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Academic integrity policy

The academic integrity policy has been updated with advice on using generative AI, like the ChatGPT software.

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By joining the Medicines Australia Continuing Education Program in partnership with the University of Tasmania, you join an academic culture that is underpinned by agreed principles and values. Some of the values promoted in this environment include fairness, ethics, and responsibility, or holistically – academic integrity.

Responsibility to maintain academic integrity

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Step 1

Understand academic integrity, including why it is important and valued for you, your employer, and the wider community.

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Step 2

Develop your understanding of academic integrity. Evaluate and complete the academic integrity scenarios and learning material on the Academic Integrity page so that you are aware of examples that constitute a breach in academic integrity.


Academic Integrity

In practice, academic integrity is focussed on ethical and responsible conduct when it comes to the production and submission of your work. Fundamentally it is about honesty.

Academic integrity means:

  • that you act in an ethical, responsible and trustworthy manner with learning and assessment tasks;
  • that the work you present for assessment is your own;
  • that you adhere to the rules and requirements laid out in assessment tasks;
  • that you accurately acknowledge anything included in your work produced by someone else;
  • where such use is permitted, you accurately acknowledge the use of generative AI (genAI) and the manner in which it is utilised.

Understanding the importance of academic integrity

A strong academic culture has shared values of fairness, openness and trust. These ethics and principles are important to uphold for everyone who works and studies in this environment. The Continuing Education Program contributes to maintaining professional integrity for the pharmaceutical industry. These standards are important not only to your employer, but quality use of medicines and positive health outcomes of individuals and the community.

Being academically honest means that you are learning for your own professional development and that you earn the right to take full credit for the work accomplished.

Types of Academic Integrity breaches

  • Plagiarism: Taking someone else's work, words or ideas and passing them off as one's own without appropriate acknowledgement.
  • Cheating: Acting dishonestly or deceitfully in assessment by giving or obtaining assistance to complete an assessment task.
  • Colluding: Cooperating with or assisting another student, whether intentionally or otherwise, to commit a breach of academic integrity.
  • Fraud: Deceiving others for personal gain by unjustifiably claiming or being credited for work that is not one's own.

Artificial Intelligence in assessment

Artificial Intelligence

You can use generative AI (genAI) such as ChatGPT to learn throughout the Continuing Education Program, just like you can study with a classmate or ask a friend for advice. You are NOT permitted to use genAI to generate answers to any assessment questions or tasks, however, it may be used in an assistive role as described below.

Throughout the Continuing Education Program, you will see two levels of permission:

  1. GenAI use is permitted (with acknowledgement) in written
    • brainstorm ideas
    • provide advice on improving the structure, flow, grammar, and spelling
    • condense and summarise your text
    • receive writing feedback on your draft
  2. GenAI is not permitted in any exams. This includes end of module Exams, and open-book exams including Apply Your Knowledge and Bonus Applications.

Using genAI beyond its permitted use is considered an academic integrity breach. For example, you must not use genAI to write your assignment.

Consequences of not maintaining academic integrity

Please be aware that activity on this education site is closely monitored.

Suspected academic misconduct, along with supporting evidence, will be provided to you or your Company Coordinator and Medicines Australia. You will have the opportunity to discuss the allegation with your Company Coordinator, or in the absence of a Company Coordinator, the Project Manager & Academic Lead at the University of Tasmania. The Project Manager & Academic Lead will consider all the evidence before them and will determine whether or not the allegation has been substantiated. The Project Manager & Academic Lead will consider the extent of the academic misconduct and previous penalties imposed for similar offences.

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The Project Manager & Academic Lead can impose one or more of these penalties:

  1. A reduction in the marks for that piece of assessment
  2. The cancellation of marks for that piece of assignment
  3. A fail mark for the program without financial credit or refund
  4. Suspension of your student access to iLearn. Preventing completion of the CEP for a determined period of time or until such time as written acknowledgement, by the sponsoring company (if company sponsored), is provided to the University of Tasmania confirming appropriate disciplinary action has been taken.
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From the Company or Sponsor perspective, failure to meet the expectations of academic integrity has resulted in, but is not limited to:

  1. Student payment of the Program enrolment fees back to the company
  2. Re-attempt of the Program at the student's expense the following semester
  3. Formal company warnings
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