The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is committed to creating physicians who are empowered to transform lives and inspired to serve our global community. Our program is thoughtfully crafted to provide students with the comprehensive knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to succeed and become transformational leaders in the vibrant and constantly advancing field of health care. Please refer to this link for more information: https://med.miami.edu/medical-education/medical-programs
Accreditation
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) is the official accrediting body for medical education programs leading to the MD degree in the United States and Canada. It is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). The Miller School of Medicine is fully accredited by the LCME.
Mission and Goal
The NextGenMD curriculum strives to empower learners to transform lives and inspire learners to serve the global community. The curriculum will produce transformational leaders who will shape the future of medicine, direct health systems, and champion discovery and its translation into clinical interventions.
Student Learning Outcomes
Patient Care
Graduates will apply established and evolving information and technology to provide patient-centered care that is safe, compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and for the promotion of health.
Graduates are expected to:
- Gather relevant and accurate patient information by performing a history and physical exam and obtaining relevant clinical data.
- Develop and prioritize differential diagnoses using history, physical exams, and the interpretation of common diagnostic and screening tests.
- Create and execute integrated diagnostic and therapeutic plans for the acute and longitudinal management of health problems.
- Integrate principles of disease prevention, health promotion, shared decision-making, and education into the health care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
- Perform the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures necessary for patient care.
Knowledge For Practice
Graduates are expected to:
- Explain the physiologic basis of human homeostasis and the diagnosis and management of human diseases.
- Apply the principles of epidemiology and social sciences to the collection of public health data, and the analysis, treatment, and prevention of health problems and disparities in communities and populations.
Practice-Based Learning And Improvement
Graduates will evaluate their own patient care practices and appraise and assimilate new technology and scientific evidence to improve patient care throughout their medical careers.
Graduates are expected to:
- Recognize personal strengths and limitations, identify academic and career goals, seek and assimilate feedback in daily practice, and execute a personal action plan.
- Critically appraise and incorporate new scientific developments into patient care.
- Identify and investigate problems in the natural, social, and health system sciences that influence patients, populations, and communities to improve health and well-being.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Graduates will demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teamwork with patients, patients’ families, and professional associates.
Graduates are expected to:
- Demonstrate written and verbal communication that is effective, empathetic, and respectful in a manner that reflects the audience and clinical context.
Professionalism
Graduates will demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to diverse patient populations and their families.
Graduates are expected to:
- Exhibit and role model professionalism by demonstrating integrity, agency, humility, and responsibility.
- Act ethically in the best interests of patients and society.
- Demonstrate awareness of implicit and explicit bias, cultural humility, sensitivity, and responsiveness to diverse patient characteristics.
Systems-Based Practice
Graduates will demonstrate an awareness of the larger context and system of health care. They will effectively utilize system resources to provide optimal care as collaborative members of interprofessional teams.
Graduates are expected to:
- Practice high-value care for the benefit of patients and health care systems.
- Advocate for patients and address systems-level changes necessary to improve health outcomes and patient safety.
Interprofessional Collaboration
Graduates will demonstrate the ability to engage in an interprofessional team to optimize safe and effective patient- and population-centered socially accountable care.
Graduates are expected to:
- Respect and utilize the expertise of colleagues and allied health professionals with complementary skills sets to enhance the care of patients.
- Demonstrate the teamwork, leadership, and situational awareness necessary to support patient care across the spectrum of changing healthcare contexts.
Personal and Professional Development
Graduates will demonstrate the qualities required to sustain lifelong personal and professional growth and identity.
Graduates are expected to:
- Demonstrate the teamwork, leadership, and situational awareness necessary to support patient care across the spectrum of changing healthcare contexts.
- Maintain, monitor, and nurture mental, emotional, and physical health and take measures to promote personal wellbeing.
