Overview
 The mission of the M.D. program is to provide medical students with the
educational foundation for careers characterized by clinical
excellence, a strong commitment to human values, a strong sense of
collegiality, and scientific curiosity and rigor. The M.D. program
is the first phase in the education of a physician; it is followed
by a period of post graduate residency training, and culminates in
the life-long learning required of all physicians.
The M.D. program at EVMS is designed to educate compassionate and
skillful physician-scientists, with a special emphasis on
preparation for residency training and careers in the primary care and
other medical disciplines.
Excellence in patient care requires a firm
foundation in the medical sciences, highly developed clinical skills, a
well developed attitude of empathy and compassion and skills in
clinical problem solving. EVMS seeks to educate physicians with the
knowledge and skills to diagnose and treat illness, to advise patients
on the pursuit and maintenance of good health and to appreciate how
illness affects the lives of their patients.
The very rapid advances in medical knowledge and the rapid
development and deployment of new technologies require that physicians
not only have accurate and comprehensive current medical knowledge, but
also that they have the skills to rapidly obtain, evaluate and
assimilate new knowledge. EVMS seeks to educate physicians skilled in
scientific inquiry, clinical reasoning and clinical problem solving.
With these goals in mind, the EVMS curriculum is designed to:
- Provide a firm foundation in medical science and clinical skills
- Understand and utilize the best available medical evidence in
addressing medical problems
- Cultivate habits of independent learning and scholarship
- Help students recognize and accept the broad social and economic
responsibilities of members of the medical profession
- Encourage the development of self-awareness and communication
skills
- Emphasize human values in the practice of medicine
 The M.D. program at EVMS is a carefully sequenced and integrated
curriculum of basic and clinical sciences which continues through all
four years of study, designed to achieve competency in all areas
relevant to the general professional education of the physician. The
curriculum stresses not only the acquisition of knowledge, but its
analysis, synthesis and integration. The curriculum includes
interdisciplinary themes that continue over the entire four-year period
such as medical ethics, information technology, clinical skills,
community medicine, geriatrics and medical professionalism.
Students are expected to participate as active learners throughout
the curriculum. Teaching and learning methods include lectures, small
group study, clinical instruction, conferences, and extensive use of a
nationally recognized Professional Skills Center. Student progress is assessed regularly.
The curriculum includes interdisciplinary themes that continue over
the entire four-year period such as medical ethics, information
technology, clinical skills, community medicine, geriatrics, and medical
professionalism.
At the conclusion of their four years at EVMS, our graduates are
fully prepared to begin the next phase of their training. EVMS graduates
have been highly successful as resident physicians in virtually every
medical and surgical specialty, and have gone on to careers as respected
and successful physicians in Hampton Roads, in Virginia, and throughout
the United States.
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