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AIMG Program Rules of Conduct

Professional Standards

The AIMG Program is committed to providing a professional and safe learning and working environment, free of abuse and threats of abuse. Potential applicants, applicants, candidates and Externs of the AIMG Program are required to behave in a professional manner. Honest, respectful communication and correspondence with AIMG Program staff and affiliates - in person, on the telephone, in emails, and any other form of interaction - before, during and after the assessment process are expected.

Potential applicants and applicants understand that they are taking part in a confidential professional assessment process. Each individual is personally and professionally responsible to maintain the integrity of the assessment and their profession by conforming to the rules of conduct stipulated by the AIMG Program, and as applicable, those of The University of Alberta (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry) and/or the University of Calgary (Faculty of Medicine)

Application

In applying to participate in the AIMG Program, each applicant agrees to abide by all regulations, as well as oral and written instructions controlling the conduct of each stage of the AIMG Program assessment process. These regulations are intended to preserve the integrity of the AIMG Program by providing processes that yield valid and reliable results.

Applicants must not provide false information or make false statements on or in connection with application forms or any other AIMG Program-related documents. This includes all information related to any claims of Alberta residency, and all information related to the online application and supporting documents.

Assessment and Examination

AIMG Program candidates must abide by all regulations, as well as oral and written instructions controlling the conduct of each stage of the AIMG Program assessment process. Candidates must behave in a professional manner and refrain from irregular behaviours, including cheating.

Irregular behaviours include any actions that subvert or attempt to subvert the assessment process including but not limited to examinations.

Candidates will be observed at all times while they are taking examinations. These observations will include direct observation by invigilators and AIMG Program staff. Invigilators and staff may not necessarily inform candidates of their observations, but invigilators and staff are required to document any irregular behaviours observed and report their observations to the AIMG Program Examination Committee for action.

Candidates must therefore:

• refrain from seeking and/or obtaining unauthorized access to examination materials at any time
• refrain from giving, receiving and/or obtaining unauthorized assistance during an examination, or attempting to do so
• refrain from making notes of any kind while in the secure areas of the test centre except on the writing materials provided at the examination for this purpose
• leave all parts of the AIMG Program assessment materials, including personal notes candidates may have written during examinations, at the examination site
• refrain from possession of any unauthorized materials including electronic, photographic, communication and/or recording devices (including but not limited to cell phones, blackberries, palm pilots, and voice recorders) during examinations
• refrain from looking in the direction of another candidate’s paper, or talking to another candidate during the examination, or any other behaviour involving giving, receiving or obtaining unauthorized assistance during the examination
• keep examination content confidential, following the exam. This includes not discussing the content with anyone who took the exam before you, with you or who has not yet taken the exam
• realize that any recording of exam questions is strictly forbidden whether you intend to recreate parts of the examination or not

Disciplinary Procedures

Applicants and candidates acknowledge that their failure to behave in a professional manner and to adhere to the rules of conduct stipulated by the AIMG Program may be deemed sufficient cause for termination of their participation in the current AIMG Program assessment cycle, as well as possible prevention from participation in future AIMG Program assessment cycles.