Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine Mission and Strategic Objectives
Mission Statement
The University of Florida Department of Medicine is dedicated to patient care, education, and research through excellence in health care delivery and new innovations in biomedical research.
Strategic Objectives
Patient Care
| OBJECTIVE 1 | Provide accessible, user-friendly high quality care to our patient population. |
| OBJECTIVE 2 | Become the geographic provider of choice for primary care and sub specialty medicine. |
| OBJECTIVE 3 | Function as a departmental group practice. |
| OBJECTIVE 4 | Deliver user-friendly service to referring physicians. |
Education
| OBJECTIVE 1 | Be a leading Department of Medicine in Medical Education of medical students, residents, fellows and other health care professionals. |
| OBJECTIVE 2 | Be an innovator in Medical Education. |
| OBJECTIVE 3 | Be compliant with all AAMC and ACGME requirements. |
| OBJECTIVE 4 | Create an enthusiastic environment for medical students to develop into outstanding physicians. |
| OBJECTIVE 5 | Train the next generation of academic clinicians, educators and clinician-scientists. |
Research
| OBJECTIVE 1 | Recruit, develop and retain high quality faculty members capable of producing cutting edge research in clinical, translational, and basic science disciplines. |
| OBJECTIVE 2 | Provide the resources and environment to support the efforts of faculty and trainees engaged in research. |
| OBJECTIVE 3 | Increase extramural research funding so that this department ranks within the top 33% of Departments of Medicine. |
| OBJECTIVE 4 | Increase the quality of life from positive research outcomes. |