The following guidelines are to be followed regarding confidentiality of information obtained while completing experiences:
- No confidential information about an institution’s affairs is to be repeated outside that institution.
- The student will request permission from the affiliating institution’s RDN/preceptor before examining records in the facility.
- The student will not repeat confidential information from personnel records or patient charts unless discussing these records with the preceptor in charge as part of the learning experience.
- Students may share learning experience information with each other in class discussions if none of the information is confidential. Information shared should be discussed only for educational purposes and students are not to repeat shared information outside the classroom.
- The affiliating institution’s preceptor will inform the student of any existing policy on confidentiality in that institution. If the procedure differs from the one listed above, the student will abide by the policy in the institution.