|
|
| EDUCATIONAL
MISSION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES |
| SABA University
School of Medicine provides a comprehensive basic and clinical
medicine education program that produces physicians who are
proficient to meet health care needs in the Netherlands-Antilles
and other countries. This mission is being accomplished by collectively
defining the latest medical science strategies for the treatment
and management of patients in a broad range of social and economic
settings. Our students are prepared properly to demonstrate
the professional and clinical skills needed for medical problem
solving, health promotion, patient care, community services,
research and scholarship. |
| |
| GOALS |
- The
preparation of medical students for the study and practice
of medicine through the motto of SABA University, "EDUCATION
FOR LIFE". SABA University focuses on the obligation
of the medical professional to engage in continual study
through a life long commitment to improve knowledge and
continue development of professional skills. The concept
of "EDUCATION FOR LIFE" also implies the obligation
of the medical professional to interact with the larger
public and private health sectors and to impart concepts
of prevention to patients and larger institutions.
- Service
to the island population of Saba as well as the greater
Netherlands-Antilles populations through improvement in
local health care delivery, the provision of expert medical
consultation, and the donation of equipment and supplies
to local health care facilities. The medical school shall
participate with local agencies such as Red Cross, Hurricane
Emergency Committee, Visiting Home Care Nurse, the Saba
Marine Park Hyperbaric Facility and the A.M. Edwards Hospital
to provide both routine and emergency services to the island
population.
- Promotion
of research through epidemiological and scientific investigative
projects that benefit the island of Saba as well as the
regional population. Such research should provide a database
for the identification of prevention of health related problems.
The medical school has the additional obligation of participating
in health education projects for the A.M. Edward Hospital
staff, the Red Cross and the local public schools. The medical
school shall participate directly with the Saba Marine Park
and Hyperbaric Facility in the implementation of regionally
related research projects
|
| OBJECTIVES |
- To provide a foundation in the sciences, basic to the
study of medicine
- To integrate the basic sciences with the clinical sciences
- To provide exposure to the clinical skills, procedures
and knowledge that are fundamental to medical practice
- To progressively acquire and extend scientific philosophy
concepts and techniques to the practice of medicine
- To understand how patient deviation from proper health,
needs to be recognized, appropriately managed and cared
- To use computer technology to update information and to
use information technology for evidence based medicine purposes
that results in making effective medical decisions
- To ensure an awareness of the psycho-social and economic-legal
context in which the practice of efficient medicine occurs
- To oversee planning committees and faculty workshops that
complement our medical education mission
|
|
 |
|
|
Mission Statement
