Develop Interpersonal and Communication Skills (ICS) that result in effective information exchange and collaboration with patients, their families, and other health care professionals.

• ICS01 Present information and ideas in an organized and clear manner to educate or inform others.
• ICS02 Engage in effective oral communication with the patient, their caregivers, and the healthcare team.
• ICS03 Demonstrate effective written communication with the healthcare team.
• ICS04 Counsel and educate a patient effectively.

Integrate Medical Knowledge (MK) to address the mechanisms of health and disease.  This involves a solid foundation in the established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and social-behavioral sciences that impact patient care.

• MK01 Demonstrate knowledge of the healthy human body, explaining structure and function from conception to death through understanding of the mechanisms of health and disease.
• MK02 Demonstrate knowledge of how alterations of normal structure and function cause diseases and abnormal conditions of the body and correlate this knowledge with clinical, laboratory, radiologic, and epidemiologic data.
• MK03 Demonstrate the ability to integrate foundational and clinical sciences to diagnose and treat common diseases and disorders and to help individuals to prevent disease.

Develop skills for Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBL).  These skills are necessary to investigate and evaluate the delivery of patient care, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and implement continuous improvements for patient care.  Collectively this goal reflects routine self-evaluation and life-long learning.

• PBL01 Demonstrate fundamental skills in self-directed learning, including the ability to identify knowledge and performance gaps; generate appropriate questions; use effective strategies to obtain answers to those questions; assess the validity, completeness, and relevance of the information; and apply the acquired knowledge to address gaps.
• PBL02 Demonstrate a systematic, integrated, and effective evidence-based approach to problem solving in the diagnosis and management of diseases and disorders.

Deliver Patient Care (PC) that is patient-centered, compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.

• PC01 Integrate knowledge of mechanisms of health and disease, and the concerns, needs, and expectations of a patient in order to take an appropriate history and perform a physical examination.
• PC02 Integrate foundational sciences with clinical information from relevant sources (e.g., PE, test results, lab results, imaging) to develop an assessment and differential diagnosis.
• PC03 Develop appropriate and comprehensive patient care plans to promote health, prevent illness and/or injury, and manage disease.

Develop Professionalism (PR) as manifested through a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.

• PR01 Routinely demonstrates respect, empathy, and compassion towards peers, teachers, staff, patients, families, healthcare team members, and others, regardless of differences in beliefs, lifestyles, and cultural heritage.
• PR02 Demonstrate understanding of the ethical and legal principles operating in the healthcare environment and the medical profession and adhere to these principles.
• PR03 Accept personal responsibility for meeting the expectations of their role as appropriate to their stage of training.

Develop a System Based Practice (SBP) approach to patient care as manifested by actions that demonstrate an awareness of, and responsiveness to, the larger context of health care. This includes developing skills to effectively call on system resources to provide optimal health.

• SBP01 Understand factors that affect access to and delivery of healthcare and the patient-doctor relationship, including cultural, environmental, socioeconomic, policies, financing, and healthcare systems.
• SBP02 Explain the role of all members of the healthcare team and collaborate with them to provide the highest quality of care.