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Duke University School of Medicine and the Department of Population Health Sciences (DPHS) are committed to cultivating a respectful, inclusive, and healthy work environment for faculty, staff, students, trainees, volunteers, patients, and visitors. Professionalism is a core value and expectation for each of us and is demonstrated through our words and actions. Included in the following Professionalism Plan are the department’s guiding principles, how DPHS promotes a culture of professionalism, resources and a structure to report unprofessional behavior, and faculty/staff mediator roles.