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Empathetic Scholar®
Our graduates will be compassionate, empathetic and prepared to discover the latest knowledge in medical care with the tools to ask and answer the medical questions of the future. Along with the ability to “walk in a patient’s shoes,” these physicians will excel in the science of medicine. Outstanding communicators and active listeners, Empathetic Scholars® are life-long learners and highly valued as physicians, colleagues, leaders and citizens in their community.
Physicians of the future
- Flipped classroom: active learning
- Anatomy: cadaveric and AR (HoloLens)
- Weekly curriculum launch: a patient/physician conversation
Future Accelerators of Medicine and Beyond (FAB) Course
- Design thinking
- Artificial intelligence / machine learning
- Genomics
- Bioengineering/devices
REQUIRED 4-YEAR RESEARCH
- Dedicated four-year scholarly pursuit and thesis
- Develops inquiry, critical thinking and lifelong learning
THE COMPASSIONATE PRACTICE®
- Four-year communication course
- Narrative reection experiences
- Tools for better communication with patients and families
- Inspire empathy and compassion
SERVANT LEADERSHIP
- Partnerships with underserved communities
- Population and global health
LONGITUDINAL INTEGRATED CLERKSHIP
- Four-year experience for every student
- One preceptor per student, eight disciplines
- Small patient panel inspires empathy
EVOLVING LOCAL and GLOBAL DYNAMICS
- Mandatory four-year Social Determinants of Health curriculum
- Global health
- Population health
PREPARATION FOR PRACTICE
FOUR-YEAR COURSE
- Ethics
- Gerontology
- Health care delivery
- Health care policy and advocacy
- Biomedical informatics
- Patient safety
- Population health
- Physician as educator
- Psychological and behavioral sciences
- Team-based care
MODELING PROFESSIONALISM
- Diversity, equity and inclusion
- Cultural competence
- Community service
- Humanism
- Longitudinal patient and family relationships
