Honor Council class representative

I was recently elected Honor Council class representative! Eight people ran for the position, all of whom would have made an excellent HC representative. I'm very excited that my classmates gave me this opportunity.

Haverford College (where I went for undergraduate) has an honor code very similar to what we have here: one that is social as well as academic, and owned by the students. I served as an Honor Council class representative at Haverford, which is one reason why I ran for this position in the first place. I'm looking forward to seeing how the two experiences compare and what ideas from Haverford's Honor Council I might be able to translate here.

To give us a sense of ownership over the honor code, a group of a dozen or so classmates together wrote the class honor code, which is more of an "honor statement" that accompanies the medical school's honor code. This happened during orientation week, on the bus ride back from the retreat, and was supposed to have been included in the White Coat ceremony. Because of logistical problems, the class honor statement never made it into the program. Here it is below, unveiled for the first time:

Class of 2013 Honor Statement:

As future physicians, we hold ourselves accountable to develop a sustainable foundation of excellence, integrity, and compassion. We understand that, in order to be trusted, we must demonstrate that we are trustworthy. To best serve our patients, we endeavor to nurture the spirit of collaboration and mutual respect. We pledge to carry these ideals into our local and global communities and to be a force for positive change.