All MCO faculty receive annual performance evaluations based on their department's emphasis on education, research and patient care. C. Disciplinary emphasis central to institution's mission. MCO's disciplinary emphasis involves serving the students in its schools as well as the medical and health care practitioners in the community who seek and require continuing education programs. The educational programs benefit the state of Ohio by providing the citizenry with accessible, affordable health science education. MCO is obligated to prepare people for the health care professions and biomedical sciences at all levels, including establishing centers of academic excellence that will serve as models for Ohio and the nation.
Research is of local, regional, national and international importance.
It is central to MCO's role as a comprehensive, academic health science center. Health care is a community resource for both prevention and treatment. MCO is committed to improving the public's access to primary care. The populace has a right to affordable and accessible health care of the highest quality. Service to the public, stemming from the individual contributions of the trustees, faculty, staff and students, will improve the quality of life in the community and the region.