The College of Medicine provides education, conducts research, engages in clinical practice and performs service to create a healthier world. Accomplishing our mission and achieving our goals and vision will help to transform health care and provide leadership in realizing the university’s vision “to become a new kind of university that provides leadership and service to the Central Florida city-state.”
The University of Central Florida College of Medicine will be the nation’s premier 21st century college of medicine — a national leader in education, research, and patient care, recognized for supporting and empowering its students and faculty to realize their passion for discovery, healing, health, and life, and for its ability to create partnerships to transform medical education and health care.
The University of Central Florida College of Medicine educates and inspires individuals to be exemplary physicians and scientists, leaders in medicine, scholars in discovery, and adopters of innovative technology to improve the health and well-being of all. Our patient-centered mission is achieved by outstanding medical care and services, groundbreaking research, and leading edge medical and biomedical education in an environment enriched by diversity.
We value the individual worth, dignity and well-being of those with whom we teach, study, work and serve. The core values that guide our conduct, performance and decisions and that form the foundation of our relationships are: