Community Guidelines

Be Professional

After Trials is a professional community.

Treat other users with the same professionalism and respect you would expect in

a medical school, hospital, research institution, conference, or professional

workplace.

You should:

• Communicate respectfully;

• Disagree professionally;

• Give constructive feedback;

• Respect different professional and academic backgrounds;

• Avoid unnecessary personal attacks;

• Give credit where it is due; and

• Keep discussions relevant and constructive.

You can strongly disagree with an idea without attacking the person behind it.

Respect Other People

We do not tolerate harassment, bullying, intimidation, threats, stalking, or

targeted abuse.

Do not:

• Repeatedly contact someone who has asked you to stop;

• Threaten another user;

• Target someone with abusive messages;

• Encourage others to harass someone;

• Humiliate or deliberately degrade another person;

• Make threats of violence;

• Share someone's private information to intimidate them; or

• Organize harassment against another user.

Professional disagreement is allowed.

Personal attacks are not.

Be Honest About Who You Are

Trust is particularly important in a medical professional community.

Do not:

• Pretend to be a doctor when you are not;

• Pretend to be a medical student when you are not;

• Falsify qualifications;

• Falsify university or hospital affiliations;

• Misrepresent employment;

• Use another person's identity;

• Use another person's professional credentials;

• Create deceptive professional profiles; or

• Manipulate verification systems.

Your profile should accurately represent your professional or educational

status.

After Trials may verify professional status and may take action against accounts

that provide misleading or fraudulent information.

Protect Patient Privacy

Never share personally identifiable patient information on After Trials.

This includes information such as:

• Patient names;

• Addresses;

• Phone numbers;

• Personal email addresses;

• Medical record numbers;

• Identifiable photographs;

• Identifiable medical records;

• Identifiable laboratory results;

• Identifiable clinical documents;

• Identifiable genetic information; or

• Other information that could reasonably identify a patient.

If you are discussing a clinical case for educational or professional purposes,

ensure that the information has been appropriately anonymized or de-identified.

You are responsible for obtaining any required patient consent, institutional

approval, ethics approval, or other authorization before sharing information.

When in doubt, do not post it.

After Trials may remove content containing patient-identifiable information and

may restrict or terminate accounts where appropriate.

Respect Confidential Information

Do not share confidential information that you are not authorized to disclose.

This may include:

• Hospital information;

• University information;

• Employer information;

• Confidential research;

• Unpublished manuscripts;

• Restricted datasets;

• Private communications;

• Internal documents;

• Trade secrets;

• Proprietary information; or

• Information belonging to another person or organization.

Having access to information does not automatically mean you have permission to

publish it.

Research With Integrity

After Trials encourages research discussion and collaboration.

Keep research discussions professional and honest.

Do not:

• Fabricate research results;

• Falsify data;

• Misrepresent authorship;

• Claim someone else's research as your own;

• Deliberately misrepresent scientific findings;

• Share confidential research without authorization;

• Misrepresent publication status;

• Falsely claim institutional approval; or

• Mislead users about research opportunities.

Users are responsible for following the ethical, institutional, and legal

requirements applicable to their research.

After Trials does not independently validate every research claim or scientific

statement posted by users.

Medical Information Is Not Automatically Medical Advice

Users may discuss medical, scientific, and clinical topics on After Trials.

However, information shared by users should not automatically be treated as

professional medical advice.

Do not present yourself as providing a formal diagnosis or treatment

recommendation to someone when you are not appropriately qualified or authorized

to do so.

Do not encourage users to ignore appropriate professional medical care.

After Trials is a professional networking platform, not a replacement for a

doctor, hospital, emergency service, or other appropriate healthcare provider.

Keep Job Listings Genuine

After Trials may allow users and organizations to post jobs and professional

opportunities.

Job listings should be accurate and genuine.

Do not:

• Post fake jobs;

• Misrepresent an employer;

• Collect money through fraudulent job listings;

• Request unnecessary sensitive information;

• Misrepresent compensation or employment conditions;

• Impersonate an organization;

• Post discriminatory opportunities where prohibited by law; or

• Use job listings to scam or exploit applicants.

Employers and job posters are responsible for the accuracy and legality of their

listings.

Applicants should independently verify opportunities before providing sensitive

information or accepting an offer.

No Spam

Don't use After Trials as a mass-marketing or unsolicited messaging platform.

Do not:

• Send unsolicited bulk messages;

• Repeatedly send promotional messages;

• Flood discussions with irrelevant content;

• Create multiple accounts to distribute the same material;

• Manipulate engagement;

• Artificially inflate likes or connections; or

• Repeatedly contact users who have not indicated interest.

Professional networking is encouraged.

Spam is not.

No Scams or Fraud

Do not use After Trials to deceive, manipulate, or defraud other users.

This includes:

• Fake investment opportunities;

• Fake jobs;

• Fake research opportunities;

• Credential scams;

• Phishing;

• Payment fraud;

• Impersonation;

• Financial scams;

• Fake organizations; or

• Other deceptive schemes.

If something appears suspicious, report it to us.

Respect Intellectual Property

Only upload or share material that you have the right to use.

Do not:

• Copy another person's work and claim it as your own;

• Upload copyrighted material without permission;

• Share confidential documents without authorization;

• Remove attribution from someone else's work;

• Misuse academic publications; or

• Infringe intellectual-property rights.

When sharing someone else's work, provide appropriate attribution where

applicable.

Don't Share Private Information

Do not publish another person's private or sensitive information without

appropriate authorization.

This includes:

• Personal phone numbers;

• Private email addresses;

• Home addresses;

• Identification documents;

• Private conversations;

• Financial information;

• Account credentials;

• Private photographs; or

• Other sensitive personal information.

This rule applies even if you believe the information is publicly available

somewhere else.

Keep Content Appropriate

After Trials is intended to be a professional environment.

Do not use the Platform to distribute:

• Explicit sexual content;

• Extremely graphic or disturbing content;

• Content intended primarily to shock or harass;

• Hate-based abuse;

• Violent threats;

• Content promoting criminal activity; or

• Other content that is clearly inappropriate for a professional medical

community.

Educational or professional discussion of sensitive medical subjects may be

appropriate depending on context.

No Hate or Targeted Discrimination

Do not attack, threaten, or degrade people based on protected characteristics or

personal identity.

We do not permit targeted hateful conduct or content intended to dehumanize or

encourage hostility toward individuals or groups.

Professional disagreement and criticism of ideas are permitted.

Targeted hateful abuse is not.

Don't Manipulate the Platform

Do not attempt to artificially manipulate how After Trials works.

This includes:

• Creating fake accounts;

• Buying or selling accounts;

• Manipulating engagement;

• Artificially generating connections;

• Exploiting bugs;

• Circumventing restrictions;

• Scraping user information without authorization;

• Bypassing security controls;

• Using malicious automation; or

• Attempting unauthorized access to Platform systems.

Use Automation Responsibly

Automated tools, bots, scripts, or other technical systems must not be used to

abuse or interfere with After Trials.

Do not use automation to:

• Spam users;

• Scrape personal information;

• Create large numbers of fake accounts;

• Manipulate engagement;

• Circumvent limits;

• Attack Platform infrastructure; or

• Perform unauthorized actions.

Legitimate integrations or automation expressly permitted by After Trials may be

allowed.

Keep Professional Boundaries

Because After Trials connects people in medical and professional environments,

maintain appropriate professional boundaries.

Do not use professional relationships to:

• Pressure someone into unwanted personal interactions;

• Exploit a student, colleague, patient, applicant, or subordinate;

• Request inappropriate personal favors;

• Engage in coercive behavior; or

• Abuse a position of professional authority.

Users are responsible for maintaining appropriate professional conduct in their

interactions.

Don't Misuse Verification

Verification exists to improve trust within the community.

Do not:

• Submit someone else's documents;

• Alter professional documents;

• Falsify university information;

• Falsify medical credentials;

• Attempt to bypass verification;

• Sell or transfer verified accounts; or

• Misrepresent what verification means.

Verification is not an endorsement by After Trials.

Respect the Platform

Do not attempt to disrupt, damage, overload, or interfere with After Trials.

This includes:

• Hacking;

• Malware;

• Denial-of-service attacks;

• Unauthorized access;

• Exploiting vulnerabilities;

• Circumventing security measures;

• Reverse engineering where prohibited by law; or

• Other attempts to interfere with Platform operation.

If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it responsibly rather

than exploiting it.

You're Responsible for What You Post

Before publishing something, consider:

Do I have the right to share this?

Could this identify a patient?

Could this violate someone's privacy?

Is this professionally appropriate?

Is it accurate or clearly identified as an opinion?

Would I be comfortable standing behind it professionally?

If the answer is unclear, reconsider posting it.

Reporting Problems

If you see content or behavior that violates these Guidelines, our Terms of

Service, or applicable law, please report it to After Trials.

Reports may concern:

• Harassment;

• Fake accounts;

• Fraud;

• Patient privacy violations;

• Fake jobs;

• Impersonation;

• Spam;

• Unauthorized content;

• Security concerns; or

• Other serious violations.

We may investigate reports and take appropriate action.

Please do not misuse reporting tools to harass or silence other users.

How We May Respond

To maintain a safe and professional community, After Trials may take action when

these Guidelines are violated.

Depending on the circumstances, we may:

• Remove content;

• Limit content visibility;

• Remove job listings;

• Restrict messaging;

• Restrict certain Platform features;

• Request additional verification;

• Issue warnings;

• Temporarily suspend an account;

• Permanently terminate an account; or

• Take other appropriate action.

The action we take may depend on the seriousness, frequency, and circumstances

of the violation.

We may take immediate action where necessary to protect users, patients, the

Platform, or comply with legal requirements.

We May Consider Context

Not every situation is identical.

We may consider factors such as:

• The nature of the content;

• Whether the content was educational or harmful;

• Whether someone was targeted;

• The severity of the conduct;

• Whether the behavior was repeated;

• Whether patient privacy was involved;

• Whether the user attempted to correct the issue;

• Whether there is an immediate safety concern; and

• Applicable legal requirements.

We may take action even where conduct does not fit perfectly into an example

listed in these Guidelines if it presents a meaningful risk to users or the

Platform.

Appeals

Where appropriate, users may contact After Trials regarding moderation or

account decisions.

If an appeal process is available for a particular action, we will provide the

relevant instructions.

Appeals should provide relevant context and information that may have been

missed during the original decision.

We may not be able to reverse every decision, particularly where legal,

security, privacy, or safety considerations prevent us from doing so.

No Guarantee of User Conduct

These Guidelines describe the standards we expect from users.

They do not mean that every user will always follow them.

After Trials does not guarantee that users will behave appropriately, honestly,

professionally, or lawfully.

Users should exercise appropriate judgment when interacting with other users.

Changes to These Guidelines

We may update these Community Guidelines as After Trials evolves.

Changes may be made to address:

• New Platform features;

• New types of abuse;

• User feedback;

• Security concerns;

• Legal requirements; or

• Changes in the community.

The “Last Updated” date indicates when these Guidelines were most recently

revised.

Where appropriate, we may notify users of material changes through the Platform

or other reasonable means.

Our Core Principle

After Trials is meant to be a place where people in medicine can build genuine

professional connections.

Be accurate.Be respectful.Protect patient privacy.Respect confidential

information.Give credit.Act professionally.And leave the community better than

you found it.

Questions or Reports

For questions, concerns, or reports relating to these Community Guidelines,

contact:

privacy@aftertrials.com

For privacy-specific matters, please refer to the After Trials Privacy Policy.

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