About Us
Our Vision
To create a new generation of physicians who center humanism and innovation to ensure that persons from all contexts and communities enjoy the highest levels of wellbeing in an economically and behaviorally sustainable manner.
Our Mission
To develop our students, residents and faculty to deliver the highest quality care for all.
- Embrace and model our professional roots of reverence for the human condition, empathy toward suffering, excellence in medical care, and humility in service;
- Continue to serve and learn from the engagement of varied experiences and perspectives among students, faculty, staff, and community;
- Integrate lifelong learning and inquiry into their practice;
- Work in communion with scholars and practitioners of other disciplines to integrate their perspectives, experiences, and tools; and
- Understand that context, community, and behavior drive wellbeing.
Our Approach
We are building our curriculum to effectively and efficiently meet these goals. There will not be a distinction between the basic science and clinical curriculum. Rather, basic science content will be presented in its clinical context with clear medical relevance. Students will learn within an integrated curriculum in a team-oriented, collaborative environment. We will utilize the best components of different evidence-based teaching methods, and structure our foundational curriculum explicitly to give students what they need to thrive in the modern, technically demanding, clinical setting.
The Human Dimension
Central to the curriculum will be a thread called the Human Dimension. Through immersive and longitudinal experiences, students will come to understand the role of community and context in health and wellbeing, as well as the role of the physician in all elements that contribute to promoting health and preventing disease.