Vision

Transform healthcare through excellence in education, innovation, and leadership.

Mission

Develop a diverse group of servant physician leaders by providing excellence in education, fostering a culture of patient-centered care, and stimulating scientific discovery. We aim to promote health equity and improve clinical care through innovation and collaboration.

Core principles: Lead, transform and heal

Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine will:

• Enroll an outstanding and diverse student body that has a strong foundation in the sciences and a demonstrated commitment to service and continuous learning
• Attract and sustain an outstanding and diverse faculty who contribute to education scholarship and utilize the best principles of education to optimize students' professional development
• Provide a learner-centered curriculum that aligns with evolving technological trends and integrates strong basic sciences, ethical principles, professional standards and outstanding clinical training
• Provide an intellectually stimulating environment where small class size and a large faculty of physicians, scientists and other health professionals unite to promote the scientific and humanitarian practice of medicine

In order to graduate physicians who will:

• Provide service and demonstrate leadership within health care systems and within the community
• Serve as leaders of change to improve the health care system and delivery
• Advance the scientific foundations of medicine through leadership in basic, clinical and translational research
• Promote the role of the physician as educator-mentor and the importance of lifelong learning
• Foster resilience and wellness in themselves and others, demonstrating work-life integration and compassionate self-care and care of others
• Make altruistic career choices based on personal skills without the burden of excessive educational debt
• Have mastered the knowledge and skills required for diagnosis, patient management, health promotion, disease prevention and high-value health care
• Respect the importance of the patient as an individual as well as the needs of populations, and consistently practice evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary health care teams
• Contribute to a diverse and culturally competent workforce
• Practice both the art and science of medicine, and incorporate the highest ethical principles into their lives and practices