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The primary mission of the College of Medicine is to provide all students with the training to become qualified physicians oriented to the practice of medicine at the community level. As such, the faculty is responsible for development and implementation of a medical curriculum designed to educate humane physicians committed to the
highest standards of medicinal practice. Preparation and training to become a physician requires each student to understand and meet the Essential Functions Required for Admission, Continuation and Graduation identified below. The faculty has developed the course
requirements and activities to provide critical elements of physician training. It is expected that students will participate in all course activities (including but not limited to lectures, seminars, laboratories, clinics, physical examinations, patient procedures) and adhere to individual hospital rules and regulations as well as COM policies regarding these activities. Learning is based on active student participation rather than simple observation and/or note taking. A candidate for the M.D. degree must be able to demonstrate intellectual-conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities; skills in observation, communication and motor functions; and mature behavioral and social attributes. Technological compensation can be made for handicaps in some of these areas, but a candidate should be able to perform in a reasonably independent manner without a trained intermediary; the use of a trained intermediary means that a
candidate’s judgment must be mediated by someone else’s power of selection and observation.

Observation: The candidate must be able to observe demonstrations and experiments in the basic sciences, including but not limited to physiologic and pharmacologic demonstrations in animals, microbiologic cultures and microscopic studies of microorganisms and tissues in normal and pathologic states. A candidate must be able to observe a patient accurately at a distance as well as up close. Observation necessitates the functional
use of the sense of vision and somatic sensation. It is enhanced by the functional use of the sense of smell.

Communication: A candidate should be able to speak, hear and observe patients in order to elicit information, describe changes in mood, activity and posture, and perceive nonverbal communications. A candidate must be able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients. Communication includes not only speech but also
reading and writing. The candidate must be able to communicate effectively in oral and written form with all members of the health care system.

Motor: Candidates should have sufficient motor function to elicit information from patients by palpation, auscultation, percussion and other diagnostic maneuvers. A candidate should be able to execute motor activities reasonably required to provide general care, to perform diagnostic procedures and to provide emergency treatment to patients. Examples of emergency treatment reasonably required of physicians are cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the administration of intravenous medication and the application of pressure to stop bleeding. Such actions require coordination of both gross and fine muscular movements, equilibrium and functional use of the senses of touch and vision.

Intellectual-Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative Abilities: These abilities include measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis and synthesis. Problem solving, the critical skill demanded of physicians,
requires all of these intellectual abilities. In addition, the candidate should be able to comprehend threedimensional relationships and understand the spatial relationships of structures.

Behavioral and Social Attributes: A candidate must possess the emotional health required for full utilization of intellectual abilities, the exercise of good judgment, the prompt completion of all responsibilities attendant to the diagnosis and care of patients, and the development of mature, sensitive and effective relationships with patients. Candidates must be able to tolerate physically taxing workloads and function effectively under stress. They must be able to adapt to changing environments, to display flexibility and to learn to function in the face of uncertainties inherent in the clinical problems of many patients. Commitment to excellence, service
orientation, goal-setting skills, academic ability, self-awareness, integrity and interpersonal skills are all personal qualities that are assessed during the admission and education process. Because medical education

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largely is based on a mentoring process, candidates are expected to be able to accept criticism and respond by appropriately modifying behavior.