Master of Medicine at Saint Louis University

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Medical school can be a stressful and dispiriting experience, but it doesn't have to be. At Saint Louis University, we've made a number of changes to the curriculum that are consistent with the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person – mind, body, heart, and spirit – including:

• Changing from a tiered grading system to pass/fail grading in the first two years.
• Instituting longitudinal electives that span the first two years. On average, one full day every two weeks is set aside for electives.
• Developing learning communities in service and advocacy, research, global health, wellness, and medical education.
• Instituting a required resilience and mindfulness curriculum for first-year students.
• Expanding extracurricular events to promote wellness.
• These curricular changes have resulted in the substantially improved mental health of our students.

• Graduates will be able to gather pertinent information about patients and their conditions through comprehensive history-taking, physical examination, and interpretation of diagnostic tests.
• Graduates will be able to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills to develop a prioritized differential diagnosis and determine level of acuity.
• Graduates will be able to utilize pertinent patient information, relevant scientific evidence, and appropriate clinical judgment to provide effective, efficient, and culturally-sensitive patient and family-centered care in a variety of settings and systems.
• Graduates will be able to perform general procedures of a physician.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge of normal human growth, development, and aging.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, prognosis, management, and prevention of common and/or important human diseases.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge of how ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic, and other social determinants of health impact both the general population as well as vulnerable populations.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge of clinical and translational research through critique of experimental design, ethical considerations, data, and statistical analysis.
• Graduates will be able to identify strengths and limitations in one's knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and develop a plan to address deficiencies seeking assistance when needed.
• Graduates will be able to apply evidence from scientific studies to patient care.
• Graduates will be able to formulate an accurate, focused, and context-specific oral summary and documentation of a clinical encounter.
• Graduates will be able to communicate effectively, respectfully, and compassionately with patients, families, and healthcare team members across a broad range of socioeconomic, cultural, and spiritual backgrounds.
• Graduates will be able to show integrity and accountability to patients, society, and the profession of medicine.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate respect for patient privacy, confidentiality, autonomy, culture, shared decision-making, and informed consent.
• Graduates will be able to incorporate considerations of population health, patient experience, and per capita cost in practice.
• Graduates will be able to facilitate and support the coordination of patient care within the context of (an) interprofessional health care system
• Graduates will be able to identify systems failures and contribute to a culture of safety and improvement.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge of team members' roles and responsibilities, and how members individually and collectively address the healthcare needs of patients and populations.
• Graduates will be able to work effectively and respectfully with all team members and coworkers in the health care setting.
• Graduates will be able to use self-reflection to regulate personal and professional behavior and seek assistance when needed.
• Graduates will be able to utilize resources (personal, professional and institutional) that provide support and direction for a positive, rewarding, and sustained career in medicine.