Students must demonstrate that they can:

• understand and apply the basic science principles of normal and abnormal structure and function to clinical medicine
• understand and apply principles of clinical reasoning
• recognize and manage common medical problems
• recognize and respond to acute life-threatening problems
• understand the importance and application of the stages of the human life cycle to patient management
• understand and apply the principles of evidence-based medicine
• understand the clinical competencies expected in each of the core medical specialties
• understand the organization and systems of health care delivery and financing
• understand and apply principles of preventive and population-based medicine including environmental health issues
• understand psychosocial issues and can apply them in patient management
• understand and apply the principles of clinical epidemiology, medical ethics, and alternative medicine in clincal medicine

ATTITUDES

Students will demonstrate:

Attitudes toward patients, colleagues, and the community must demonstrate professionalism and humanitarianism.
• altruism, honesty, ethical behavior, caring and compassion
• awareness of personal mechanisms for dealing with stress
• commitment to excellence in patient care
• commitment to the patient's welfare and advocacy
• respect for and cooperation with all participants of the health care system
• sensitivity to diversity
• appreciation of medicine as a service profession
• commitment to equity
• responsibility for preventive care
• willingness to provide public health education
• adaptablity to changing health care environment
• awareness of civic responsibilities

SKILLS

Students will demonstrate an ability to:

While skills are based upon the student acquiring the necessary knowledge base, they are a measure of student's ability to apply this knowledge to the art of practicing medicine.
• perform a comprehensive or focused history and physical examination and recognize the appropriateness of when to perform each of these exams
• order and interpret appropriate laboratory and diagnostic studies
• integrate history, physical examination and laboratory results
• perform routine and simple procedures necessary for patient care
• tailor treatment to individual patients
• recognize normal and abnormal findings across the life cycle
• generate appropriate differential and working diagnoses
• use information and knowledge seeking skills necessary for life-long learning
• cope with ambiguity and uncertainty
• recognize and differentiate between emergent, urgent, and routine
• coordinate or arrange appropriate intervention
• interact in confidence-inspiring manner with patients and their families
• provide informed consent
• recognize and manage personal limitations in treating patients
• listen to and communicate information effectively to patients, families, and colleagues
• exercise conflict resolution
• work effectively with others on the healthcare team
• advocate for community needs
• apply knowledge from populations to patient management
• evaluation and remediation of personal deficiencies