Students shall use the minimum necessary information required to accomplish an authorized educational or clinical purpose.
Students shall:
• Access only records they are authorized to access; • Review only information relevant to their assigned educational/clinical responsibilities; • Avoid accessing records of family members, friends, acquaintances, themselves, or other individuals unless specifically authorized for an educational purpose; • Log out of electronic health records when finished; • Protect passwords and authentication credentials; and • Never share usernames, passwords, access cards, tokens, or other credentials.
9. Classroom and Didactic Confidentiality
Confidentiality requirements apply during didactic education.
Students shall not disclose identifiable information discussed during:
Case conferences;
•
Classroom discussions; Problem-based learning; Small-group activities; Patient case presentations;
•
•
•
•
Simulation;
•
Standardized patient encounters;
•
Skills laboratories;
•
Interprofessional education; or Other educational activities.
•
•
When patient cases are used for educational purposes, students shall use only information authorized for educational use and shall avoid unnecessary patient identifiers.
Students shall not discuss identifiable patient information in hallways, elevators, cafeterias, public transportation, restaurants, social gatherings, or other locations where unauthorized individuals may hear the discussion.
Powered by FlippingBook