About Us

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graphic explaining the Office of Professionalism's mission, vision, and charge. Mission is To grow an explicit, institution-wide identity that routinely identifies excellence, prioritizes community pathway programs and service learning, creates expectation of value, extends beyond UGM into the clinical environments, and share a common language for assessment . Vision is Longitudinal approach to professional identity formation and growth to promote psychological safety and mitigate mistreatment for a positive learning environment incorporating lifelong community health. Lastly, Charge is To facilitate the development of new and the cohesion and collaboration of many existing efforts that create a McGovern-wide work culture and learning environment that embraces community partnership as a tenet of professionalism that is central to our lives as physicians and a fundamental goal of our educational efforts.

 

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What Does Professionalism Mean To You?

McGovern Medical School embraces professionalism as central to our lives as physicians and a fundamental goal of our educational efforts. As such, professionalism is woven into every aspect of this institution. McGovern Medical School is driven by these professional aspirations:

McGovern excels by remaining focused on high-quality, respectful patient care, ethical research, inspirational teaching, and committed learners.