Helping to tackle discrimination

  1. Summary
  2. Creating fair, respectful, and compassionate workplaces
  3. Helping to tackle discrimination
  4. Treating patients fairly
  5. Promoting patient centred care
  1. Supporting continuity of care and safe delegation
  2. Consent and confidentiality
  3. Taking care of your own wellbeing
  4. Communicating as a medical student
  5. Engaging with assessments policies and procedures

To help tackle discrimination there are strengthened paragraphs that make clear that you must not 'discriminate against, bully or harass anyone based on their personal characteristics for any other reason' (paragraph 53).

You must also not 'not act in a sexual way towards colleagues with the effect or purpose of causing offence, embarrassment, humiliation or distress.' (paragraph 54). This applies to how you interact with your fellow students, medical school staff and the people you work with on clinical placements. You should also be aware that this applies equally in social settings as well as in learning environments.

Achieving good medical practice reflects the strengthened principles for doctors that they 'must not act in a sexual way towards patients or use their professional position to pursue a sexual or improper emotional relationship with a patient or someone close to them.' (paragraph 96).

The guidance is also clear that 'if you witness any of these behaviours, you should act:

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