One Students reflect on and acknowledge their own cultural and spiritual traditions, as well as gender, class and sexual socialization experiences. They can articulate ways that these factors influence their approach to medical practice.
Students display nonjudgmental attitudes towards disparate value systems and beliefs.
They explore the role of community services through site visits, discussions with staff and patients, and observation of the provision of services. B. Level Two Students elicit and identify nonbiologic factors as part of routine history-taking, including appropriate issues in their problem list formulations and management plans. They serve as patient advocates in identifying appropriate resources, matching patient needs to community services, and facilitating referrals. Students are aware of, respect, and will engage the familial, cultural, and spiritual supports in the care of the patient. Students function as responsible team members.