CLINICAL STANDARD:

Patient care. We must provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective care to promote health and treat health problems with our patients.

Clinical Intelligence & Wisdom. We must be experts in established and new physiological, clinical, and cognate sciences and how to apply this knowledge to patient care with adaptive elasticity and creative processing of new information.

Practice-based learning and improvement. We must always investigate and evaluate our own systems and look for ways to improve.

Interpersonal and communication skills. We must be able to communicate effectively with patients, their families, and other health professionals.

Professionalism. We commit to professionalism including carrying out professional responsibilities, sticking to ethical principles, and being sensitive to a diverse patient population.

Systems-based practice. We must be aware of, and responsive to, the larger context and system of health care. We must also be able to find and use the latest and best resources to provide the best care possible.