School of Medicine Mission Statement
Mission
University Mission Statement
Mission Statement
The University of Louisville's mission is to educate and serve the public through transformative teaching, innovative research, and engaged partnerships — advancing knowledge and improving quality of life and health across Kentucky’s communities.
Vision Statement
The University of Louisville is where excellence and opportunity converge to drive transformative progress in health and societal well-being.
Cardinal Principles
The university follows a set of guiding principles that shape our community and our actions. Every member of the University of Louisville family is expected to follow these Cardinal Principles.
C - Community of Care
A - Agility
R - Respect
D - Diversity
I - Integrity and Transparency
N - Noble Purpose
A - Accountability
L - Leadership
School of Medicine Mission Statement
Improve the health and vitality of our community, our commonwealth, and our world by educating the next generation of physicians and scientists, providing high-quality, compassionate care, pursuing transformative research, forging strategic partnerships, and striving for inclusive excellence.
School of Medicine Vision Statement
Demonstrate and be recognized for excellence and leadership in education, research, clinical care, innovative partnerships, and diversity, equity & inclusion.
School of Medicine Program Objectives (Educational Program Committee Approved: Fall, 2025)
Competency 1: Professionalism: Demonstrate integrity, respect, and ethical reasoning, and promote inclusion of differences in all interactions to improve health care for patients, communities, and populations. Graduates will use this knowledge to
1.1 Demonstrate respect and compassion for patients, caregivers, families, and team members.
1.2 Safeguard patient privacy, confidentiality, and autonomy.
1.3 Use ethical principles and reasoning to guide behavior.
1.4 Identify personal limits of knowledge and skills and seek help appropriately.
1.5 Complete duties and tasks in a thorough, reliable, and timely manner.
Competency 2: Patient Care and Procedural Skills: Demonstrate compassionate, effective, holistic, evidence-informed, equitable, and patient-centered care. Graduates will use this knowledge to:
2.1. Integrate patient and caregiver context, needs, values, preferences, and experiences into patient care.
2.2. Gather relevant patient histories from multiple data sources, as necessary.
2.3. Perform relevant physical examinations using appropriate techniques and tools.
2.4. Create and prioritize differential diagnoses.
2.5. Propose hypothesis-driven diagnostic testing and interpret results.
2.6. Formulate therapeutic management plans for commonly encountered clinical conditions.
2.7. Demonstrate basic procedural techniques.
2.8. Incorporate health promotion and disease prevention into patient care plans.
2.9. Identify individual and structural factors that impact health and wellness.
Competency 3: Medical Knowledge: Apply and integrate foundational knowledge to improve health care for patients and populations. Graduates will use these skills to:
3.1. Demonstrate knowledge of basic, clinical, pathophysiologic, social, and health systems sciences needed for clinical practice.
3.2. Apply foundational knowledge for clinical problem-solving, diagnostic reasoning, and decision- making to clinical scenarios.
3.3. Discern the accuracy of information and relevance to clinical problems.
3.4. Demonstrate knowledge of research design, interpretation, and application to clinical questions.
3.5. Access knowledge relevant to clinical problems using appropriate resources, including emerging technologies.
Competency 4: Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: Integrate feedback, evidence, and reflection to adapt behavior, foster improvement, and cultivate lifelong learning. Graduates will use these skills to:
4.1. Actively seeks and incorporates feedback and assessment data to improve performance.
4.2. Identify opportunities for growth in one’s own performance through informed self-assessment and reflective practice.
4.3. Locate, critically appraise, and synthesize information to support evidence-informed, patient- centered clinical decisions.
Competency 5: Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Effectively communicate and interact with patients, caregivers, and the health care team to contribute to high-quality, patient-centered care. Graduates will use these attitudes to:
5.1 Collaborate and communicate effectively with patients, caregivers, and team members to enhance the therapeutic relationship.
5.2. Collaborate and communicate effectively with health care and administrative team members to enhance team and organizational function.
5.3 Communicate clearly, accurately, and compassionately in verbal, nonverbal, written, and electronic formats.
5.4 Formulate and share feedback constructively with others.
Competency 6: System-Based Practice: Apply knowledge of the larger context of health, including its social and structural determinants, and of systems and resources within and outside of health care, to optimize high-quality care for patients, communities, and populations. Graduates will use these skills and attitudes to:
6.1. Recognize mechanisms to reduce disparities and advance health equity in patient care and health care systems.
6.2. Collaborate in the transition and coordination of patient care.
6.3. Identify patient safety concerns, systems issues, and opportunities for quality improvement.
6.4. Describes health policy and the financial context of health care.
