Mission Statement

We, the Office of Student and Multicultural Affairs, encourage our students at Dartmouth Medical School to lead balanced lives, creating a harmonious circle of health and wellness that ultimately benefits their patients and them. Our mission is to create a supportive environment in which students can flourish as they transition into medical professionals who are caring, compassionate, and responsible world citizens. We achieve our mission by:

• Creating a community that honors the diverse backgrounds of our students, faculty, and administrators;
• Coordinating educational programs that complement the curriculum;
• Serving as student advocates within the Dartmouth community and beyond;
• Initiating programs that teach our students to be culturally versatile and practice medicine appropriately in the world as it exists today;
• Providing academic, personal, and career counseling;
• Introducing opportunities for socially responsible human service activities on a local, national, and international scale;
• Fostering leadership skills by working to bring student-generated ideas to fruition, facilitating the expression of their creativity and passion; and
• Assuring that the Medical School is in compliance with the LCME and AAMC guidelines regarding student life.

Through these efforts, we strive to foster in each student a sense of social and professional responsibility that engenders the trust and confidence of the public and complements the exceptional clinical training for which graduates of Dartmouth Medical School are known.

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