| Mission
Statement
Saint Barnabas Medical Center is committed
to graduate medical education and will provide the educational,
financial and human resources support necessary to accomplish
this endeavor.
The mission of the Medical Center concerning
graduate medical education is to train, educate and enhance
the practice of medicine by resident physicians and medical
students, to instill the highest professional and ethical
standards in these individuals to enable them to meet the
needs of the community.
In order to realize this mission, we
will:
Teach current and evolving modalities
of diagnosis and treatment.
Provide an environment that
is conducive to scholarly activity
Implement patient care that
is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the treatment of health problems and promotion
of health
Encourage the application of
evidence-based practice
Ensure that trainees demonstrate
a commitment to carry out
professional responsibilities, adhere to ethical principles,
and display
sensitivity to a diverse patient population
Ensure awareness of and responsiveness
to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to effectively call
on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value
Promote interpersonal and communication
skills that result in effective information exchange between patients, their families
and professional associates
Monitor the educational programs
and the performance of trainees to
ensure that national and regional standards are met
Use outcome assessment results
for program improvement
Instill the principles of life-long
learning
Teach the residents to provide
patient-entered care that is safe,
effective, timely and equitable
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