In pursuit of this mission, the Medical School:
• endeavors to select a group of caring, well-prepared, highly motivated, intellectually able and socially aware students from diverse cultural, ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds.
• offers them educational experiences: in the basic human biological and behavioral sciences that underlie modern medicine, in the cultural and social forces that shape its practice, and in the ethical responsibilities of physicians.
• provides training in cognitive, technical, and interpersonal skills necessary for practicing patient–centered medicine
• emphasizes problem-solving and creates educational opportunities that involve the use of modern information resources and technology.
• encourages students, faculty, and staff to participate in outreach activities that benefit the wider community.

UT Medical School at Houston
Principles of Education

• The curriculum will provide students a general medical education with a breadth and depth of core knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for residency training in any discipline or specialty, and for the life-long practice of medicine.
• The curriculum will be coordinated so that, when appropriate, courses and clerkships are seamlessly integrated.
• The curriculum and the faculty will establish an environment that fosters professionalism, humanism, altruism, ethical behavior, empathy, and compassion.
• The curriculum will explicitly define the core knowledge, skills, and attributes expected of medical students upon graduation.
• The curriculum will be informed by recognized educational research and theory, and by measured outcomes.

  UTHSC-H General .pdf