Mission Statement

The mission of the Internal Medicine Training Program is to create and sustain, within a distinguished community-based academic medical center, a stimulating learning environment in which physicians at all stages of their careers can maximize their professional growth in the challenging discipline of internal medicine. The program affirms the importance of inculcating and fostering the highest degree of professionalism amongst attending physicians, residents, and medical students practicing and training at the medical center. Professionalism includes an expectation that every physician continuously dedicate him/herself to acquiring, maintaining, generating, and sharing the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential to the practice of internal medicine. Moreover, these clinical attributes must be applied with enthusiasm, honesty, an empathic concern for the welfare of patients and their families, and with a respect for the medical center's goal of improving the health of all members of the community including the underserved. The mission of the Internal Medicine Training Program is to serve as a catalyst for the creation of a "learning community" that will promote both individual growth and institutional achievement.