Program Goals & Outcomes
Learn more about the program's Goals & Outcomes.
Program Goals
- Prepare students to function as competent healthcare providers in primary care settings.
- Nurture student progress to optimize professional growth and retention.
- Recruit students from rural and underserved communities, particularly those from New Hampshire and Vermont.
- Train students from rural and medically underserved communities with a focus on New Hampshire and Vermont.
- Graduate students who practice in rural and medically underserved communities with an emphasis on New Hampshire and Vermont.
Program Competencies
- Demonstrate core medical knowledge regarding established and evolving biomedical and clinical sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care. (Medical Knowledge)
- Employ interpersonal and communication skills (including oral and written) to enable effective information exchange with patients, their families and members of the healthcare team. (Interpersonal & Communication Skills)
- Provide safe, entry-level patient care to include effective information gathering, appropriate diagnostic evaluation and implementation of therapeutic management plans. (Patient Care)
- Exhibit professionalism as demonstrated by assuming responsibility for actions, recognizing personal limitations, expressing sensitivity to diversity, and respecting colleagues, faculty/staff, preceptors and patients. (Professionalism)
- Demonstrate ability to self-analyze current knowledge and clinical skills and enhance capabilities through reflection and critical appraisal of the medical literature. (Practice-based Learning & Improvement)
- Demonstrate awareness of the larger system of health services including access to healthcare, continuity of care and community support services. (Systems-based Practice)

