Vision
As Canada鈥檚 leading medical school, we promote excellence in medical education and discovery, responding to the needs of the communities that we serve and to which we belong.
Mission
The mission of the School of Medicine is to champion excellence in medical education and promote life-long learning, to develop and advance medical research, and to be an integral part of the communities we serve.
Values
All we do is guided by our commitment to excellence and innovation, and our values of professionalism, which include:
Excellence
Compassion
Mutual respect
Innovation
Life-long Learning
Social Responsibility
Inclusiveness
Education
The health-care professionals who are graduates and trainees of the Faculty will be well-prepared to address the present and future health needs of the Canadian population. They will be oriented to preserving health, technically competent, adept at solving problems, capable of functioning as part of a multi-disciplinary team and committed to life-long learning both for themselves and their patients. They will exhibit ethical behaviour and compassion in dealing with patients, restraint in using health resources, and an inquiring attitude towards the mechanisms of health and disease.
Lastly, our programmes are rooted in a scholarship of education designed to the development and implementation of modern pedagogical techniques.
Research
The Faculty鈥檚 research programs contribute to the understanding of the basic mechanisms of health and disease. They develop and evaluate clinical interventions to address health care needs. The research emphasizes collaboration between basic and clinical sciences, and between members of our Faculty and researchers in other disciplines. The faculty encourages and supports outstanding research trainees and research training programs. Our research encompasses the scholarship of discovery and integration.
Service
Members and trainees of the Faculty will provide exemplary, scientifically-based health services to the 海角社区 target population and will participate actively in national and international professional organizations. Our stance encompasses a scholarship of application that aims to ensure that available and new knowledge are used to improve the care and well being of society.
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School of Medicine strategic plan听
The School of Medicine has been approved by the University, and it remains a work in progress. Work groups were established to provide suggestions on priorities for initial strategic directions for education, research, social accountability, and governance.听 Read the School of Medicine strategic plan (2022-23).