Confidentiality

The College of Human Medicine Student Resolution Advocate holds all communications with those seeking assistance in confidence and does not disclose confidential communications. If you have concerns about confidentiality, please raise the issue when you communicate with the Student Resolution Advocate. Because confidentiality is so important, all communications with the office of the Student Resolution Advocate are made with the understanding that they are confidential, off-the-record. Students can submit anonymous concerns and even the fact of the student visit or conversation with the Student Resolution Advocate is confidential.

The only exceptions to this privilege of confidentiality may occur when:

1. There appears to be imminent risk of serious harm
2. Compliance with the MSU Title IX requirements and MSU’s Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct Policy
3. Compliance with Clery Act reporting
4. Court order

Substance of matters discussed in the office will always remain confidential as outlined above. To provide feedback to the dean and designees, and to advocate systems change when appropriate, the Student Resolution Advocate may initiate feedback about the educational climate without disclosing confidential communications.

The Student Resolution Advocate may create and share reports using de-identified, aggregated information regarding student mistreatment to assess and report on the state of the college’s learning environment. Periodic reports will be directed to the dean, academic affairs, and the curriculum committee. While the information will be carefully de-identified and aggregated, the report will track demographics, departments, geography, and other information that could be useful in assessing and improving the college's learning environment.