Competencies
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Patient Centered Care
Our graduates will demonstrate proficiency in the clinical skills and knowledge necessary to enter postgraduate medical education. They will apply their skills, knowledge and clinical evidence with attention to patients’ perspectives, needs, values and comfort
Explore Patient Centered CareEffective Communication & Interpersonal Skills
Our graduates will demonstrate that they have the verbal and non-verbal communication skills needed to have respectful, compassionate and effective conversations with their patients, patients' families and colleagues in order to exchange information and make medical decisions.
Explore Effective Communication & Interpersonal SkillsMedical Knowledge & Scholarship
Our graduates will demonstrate knowledge of the scientific basis of medicine, the ability to apply that knowledge to patient care and the skills to contribute to scholarship in medicine through research or teaching.
Explore Medical Knowledge & ScholarshipSystem Awareness & Team-Based Care
Our graduates will demonstrate awareness of the overall healthcare delivery system, as well as the system of care in each of their clinical settings. They'll also demonstrate the ability to work as an effective member of a healthcare team.
Explore System Awareness & Team-Based CarePersonal Awareness & Self-Care
Our graduates will demonstrate the capacity to self-reflect on their acculturation to medicine, to assess the impact of their medical school experiences on their evolving personal and professional values and to tend to their own physical and mental health.
Explore Personal Awareness & Self-CareCommunity Engagement & Service
Our graduates will demonstrate knowledge of community factors that influence individual, community and public health and will gain perspective and experience through service activities within their local or global communities.
Explore Community Engagement & ServiceContinuous Learning & Quality Improvement
Our graduates will demonstrate the ability to accurately assess and improve classroom and clinical performance, as well as to acquire, appraise and apply scientific evidence to classroom activities and patient care.
Explore Continuous Learning & Quality ImprovementProfessional Behavior & Moral Reasoning
Our graduates will demonstrate a commitment to professional responsibilities and behavior as well as the ability to understand, reflect upon and integrate ethical and moral dimensions of healthcare.
Explore Professional Behavior & Moral ReasoningOurs is a competency-based education framework. This structure explicitly defines our curricular expectations and goals as well as our assessment standards. The Feinberg MD student’s education is defined by achievement of competence. Explore the eight competencies below or download the Feinberg Competency Standards, Anchors and Benchmarks document.