{"id":180,"date":"2023-07-26T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T22:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-program\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2025-06-27T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:24:05","slug":"educational-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-program\/curriculum\/educational-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-program\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about MD Program\">MD Program<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-program\/curriculum\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Curriculum\">Curriculum<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Educational Objectives<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link eyebrow-link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a\n  class=\"link \"\n  href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-program\/admissions\/\"\n    aria-label=\"Read&#x20;more&#x20;about&#x20;Application&#x20;Information\">\n        Application Information\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n      \n              <div class=\"horizontal-nav\">\n                      <div class=\"horizontal-menu-container\">\n              <button class=\"expand-menu\">\n                                  In This Section\n              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menu-item-object-page menu-item-208\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-program\/leadership\/\" >Leadership<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/li>\n\n    \n      <\/ul><!-- m--menu -->\n<\/nav>\n\n            <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n              \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n   aria-label=\"Content Accordions\"\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-large\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Upon completion of the four-year course of medical training, the graduating student will be able to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-MDiw5T7KMJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-MDiw5T7KMJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Patient Care<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-MDiw5T7KMJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-MDiw5T7KMJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Contribute to and provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective patient-centered care to promote health and treat disease.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Gather relevant history appropriate for the patients and their presenting concerns.<\/li>\n<li>Perform both comprehensive and focused physical examinations using techniques appropriate to the complexity and acuity of the patient.<\/li>\n<li>Perform basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.<\/li>\n<li>Effectively communicate clinical data via presentations and documentation.<\/li>\n<li>Assess patients and develop care plans that include patient preferences, access, social and structural determinants of health and current scientific evidence for common clinical encounters.<\/li>\n<li>Select and interpret appropriate procedures and diagnostic tests.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and prioritize differential diagnoses.<\/li>\n<li>Counsel and include patients and families in decision-making in a manner that recognizes the impact of social and structural determinants of health.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate principles of preventive health into patient care plans.<\/li>\n<li>Identify patients in need of acute, urgent or emergent care, seek assistance, and recommend initial evaluation and management.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          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clinical, social and health systems science and epidemiology needed for clinical scenarios.<\/li>\n<li>Apply foundational knowledge to clinical problem solving, diagnostic reasoning, and decision making in clinical scenarios.<\/li>\n<li>Apply knowledge of environmental, social, and structural factors on health and disease to care for patients.<\/li>\n<li>Use digital health tools in the provision of patient care (e.g., EMR, telehealth).<\/li>\n<li>Conduct scholarly work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-MDiw5T7KMJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-MDiw5T7KMJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Systems-Based Practice<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-MDiw5T7KMJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-MDiw5T7KMJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources in the system to provide optimal care.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Work effectively in various health care delivery settings.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to the coordination of patient care within the health system.<\/li>\n<li>Identify issues related to patient safety and quality improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Apply knowledge of local population and community health needs, disparities and resources to the analysis and delivery of healthcare.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate cost awareness and risk-benefit analysis in patient and\/or population-based care.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-MDiw5T7KMJ\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-MDiw5T7KMJ\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Professionalism<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-MDiw5T7KMJ\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-MDiw5T7KMJ\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Demonstrate a commitment to carrying out 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