Message from Dean Brater

D. Craig Brater, M.D. Dean of the IU School of Medicine and Walter J. Daly Professor

As the Indiana University School of Medicine strives to meet its goals for excellence, our frame of reference is to train students and residents to be the kinds of doctors—and people—that you would want taking care of you and your loved ones. Nothing is more important than to ensure that our graduates meet the highest standards of preparation and professionalism as they move into the next stage of their lives.

We are proud of the fact that our school is a leader in implementing a set of competencies that our faculty agreed our learners must master. We have incorporated them into the fabric of our educational process. The School certifies—and patients should expect—that our graduates have these skills and behaviors.

We continually consider how best to teach these skills and assess how well students have mastered them. The competency curriculum pushes both the School and its learners to do a better job than ever before.