The Office of the Learning Environment uses incident types and subtypes for classification and reporting purposes. Incident types help the OLE to better understand your report. Reporters can select as many types that are applicable to their report when reporting through the Professionalism Accolade and Incident Reporting (PAIR) form. Incidents do not have to fall into one of these categories in order to be reportable.
Disability Incidents (Referral to Civil Rights & Title IX team)
- Denied opportunities for training/rewards based on a disability
- Offensive remarks/behaviors related to a disability, including microaggressions
- Received lower evaluations or grades because of a disability
- Other disability incident
Gendered/Sexist Incidents (Referral to Civil Rights & Title IX team)
- Unwanted sexual or romantic advances
- Asked to exchange sexual favors for grades/rewards
- Other sexual harassment
- Denied opportunities for training/rewards based on gender
- Offensive gender/sexist remarks/behaviors, including microaggressions
- Received lower evaluations or grades because of gender
- Sexual misconduct
- Sexual Violence
- Other gendered/sexist incident
Other Incidents
- Negative or offensive remarks/behaviors directed at personal beliefs or personal characteristics other than gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability
- Received lower evaluations or grades because of characteristics other than gender, race/ethnicity, or sexual orientation
- Other discrimination/differential treatment
- Retaliation
- Intimidation/Threaten to retaliate
- Psychological cruelty
- Required to perform personal (nonsexual) services
- Other incident type
Patient Care Incidents
Physical Incidents
- Threatened with physical harm
- Unwanted or unnecessary physical contact of a non-sexual nature
- Physically harmed
- Other physical incident
Racial/Ethnic Incidents (Referral to Civil Rights & Title IX team)
- Denied opportunities for training/rewards based on race or ethnicity
- Racially or ethnically offensive remarks/behaviors, including microaggressions
- Received lower evaluations or grades because of race or ethnicity
- Other racial/ethnic incident
Research Incidents
- Research misconduct
- Unfair/poor treatment of individuals in research settings
- Research retaliation
- Research obstruction
- Mentor unwilling or unable to fulfill mentorship duties
- Publishing disputes
- Other research incidents
Sexual Orientation-Related Incidents (Referral to Civil Rights & Title IX team)
- Denied opportunities for training or rewards based on sexual orientation
- Offensive remarks/behaviors related to sexual orientation, including microaggressions
- Received lower evaluations or grades because of sexual orientation
- Other sexual orientation incident
Suboptimal Education Incidents
- Curriculum concern
- Not included in clinical team or class discussions
- Educator unavailable to teach
- Educator uninterested in teaching
- Learning facilities/physical space concern
- Grade concern
- Educator was unprofessional
- Educator was unskilled in teaching
- Educator was not supportive
- Other suboptimal education incidents
Student Professionalism
Note: Reports regarding any unprofessional behavior by students (including all incidents types listed on this page) are not handled by the Office of the Learning Environment.
Medical Students: Confidential reports about medical students are forwarded directly to the Professionalism Subcommittee lead. Anonymous reports will not be forwarded or acted upon unless there is a threat of harm. Please see the Pitt Med Code of Professionalism for more information.
Graduate Students: Reports about graduate students are shared with the appropriate program director or dean.
Verbal Incidents
- Publicly embarrassed
- Publicly humiliated
- Harsh feedback provided in private
- Verbal abuse
- Other verbal incident