By the time of graduation, all students will be able to:
I. Demonstrate effective verbal, nonverbal, and written communication skills; and build collaborative and trusting relationships with patients, families, and all members of the health care team to advance patient care.
II. Demonstrate clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills in the care of individual patients.
III. Gather essential and accurate information about patients and their conditions through history-taking, physical examination; and the use of laboratory data, imaging, and other tests.
IV. Demonstrate competence in routine manual skills.
V. Continually identify, analyze, and implement new knowledge, guidelines, standards, technologies, products, or services that have been demonstrated to improve outcomes into patient care.
VI. Demonstrate the ability to investigate and evaluate one’s care of patients, to appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and to seek guidance where appropriate, to continuously improve patient care.
VII. Demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources in the system to provide optimal health care.