The University of Kansas Medical Center

Description

Mission Statement
The University of Kansas Medical Center an integral and unique component of the University of Kansas and the Kansas Board of Regents system is composed of the School of Medicine located in Kansas City and Wichita the School of Nursing the School of Allied Health the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City and a Graduate School The KU Medical Center is a complex institution whose basic functions include research education patient care and community service involving multiple constituencies at state and national levels The following paragraphs chart the KU Medical Centers course and serve as a framework for assessing programs setting goals developing initiatives and evaluating progress

The University of Kansas Medical Center is a major research institution primarily serving the State of Kansas as well as the nation and the world and assumes leadership in the discovery of new knowledge and the development of programs in research education and patient care The KU Medical Center recognizes the importance of meeting the wide range of health care needs in Kansas from the critical need for primary care in rural and other underserved areas of the state to the urgent need for highly specialized knowledge to provide the latest preventive and treatment techniques available As the major resources in the Kansas Board of Regents system for preparing health care professionals the programs of the KU Medical Center must be comprehensive and maintain the high scholarship and academic excellence on which the reputation of the University is based Our mission is to create an environment for

Instruction The KU Medical Center educates health
care professionals to primarily serve the needs of
Kansas as well as the region and the nation High
quality educational experiences are offered to a
diverse student population through a full range of
undergraduate graduate professional postdoctoral
and continuing education programs

Research The KU Medical Center maintains
nationally and internationally recognized research
programs to advance the health sciences Health
related research flourishes in a setting that
includes strong basic and applied investigations of
life processes inquiries into the normal functions
of the human body and mechanisms of disease
processes and model health care programs for the
prevention of disease and the maintenance of health
and quality of life

Service The KU Medical Center provides high
quality patientcentered health care and health
related services The University of Kansas Medical
Center will be the standard bearer in the
development and implementation of model programs
that provide the greatest possible diversity of
proven health care services for the citizens of
Kansas the region and the nation