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Mission
The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is an academic
unit of the State University of New York at Buffalo. It is
a publicly owned and supported medical school committed to
the education of medical, graduate and other health science
students to serve primarily the health care needs of the citizens
of New York State. Commitment to excellence in the pursuit
of scholarship, research, patient care and community service
are the fundamental foundations necessary to provide excellence
in education:
- To
provide a center of research and scholarship that will advance
and promote health-related services
- To
provide well-trained physicians and other health care professionals
who will attend to the health needs of citizens and
- To
offer a source of continuing education to the community
of health care providers.
As a public
institution, the mission places particular emphasis on diversity,
inclusion and the special needs of the state such as generalist
education, minority recruitment and retention, and the underserved
urban and rural health populations.
Goals
As UB enters its sesquicentennial year, its goals are to provide
for the complex set of education, research, scholarship and
public service needs of a modern health care environment.
This includes the preparation of students for the Doctor of
Medicine degree, Master of Science degree and the Doctor of
Philosophy degree. The School is dedicated to producing physicians
for the full spectrum of medical disciplines. The pursuit
of lifelong learning is fostered through postdoctoral training,
graduate medical education programs and continuing medical
education. With the recent opening of the Biomedical Research
Building a new opportunity exists for the centralization and
expansion of clinical and basic science research. The long-term
goals continue to be the integration of education and research
in an enterprise that will provide for excellence in meeting
the health care requirements of New York State and the nation.
Vision
The School's vision is to be recognized as a comprehensive
medical school which contributes to the public good through
the preparation of informed critical and caring physicians,
and innovative and productive basic and clinical scientists.
The conduct of original research in the basic and applied
medical sciences is fundamental to achievement of the vision,
as is the rendering of quality patient care. In addition,
UB's medical school seeks to ensure the continuation of cost-effective,
socially responsible health care systems in Western New York.
Values
The School emphasizes the preparation of students well grounded
in the sciences basic to medicine and committed to the values
of caring, dedication, compassion, humaneness and service
to individual patients and to society as a whole. It seeks
to uphold high standards of professional ethics in research,
patient care, and institutional governance.
Objectives
- Education
of Medical Students
The School accepts 135 medical students and up to five MD-Ph.D.
Medical Scientist Training Programs (MSTP) students per
year. The curriculum is designed to provide a solid foundation
in the science and art of medicine and to prepare each student
to differentiate into any specialty field. The School has
responded to the changing needs of health care by increasing
its emphasis on Generalist Education.
- Education
of Biomedical Science Graduate Students
The school enrolls approximately 300 graduate students who
seek either a Master's degree or Ph.D. degree. These students
are enrolled principally in the basic science departments
and at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
- Conduct
of Biomedical Research
A strong research program supported by competitively awarded
extramural funding is fundamental to the conduct of a viable
medical education and biomedical science educational effort.
- Graduate
Medical Education (GME)
Fifty-three accredited programs are sponsored and coordinated
by a Consortium membered by the schools of Medicine and
Dental Medicine, and the affiliated teaching hospitals:
Buffalo General Hospital (BGH), Children's Hospital of Buffalo
(CHOB), Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), Mercy Hospital
(MH), Millard Fillmore Hospital (MFH), Niagara Falls Memorial
Medical Center (NFMMC), Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI),
Sisters of Charity Hospital (SCH), and Buffalo Veterans
Administration Medical Center (VAMC).
- Continuing
Medical Education (CME)
An active CME program is conducted and coordinated to meet
the needs of the faculty and participating physicians throughout
Western New York. Programs are designed to complement graduate
and undergraduate medical education, especially in primary
care and in the development of faculty skills.
- Faculty
Development
Each department is responsible for providing an environment
in which faculty members can develop their skills as educators,
scientists, practitioners and university citizens. Interdisciplinary
faculty development programs are offered through the Primary
Care Resource Center (PCRC) and the CME Office. The requirements
for promotion are well defined and publicized, and promotion
standards are reviewed at the department, school-wide and
university levels before tenure can be awarded.
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Conduct of Patient Care
The School has a Faculty Practice Management Plan in which
full-time and geographical full-time faculty must participate.
This activity provides an environment in which students
are exposed to care supported by quality education and clinical
research.
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