Graduate Competencies

Medical Knowledge
Graduates will demonstrate and apply core knowledge of biomedical and clinical science to provide appropriate evidence-based, culturally sensitive, patient-centered care across the lifespan (preventive, acute, chronic, and emergent disease management).

Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Graduates will be able to communicate effectively with a diverse patient population.  Graduates will be able to engage patients in shared decision-making.

Patient Care
Graduates will be able to recognize and understand that influences of the larger community and cultural diversity may affect the health of patients across the lifespan.  Graduates will have knowledge of social determinants of health and their impact on care decisions.

Professionalism
Graduates will be able to recognize that the patient is at the center of all healthcare decisions and to partner with the patient or designated patient representative to define the patient’s healthcare goals.  Graduates will be able to collaborate with members of an interprofessional patient care team based on an understanding of the roles and scopes of practice of healthcare professionals.  Graduates will be able to apply ethical and legal principles of healthcare.

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Graduates will be able to practice evidence-based medicine, recognizing the importance of life-long learning and adherence to standards of care

Systems-Based Practice
Graduates will be able to articulate essential aspects of value-based healthcare  and apply this understanding to the delivery of safe and quality care.