Personal Characteristics and Commitments
The student graduating from this school will demonstrate:
- Enthusiasm for medicine and patient care
- Commitment to excellence
- Respect for others, treating them as equals, without arrogance, rudeness or harassmentt
- Honesty, integrity, trustworthiness and confidentiality
- Appearance and demeanor which do not offend patients or colleagues
- Commitment to the medical needs of the community and society
- Recognition of one’s own personal strengths and limitations
- Ability to cope adaptively with stresses likely to occur during medical training
- Ability to accept and act upon constructive criticism
- Ability to seek help when help is needed
- Avoidance of addictive behaviors
- Balance between altruism (subordinating one's self interest to the interest of others) and one's personal needs
