Physician as Person

Competency:

Our graduates understand their motivations, limitations and values; recognize their own reactions to difficult situations, and understand how these personal responses may affect their lives and work.

Examples of behaviors our graduates use to demonstrate competence:

• Solicit and accept suggestions from others about ways to address personal weaknesses and to improve performance.
• Use proper techniques to manage stress, anxiety or other intrusive emotional states including recognition of when and how to seek help.
• Appropriately cope with medical mistakes and learn from them when they occur.
• Understand and strive to achieve balance in personal life and professional practice.

Click on the Adobe file below to view a poster that illustrates the Physician as Person Competency. This poster is one of six that portray the Competencies in Medical Education and that grace the halls of the UMMS campus.