Mission
The Department of Medical Education is an academic home for developing and engaging educators in achieving educational excellence through creativity, collaboration and scholarship.
Vision
The Department of Medical Education will become recognized locally and nationally as a model for advancing educational excellence and scholarship through educator development and collaboration.
Values
- Highest ideal of professionalism
- Inter-professional collaboration
- Rigor in scholarly inquiry
- Inclusive diversity
- Learning and learner-driven practice
- Culture of meaningful engagement and relationships
Purposes
- Engage with others to promote best practices and the ongoing pursuit of educational excellence
- Foster an inclusive educator community of practice
- Support educators' professional development and advancement
- Produce scholarship that advances educators and education
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (Geisel) believes that a diverse and inclusive community of students, residents, fellows, staff, and faculty enhances our mission to address the world's health problems through research and discovery, the evaluation and improvement of systems of healthcare, and the education of the best future physicians and scientists.
Geisel (and Dartmouth, writ large) recognizes diversity in all of its forms relating to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Furthermore, Geisel recognizes that diversity includes differences in socioeconomic background and other less easily defined measures that comprise the rich breadth of human experiences, talents, and attributes.
Research demonstrates that working and learning in an environment that is diverse in thought and perspective results in improvement in the educational quality and organizational outcomes at all levels and for people of all backgrounds. Therefore, we commit resources to initiatives that will recruit, support, and retain students, trainees, faculty, and staff that encompass the full diversity of our population. Within this broad scope, we emphasize the recruitment and retention of Black/African Americans, Indigenous Peoples of North America, Hispanic/Latinx, as well as active and former members of the U.S. military service to reach our vision to:
- educate students on best practices within a complex society;
- seek innovative solutions in research and clinical care;
- build bridges to the communities we serve both locally and globally; and,
- provide role models and mentors to future generations.