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Return to: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Faculty Vision
To build an exceptional socially accountable Faculty through leadership in education, research and patient care and to recognized as graduating highly skilled doctors for Canada.
Faculty Mission Statement
The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry serves the public good through excellence in medical and health professions education, research and patient care. We build partnerships essential to a high-performing academic health sciences centre.
Faculty Educational Mandate
The University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry is dedicated to excellence in professional health care education, graduating competent generalist physicians and health care professionals responsive to the health care needs of our communities.
Undergraduate Medical Education: www.med.ualberta.ca/programs/MD
Undergraduate Dental/Dental Hygiene Education: www.dent.ualberta.ca
Undergraduate Medical Laboratory Science Education: www.med.ualberta.ca/programs/MLS
Undergraduate Radiation Therapy Education: www.med.ualberta.ca/programs/radth
Strategic Initiatives
The Faculty has defined three strategic priorities that will enable it to serve the public good:
- Engage Communities
- Define Excellence
- Organize for Excellence
Values
- Scholarship: To discover, interpret and disseminate new knowledge that promotes and restores health.
- Respect, Compassion and Caring: To use these ideals to guide how we teach our students, care for our patients and work with our colleagues.
- Integrity: To carry out our responsibilities to our patients, our students and our colleagues, maintaining the highest moral standards.
- Social Accountability: To Engage all levels of the broad community in order to address their priority health concerns.
- Excellence: To de dedicated to the highest standard of conduct in teaching, research and patient care
- Partnership: To partner in education, research and health care for the greater good of the communities we serve.
Faculty Overview
In striving to realize its vision and to fulfill its mission, the Faculty contributes to the academic environment of the University of Alberta, City of Edmonton, and Province of Alberta. The interdependence of teaching, research, and delivery of health care not only necessitates the scholastic endeavours described herein, but also generates a major economic impact on the communities encompassed. A few facts:
| Number of Departments |
20 |
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| Number of Faculty Divisions |
2 |
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| Number of Faculty (includes 42 FSO’s) |
783 |
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| Number of Administrative Professional Officers |
27 |
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| Number of other (Academic Staff) |
419 |
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| Number of Clinical Academic Colleagues |
2063 |
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| Number of Support Staff |
1438 |
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| Numbers of Students and Residents |
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| Medical Students |
663 |
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| Medical Residents and Fellows |
927 |
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| Dental Students |
145 |
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| Dental Residents |
4 |
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| Dental Hygiene Students |
140 |
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| Medical Laboratory Science Students |
85 |
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| Radiation Therapy Students |
5 |
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| Graduate Students |
586 |
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In subsequent sections of this document, the departments, divisions and members of staff are listed along with summaries of the various programs offered. The Faculty warmly welcomes feedback and questions and can be contacted as follows:
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
2J2.00 WC Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2R7
(780) 492-6621; FAX (780) 492-7303
www.med.ualberta.ca
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