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Learning Outcomes

The following competencies guide curriculum development and evaluation of the success of the training program and its graduates.

Refer to the MD Program Handbook and Policy Manual Section 2.1 Competencies and Objectives for Medical Student Education opens in a new tab for additional information on the associated educational objectives.

  1. Patient Care: Provide patient-centered care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health

  2. Knowledge for Practice: Demonstrate awareness and understanding of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and social-behavioral sciences, as well as the application of this knowledge to patient care

  3. Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families, and health professionals

  4. Professionalism: Demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities and an adherence to ethical principles and respect for codes of conduct

  5. Discovery: Demonstrate the intellectual curiosity necessary for scientific discovery and self-discovery through active participation in research

  6. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Social Determinants of Health: Demonstrate acumen for how DEI and SDH impact delivery and access of care within the greater health care systems for diverse patient populations

  7. Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: Demonstrate the ability to investigate and evaluate one’s care of patients, to appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and to continuously improve patient  care based on constant self-evaluation and life-long learning

  8. Systems-Based Practice: Demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness  to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources  in the system to provide optimal health care

  9. Interprofessional Collaboration: Demonstrate the ability to engage in an interprofessional team in a manner  that optimizes safe, effective patient- and population-centered care

  10. Personal and Professional Development: Demonstrate the qualities required to sustain lifelong personal and professional growth