Raising behaviour concerns and commending excellence in the Peninsula Medical School (BMBS)

Find out how you can raise concerns or commend excellence for a student on Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the Peninsula Medical School

 
 
This page provides information on reporting concerns or commending excellence within Bachelor or Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS). We value feedback about our students and pass on commendations of excellence. We also take reports of concern seriously.
Please use the pathways below to contact the Medical School.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Commend a student’s professional excellence

As a member of staff or those involved in teaching
Professionalism excellence refers to when a student has demonstrated excellent professionalism behaviour in excess of reasonable expectations.
If you are a staff member looking to commend a student for excellent professionalism behaviour, please provide your feedback by completing the form:

What happens to the information I submit?
Information you submit will be held by the Medical School in accordance with the Â鶹´«Ã½ GDPR Policy. Your submission, including your name, is made available to the student, academic tutor and professionalism lead.

As a student or member of the public
We welcome reports of positive behaviour from students and members of the public.
To commend a student for excellent behaviour, please contact our Professionalism Lead or the relevant Faculty Office:
Professionalism Lead:
Rachel Leyland. Email: rachel.leyland@plymouth.ac.uk
Faculty Office Years 1–2:
Portland Square Faculty Office
Email: bmbsadmin1-2@plymouth.ac.uk. Telephone: +44 1752 585332
Faculty Office Years 3–5:
John Bull Faculty Office
Email: bmbsadmin3-5@plymouth.ac.uk. Telephone: +44 1752 585332
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Report a behaviour concern

As a member of staff or those involved in teaching
The School has identified different types of feedback that may be provided by any member of a provider’s team or a university representative regarding a student’s behaviour.
  • Low-level concerns: These refer to isolated incidents that may not appear significant on their own but could become concerning if they occur repeatedly.
  • On-the-spot professionalism concerns: These involve either repeated low-level concerns or more serious behaviours that fall well below expected professional standards.
If you are a staff member looking to report a low-level concern or an on the spot professionalism concern, please provide your feedback by completing the form:

(staff only)

If you have an immediate or major concern about a student's health and welfare please refer to the (login required) in the first instance. If these options exceed the needs of the student situation, or the immediate or major concern relates to professionalism please email: meddent-concerns@plymouth.ac.uk. If immediate action is taken as a result of referral to the information for staff guidance, please ensure that any action and outcome is shared with meddent-concerns@plymouth.ac.uk to ensure accurate records are maintained.
Further support options that are available from the University, and which may be relevant to signpost a student to, can be found on our Student Services pages .

What happens when I have raised a concern?
All low-level concerns are reviewed and recorded by the faculty office.
The student and academic tutor are notified and should discuss the concern at the next scheduled meeting.
More serious concerns are reviewed by the Professionalism Lead and remediation arranged.
Any action taken is considered and proportionate. Very serious concerns may result in consideration of the student’s Fitness to Practise.

What happens to the information I submit?
Information you submit will be held by the Medical School in accordance with the Â鶹´«Ã½ GDPR Policy. Your submission, including your name, is made available to the student, academic tutor and professionalism lead.

As a student
Many concerns can be managed through senior faculty members such as Academic tutors, Line Managers, Community and Hospital Sub-Deans, Senior Academic Tutors, Heads of School, Associate Deans or Professionalism Lead.
However, the raising concerns procedure provides an individual with a route for raising serious concerns related to patient safety or academic or professional malpractice. Students may use this raising concerns procedure to raise either a concern about academic or professional malpractice or a concern about patient safety or compromised care.
View our medicine and dentistry policies and raise a concern
For student conduct issues
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is proud to be a safe, welcoming and diverse community – our staff, students and anyone interacting with us should feel comfortable being who they are.
We believe that bullying, harassment and discrimination are never okay. Any allegations of this nature (which includes sexual violence, abuse or hate and various forms of exploitation) are taken incredibly seriously.
Speak Up – report abuse, harm or hate
By reporting an incident, you are helping us to maintain our friendly and safe university culture, where everyone can study, work and live free from any form of harassment.

As a member of the public
If you need to raise a concern about a student, please email MD-Concerns@plymouth.ac.uk.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contacts

Professionalism Lead:
Rachel Leyland. Email: rachel.leyland@plymouth.ac.uk
Fitness to Practise Lead:
Hisham Khalil. Email: meddent-concerns@plymouth.ac.uk
Faculty Office Years 1–2:
Portland Square Faculty Office
Email: bmbsadmin1-2@plymouth.ac.uk. Telephone: +44 1752 585332
Faculty Office Years 3–5:
John Bull Faculty Office
Email: bmbsadmin3-5@plymouth.ac.uk. Telephone: +44 1752 585332