Competencies
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CORE COMPETENCIES:
All University of Utah School of Medicine graduates will:
a. Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
b. Demonstrate medical knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and social-behavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
c. Exhibit interpersonal and communication skills that promote effective and culturally responsive information exchange and result in team-based patient care that includes patients, the patients’ families, and professional associates.
d. Demonstrate a commitment to professionalism in carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.
e. Demonstrate knowledge of system-based practice, i.e,, responsiveness to the larger context and system of healthcare and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.
f. Demonstrate a basic approach to practice-based learning through practical exposure to and graduated responsibility within a longitudinal clinical experience.
g. Consciously practice continuous self-assessment that identifies individual strengths and weaknesses and optimizes patient care through more efficient and effective individual and team performance.
h. Actively engage in self-directed learning activities that promote lifelong learning.