Mission, Vision, and Goals

The College of Medicine provides education, conducts research, engages in clinical practice and performs service to create a healthier world. Accomplishing our mission and achieving our goals and vision will help to transform health care and provide leadership in realizing the university’s vision "to become a new kind of university that provides leadership and service to the Central Florida city-state."

Our Mission

The University of Central Florida College of Medicine educates and inspires individuals to be exemplary physicians and scientists, leaders in medicine, scholars in discovery, and adopters of innovative technology to improve the health and well-being of all. Our patient-centered mission is achieved by outstanding medical care and services, groundbreaking research, and leading edge medical and biomedical education in an environment enriched by diversity.

Our Vision

The University of Central Florida College of Medicine will be the nation's premier 21st century college of medicine — a national leader in education, research, and patient care, recognized for supporting and empowering its students and faculty to realize their passion for discovery, healing, health, and life, and for its ability to create partnerships to transform medical education and health care.

Our Goals

• Achieve excellence in medical and biomedical education
• Excel in research and discovery in biomedical science, medical education, and health care
• Provide outstanding individualized patient care while transforming health care delivery
• Be America's leading partnership college of medicine
• Establish a diversified self-sustaining infrastructure to support future operations

Our Strategic Initiatives

• Create and implement an exemplary M.D. program
• Develop innovative educational models and provide leadership in the integration of advanced simulation approaches in medical education
• Design and implement a world-class knowledge management system for medical education
• Establish, conduct, and coordinate effective graduate medical education and continuing medical education programs
• Provide comprehensive baccalaureate and master's biomedical sciences programs focusing on academic, research, and workforce preparation
• Achieve excellence in the biomedical sciences doctoral program that leads to national prominence
• Build an outstanding biomedical research enterprise that spans the entire health care spectrum from bench to bedside that is nationally recognized for its excellence
• Achieve excellence in innovative medical education research
• Implement education and research initiatives on patient safety and quality health care
• Establish an exemplary faculty practice with innovative models of care that will best serve our college and the community in an era of health care evolution and transformation
• Create diverse structures and sources for long-term support of the college and its missions
• Create a culture that makes the College of Medicine become the institution of choice for patients, students, faculty, and staff