The overall objective of Dell Medical School curriculum is to instill graduates with the knowledge, skills, behaviors and attitudes that will lead to their becoming capable, compassionate and inquisitive physicians.
Leadership & Innovation
Demonstrates leadership through scholarship and developing teams committed to innovation and improvement in health care.
- Demonstrate clinical curiosity.
- Employ appropriate research methods and analytic processes to explore scholarly research questions.
- Apply the requirements for ethical conduct of scientific inquiry.
- Collaborate with team members to assess health system processes and outcomes.
- Implement innovative solutions.
- Apply and disseminate new medical knowledge from scholarly inquiry.
Patient Care
Demonstrates effective, holistic, evidence-informed, equitable patient-centered care.
- Obtain an accurate medical history that covers all essential aspects.
- Perform both comprehensive and focused physical examinations in adults and children.
- Perform basic clinical skills and procedures.
- Gather, synthesize and interpret relevant clinical data to formulate differential diagnoses that incorporate scientific principles and evidence-based decision making.
- Construct evidence-based management strategies for patients with common critical, acute and chronic conditions.
- Use an evidence-based approach to gather, evaluate and integrate scientific information into clinical decision-making relevant to the care of individuals and populations.
Medical Knowledge
Applies and integrates foundational knowledge to improve health care for patients and populations.
- Explain the anatomy and physiology of the major organ systems and recognize the variability at the individual patient level.
- Relate the abnormal structure and function of the body and its major organ systems to various diseases and conditions and common patient presentations.
- Utilize the principles of pharmacology, therapeutics and therapeutic decision-making in treating common diseases and conditions.
- Identify biopsychosocial factors that alter physiology and their effects on health promotion, disease prevention and therapeutic interventions.
- Appraise the literature, using existing and emerging technologies and resources, in terms of reliability, generalizability and applicability to the individual patient.
Communication
Effectively communicates with patients, caregivers and other health care providers to contribute to patient-centered care.
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in written format, with patients, families and health care professionals.
- Communicate at an appropriate level of health literacy for patients and families across a broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
- Communicate the risks, benefits and treatment options to formulate a patient centered care plan using shared decision making.
- Demonstrate humanism when communicating with others, including valuing others’ perspectives, being honestly curious, and soliciting opinions and concerns when making decisions.
Practice-Based Learning & Improvement
Integrates feedback, evidence and reflection to foster personal improvement and cultivate lifelong learning habits.
- Iteratively appraise one’s own performance and incorporate feedback and new information to foster lifelong learning and growth.
- Construct and implement a plan for growth and improvement based on the appraisal of and reflection on one’s own knowledge and skills.
- Demonstrate emotional intelligence, including the capacity to adjust one’s behavior to align with clinical or educational situations.
- Recognize both internal/external manifestations of emotion and stress in order to effectively manage conflict between personal and professional responsibilities.
Systems-Based Practice
Applies knowledge of the larger context of health and systems of health care in order to engage all members of the health care team in providing safe and effective value-based care.
- Describe common structures and functions of health care systems and impact on patient care outcomes.
- Describe quality-improvement principles used to improve patient care.
- Recognize the tension between the obligation to meet the needs of individual patients with a societal obligation to practice evidence-based medicine and resource stewardship.
- Practice team-based interprofessional care and maintain a climate of mutual respect and trust among all team members.
- Apply the principles of high-value care (e.g., quality, safety, cost) in medical decision-making.
Professionalism
Demonstrates integrity, honesty, respect and ethical reasoning with a commitment to accountability.
- Demonstrate integrity, honesty and compassion in interactions with patients, families and colleagues.
- Complete duties and tasks in a thorough, reliable and timely manner.
- Safeguard patient confidentiality and the privacy of protected health information.
- Practice ethical care with a demonstrated commitment to patient advocacy and service to all.
- Reflect on the integration of emerging knowledge, skills, professional values and behaviors with one’s own core values to form a professional identity.
Health Equity
Understands causes of health inequities, recognizes social determinants of health, and acts to optimize care for patients, communities and populations.
- Recognize how social determinants influence health and access to care.
- Describe common local, regional and national health inequities.
- Demonstrate the ability to care for patients from different backgrounds.
- Describe actions that benefit community-based partnerships.
- Identify interventions that promote health equity, improve health and reduce health disparities.