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Institutional Learning Objectives

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - EL PASO
PAUL L. FOSTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
AAMC MEDICAL SCHOOL OBJECTIVES PROJECT
Knowledge COMPETENCY DOMAINS
INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES ALTRUISM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS DUTY
  1. To integrate information about normal structure and function of living systems with an emphasis on humans
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  1. To relate to the normal state the variations in structure and function that lead to disease
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  1. To comprehend biochemical and physiological analytic methods, including techniques applications
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  1. To categorize, describe and use various therapeutic methods in their application to human illness
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  1. To possess a clinically-useful understanding of the elements of deductive as well as inductive reasoning
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  1. To identify those urgent, life-threatening or painful human conditions that require immediate and specific interventions including the initiation of appropriate initial therapy for those with life threatening cardiac pulmonary or neurologic conditions; the recognition and outline of initial management for patients requiring critical care; and/or to relieve pain and ameliorate the suffering of patients
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  1. To interpret and apply the scientific method in the acquisition of new knowledge, the interpretation of published knowledge, and the application to problem-solving in the laboratory and clinical settings
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  1. To employ mathematical and epidemiological principles in the application of fundamental methods of data reduction and analysis to clinical problems.
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  1. To know the cardinal ethical principles and their application to medicine
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  1. To demonstrate the elements of social structure and to use this information in the understanding and management of human behavior and illness
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  1. To describe the basic elements of the national health care system, its funding, and the effect of these factors on individual and community health.
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  1. To demonstrate awareness of the financial, political and other situations that pose potential and real conflicts of interest to the practice of medicine and to strive to avoid such entanglements
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AAMC MEDICAL SCHOOL OBJECTIVES PROJECT
Behaviors COMPETENCY DOMAINS
INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES ALTRUISM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS DUTY
  1. To provide a precise, timely, and comprehensive approach to patient care and its documentation
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  1. To exhibit compassion in dealings with patients without regard to ethnicity, gender, financial situation, social condition or incapacity.
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  1. To conduct all interpersonal communications and activities, including those with colleagues, staff members, patients, families and teachers with dignity, appropriateness and cultural awareness.
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  1. To use the highest ethical principles in interpersonal relationships and in professional activities including direct patient care and research
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  1. To use the principles of self-initiated learning in approaching new challenges
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AAMC MEDICAL SCHOOL OBJECTIVES PROJECT
Attitudes COMPETENCY DOMAINS
INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES ALTRUISM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS DUTY
  1. To be respectful of others and of their beliefs, opinions and privacy
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  1. To be scrupulously honest in all matters of professional life
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  1. To provide compassion in matters that deal with the life, health, suffering and dying of individuals in his/her care
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  1. To assume responsibility when appropriate to one's position, training and experience and to defer responsibility to those with higher qualifications when necessary or appropriate
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  1. To maintain curiosity that will promote full inquiry and problem resolution in all professional matters
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  1. To work with patients and their families in a respectful and confidential manner that is appropriate to their educational level and that preserves their dignity
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  1. To demonstrate advocacy for the interests and needs of the patient and to place those interests and needs above one's immediate needs
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AAMC MEDICAL SCHOOL OBJECTIVES PROJECT
Skills COMPETENCY DOMAINS
INSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIVES ALTRUISM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS DUTY
  1. To collect and record in a concise, reliable and cohesive fashion the key elements of a clinical history
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  1. To perform and record accurately the findings observed in a physical assessment
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  1. To collect, perform, and/or interpret essential laboratory assessments and diagnostic procedures
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  1. To use electronic resources for self-education, the education of others, including patients, and for direct patient care
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  1. To formulate a comprehensive list of diagnostic considerations based upon integration of historical, physical and laboratory findings
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  1. To demonstrate a step-wise process of diagnostic refinement through the application of clinical and deductive reasoning.
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  1. To communicate by oral and written means, knowledge, knowledge interpretation and recommendations to a wide range of audiences, including patients, families, peers, instructors and other health care professionals, being responsive to and mindful of the needs and cultural background of the audience
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  1. To demonstrate self-education through the use of a comprehensive range of educational modalities
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