Our Missions, Your Journey
A great medical education begins with a shared vision. At Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, we look for students who are driven by similar values that guide our faculty, our clinics, and our research labs. Because our student body is diverse in its talents and aspirations, we offer three distinct program pathways, each guided by a unique mission and set of core values.
As you prepare your application, we invite you to review the missions below to find the program that best aligns with your career goals, your personal values, and the impact you want to have on the world of medicine.
As you read through our programs, ask yourself: What kind of physician do I want to become? How do my past experiences reflect these values?
University Program
Mission:
To develop compassionate, reflective, and clinically expert physicians through collaborative, human-centered education that advances breakthrough discoveries, honors each patient’s unique story, and prepares graduates to understand the contexts that shape health.
Values:
We achieve and fulfill this mission by fostering a medical education community rooted in the pursuit of mastery:
- Curiosity and Inquiry: Promoting critical thinking and a lifelong growth mindset.
- Compassionate Connection: Prioritizing ethics, patient partnerships, and adaptability to deliver optimal patient care.
- Collaborative Leadership: Building a collegial environment to navigate learning and growing together and to provide space for new and divergent ideas to inspire continuous improvement in our communities - locally, nationally and globally.
Lerner College Program
Mission:
The mission of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine is to educate students to become physician investigators who advance biomedical research, deliver exceptional clinical care and promote health.
Values:
At the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine we are committed to excellence in education, research and the health of our communities.
LCP students are important partners in achieving the mission of Cleveland Clinic: Caring for Life, Researching for Health, Educating Those Who Serve.
View the Mission, Vision & Values of Cleveland Clinic
MSTP
Mission:
To train physician-scientist leaders who can accelerate rigorous basic, translational, clinical and multidisciplinary research to advance the understanding, detection, treatment and prevention of human disease.
To see how our specific educational approaches and core values align with your own goals as a future physician-scientist, we invite you to explore our detailed MSTP Mission, Approach, and Values guide.