By the end of the Medical education at Windsor University School of Medicine, students will be able to achieve the following 6 core competencies:

Medical Knowledge

• Master fundamental biomedical concepts, terms, processes, and system interactions
• Describe the determinants of health
• Utilize evidence in making clinical decisions

Patient Care

• Conduct patient interviews and physical examinations
• Diagnose patient health problems
• Propose evidence-based health maintenance and therapeutic options

Systems-Based Practice

• Connect knowledge of patient populations and health delivery processes in making diagnoses and therapeutic recommendations
• Advocate for the humane, just, safe and prudent care of persons
• Adapt to the complex economic and social structure of health care delivery

Communication and Interpersonal Development

• Reflect upon one’s personal strengths and weaknesses to make positive changes in one’s behavior
• Find one’s own meaning in medicine
• Take care of oneself
• Deliver effective patient presentations and document accurately in the medical record
• Communicate and work effectively with others
• Demonstrate leadership skills in a variety of settings

Professionalism

• Care deeply about becoming an excellent physician through a life of service
• Care about and support others in the profession
• Value and behave in a manner consistent with the highest ethical standards of the profession

Practice-Based Learning

• Develop a personal plan to become a better medical professional
• Stimulate intellectual curiosity to question and advance knowledge through scholarship
• Appropriately utilize evidence-based resources to address uncertainty in medicine and gaps in knowledge/skills