Our Program Values

Our program values, developed by our residents, guide all that we do. As a community, we value:

Excellence in Patient Care

• Privilege of caring for patients
• Emphasis on direct patient care
• Decreasing indirect patient care
• Reasonable patient census
• Protected didactic time
• Professionalism

Respect and Empathy for patients, for patient families, for residents, for faculty and for all team members

• Diversity and inclusion
• Commitment to confronting biases
• Speak up culture – see something, say something
• Flexibility
• Transparency and openness

Intellectual Engagement and Stimulation

• Academic excellence
• Leadership preparation
• Teaching
• Research and scholarship
• Progressive autonomy
• Innovation and creativity

Community

• Collaboration and teamwork
• Communication
• Special interest groups
• Wellness and resilience
• Advocacy, philanthropy and service
• Social events for connection and decompression