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school Medical Education Program Learning Outcomes

AS A PHYSICIAN
  • 1. Integrates all physician roles to provide optimal, ethical, and patient-centered medical care.
    • a. Communicates detailed assessments and recommendations, requested by another healthcare professional, in written and/or verbal form.
    • b. Effectively utilizes medical competencies.
    • c. Recognizes ethical issues related to patient care and acts accordingly.
    • d. Effectively and appropriately prioritizes professional duties when faced with multiple patients and problems.
    • e. Provides compassionate and patient-centered care.
    • f. Adheres to ethical principles when making medical decisions.
    • g. Acts as an expert witness when required.
  • 2. Develops and maintains knowledge, skills, and attitudes appropriate for clinical practice.
    • a. Applies relevant basic biomedical, social-behavioral, and clinical knowledge to their own clinical practice.
    • b. Utilizes competencies related to their field.
    • c. Engages in lifelong learning to maintain and enhance professional competencies.
  • 3. Obtains a comprehensive and reliable medical history, and performs a detailed physical examination.
    • a. Obtains a concise and accurate history, considering the patient's condition and preferences, for disease prevention, health promotion, diagnosis, and treatment.
    • b. Performs a symptom-focused, complete physical examination for disease prevention, health promotion, diagnosis, and treatment.
    • c. Selects appropriate diagnostic methods within ethical guidelines, utilizing resources effectively.
    • d. Utilizes effective clinical problem-solving and interpretation skills to define the patient's problem.
  • 4. Effectively applies preventive medicine and therapeutic practices.
    • a. Manages diagnosis and treatment effectively in collaboration with the patient and their family.
    • b. Timely, appropriately, and effectively utilizes interventions related to clinical practice for disease prevention and treatment.
    • c. Obtains informed consent from the patient for proposed treatments.
    • d. Ensures terminally ill patients receive appropriate supportive care.
  • 5. Demonstrates medical practice skills adequately and appropriately during the diagnostic and treatment process.
    • a. Utilizes diagnostic and therapeutic procedures related to clinical practice in a timely, appropriate, and effective manner.
    • b. Obtains informed consent from the patient for procedures to be performed.
    • c. Documents information regarding procedures performed and their results, and presents it when necessary.
    • d. Plans adequate and appropriate follow-up for the procedures performed.
  • 6. Knows the limits of their own and other healthcare professionals' areas of expertise and requests appropriate consultation services.
    • a. Knows their own and other healthcare professionals' limits by conducting self-assessment.
    • b. Provides effective, appropriate, and timely consultation services to other healthcare professionals when needed, to ensure optimal patient care.
AS A COMMUNICATOR
  • 7. Develops a harmonious, trust-based, ethical relationship with patients and their families during diagnostic and treatment processes.
    • a. Applies fundamental clinical skills required by medical practice by communicating effectively.
    • b. Approaches patients and their families with understanding, trust, respect, and empathy during the diagnostic and treatment process.
    • c. Respects patient privacy and preferences.
    • d. Listens actively, critically, and empathetically.
    • e. Conducts a clinical interview according to its principles.
    • f. Communicates effectively with individuals and groups requiring a special approach and having diverse sociocultural characteristics, and manages their medical processes appropriately.
  • 8. Provides appropriate explanations regarding the process and informs patients and their families, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals.
    • a. Conveys information to patients and their families, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals with a humane attitude and in an understandable manner.
    • b. Ensures patients and their families, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals discuss the process and participate in decision-making.
  • 9. Creates a treatment plan in collaboration with patients and their relatives, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals.
    • a. Effectively investigates and identifies patient problems during consultations, including their condition, reactions, concerns, and preferences.
    • b. Respects all differences that influence the decision-making process, including gender, religion, and cultural values.
    • c. Encourages the patient to ask questions, discuss, and interact during consultations.
    • d. Develops a treatment plan by involving the patient, their relatives, and relevant healthcare personnel in the decision-making processes.
    • e. Delivers bad news appropriately.
  • 10. Provides effective information about medical conditions, both in written and verbal forms.
    • a. Effectively presents clinical conditions and diagnostic-treatment processes verbally.
    • b. Effectively informs the public or media about a medical condition when necessary.
AS A TEAM MEMBER
  • 11. Participates appropriately and effectively in healthcare teams.
    • a. Clearly explains their own duties and responsibilities to other healthcare professionals.
    • b. Knows the duties and responsibilities of other members within the healthcare team.
    • c. Plans and completes services to be provided to patients and the community in collaboration with other healthcare professionals.
    • d. Refers patients to the relevant specialist physician when necessary during diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, and correctly applies verbal and written communication.
    • e. Effectively participates in interprofessional meetings.
    • f. Works in harmony with other professional groups to ensure the provision of quality service.
    • g. Respects team ethics, including professionalism, resource allocation, and confidentiality.
    • h. Leads a healthcare team when necessary.
    • i. Collaborates with other stakeholders in academic and administrative tasks outside of healthcare services when necessary.
  • 12. Works effectively within the team to prevent, negotiate, and resolve interprofessional conflicts.
    • a. Exhibits a respectful attitude towards professionals from different disciplines and colleagues within the team during conflict.
    • b. Collaborates with other professionals to prevent conflicts.
    • c. Conducts negotiations with the entire team to resolve conflicts.
    • d. Engages in self-criticism during conflict and acts accordingly.
AS A LEADER - MANAGER
  • 13. Human Management and Leadership
    • a. Organizes the work of other healthcare professionals in accordance with their job descriptions at their respective workplaces.
    • b. Manages or participates appropriately in commissions and meetings.
    • c. Manages relationships with institutions and individuals with whom they interact, and assumes different team roles when necessary.
    • d. Manages the behavior of patients and their relatives within the healthcare service.
    • e. Demonstrates exemplary behavior, provides leadership, and contributes to career planning within the healthcare team during service delivery.
  • 14. Resource Management
    • a. Utilizes healthcare resources effectively and judiciously.
    • b. Organizes patient care in a cost-effective manner.
  • 15. Healthcare System Management
    • a. Manages the functional position of the healthcare system, considering all its levels.
    • b. Manages the financial position of the healthcare system, considering all its levels.
AS A HEALTH ADVOCATE
  • 16. Responds to the health needs and questions of each individual as part of healthcare.
    • a. Determines the health needs of each individual.
    • b. Identifies health promotion opportunities and develops solutions in collaboration with the individuals they serve.
    • c. Identifies preventive medicine opportunities and develops solutions in collaboration with the individuals they serve.
    • d. Defines legal and social rights for the individuals served and informs the target audience.
    • e. Identifies vulnerable and needy individuals within the community and develops appropriate solutions.
    • f. Detects situations threatening public health and develops appropriate solutions.
    • g. Raises awareness about diseases with increasing prevalence in their region.
    • h. Protects their own physical, mental, and social health and takes necessary precautions for this.
  • 17. Promotes the health of the community and each individual patient.
    • a. Exhibits behaviors that will improve the health indicators of the community they serve.
    • b. Provides services considering the impact of public policies on the health of the nation's people.
    • c. Performs duties with knowledge of the impact of the structural and functional characteristics of healthcare services on community and individual health.
  • 18. To maintain and develop professional activities through continuous and lifelong learning.
    • a. Identifies and fulfills learning needs during clinical practice.
    • b. Conducts self-assessment in clinical practice.
    • c. Sets appropriate learning goals for themselves.
    • d. Accesses and interprets evidence related to the topic.
    • e. Applies new acquisitions.
    • f. Evaluates the impact of new acquisitions in practice.
    • g. Demonstrates skills in acquiring, evaluating, integrating new information with existing knowledge, applying it to professional situations, and adapting to changing conditions throughout their professional life.
  • 19. Facilitates learning for the entire community, including healthcare professionals.
    • a. Educates in accordance with medical education principles.
    • b. Determines learning needs and desired learning outcomes in collaboration with the target audience.
    • c. Selects content and effective teaching strategies to facilitate others' learning.
    • d. Delivers effective lectures or presentations.
    • e. Makes inferences and evaluates in the learning and teaching process.
    • f. Provides effective feedback.
  • 20. Applies scientific research methods.
    • a. Adheres to the principles of scientific inquiry and research.
    • b. Adheres to the principles of research ethics.
    • c. Formulates scientific hypotheses.
    • d. Conducts systematic, evidence-based research.
    • e. Selects and applies appropriate methods to test the hypothesis.
    • f. Appropriately disseminates the findings of a study.
AS A PROFESSIONAL
  • 21. Commits to ethical clinical practice towards patients, other healthcare professionals, and the community.
    • a. Demonstrates appropriate professional behaviors in practice, considering values such as honesty, consistency, commitment, compassion, respect, and dedication.
    • b. Does not use professional knowledge and position for personal gain.
    • c. Adheres to the limits and principles of patient privacy as defined by professional and legal regulations.
  • 22. Commits to acting in accordance with professional rules towards patients, other healthcare professionals, and the community.
    • a. Adheres to professional, legal, and ethical rules during practice.
    • b. Fulfills legal and administrative obligations required by current practice.
    • c. Is open to the supervision of professional administrative bodies.
  • 23. Commits to the continuity of healthcare services by maintaining their own health.
    • a. Maintains their own health by balancing personal and professional priorities, and ensures the continuity of their service.
    • b. Identifies healthcare professionals who require assistance regarding their health and acts appropriately.