About SOMA

Mission : The Campus : "The Medical School of the Future"

Mission

Our Goal: To prepare excellent osteopathic physicians to serve the health care needs of society.

Our Values: As an osteopathic medical college devoted to excellence we value relationships, integrity, learning together, compassion, the whole person, teamwork, and innovation.

Our Vision: We aspire to be recognized in the communities we serve as

• a community of medical educators who established a learning centered model of medical education
• creating life-long, meaningful relationships with students and serving their medical education needs throughout their career
• establishing a community of scholars that value innovation in medical education
• committed to a process of continuous quality improvement addressing the ever-changing educational needs of osteopathic physicians
• the innovative leader in the development of contextual medical education curriculum
• establishing a successful partnership with Community Health Centers (CHCs) that fosters medical education and results in an increase in the number of osteopathic physicians in CHCs
• a model of inter-professional health care education and practice