chegg, CourseHero, StudyPool, Slader or any other like platform. It is a violation of copyright law to upload instructional materials to a third-party aggregator website without the written permission of A.T. Still University. If a student, alumnus, faculty, or staff sells, shares, acquires, or otherwise accesses course materials through such a platform, you face a charge of violating the Code of Academic Conduct and/or copyright infringement.