Technical Standards / Disability Services

Technical Standards/ Disability Services

Candidates for the M.D. degree at the University of Florida College of Medicine (UFCOM) must be capable of completing core educational requirements and achieving the UFCOM competencies and entrustable professional activities essential for the delivery of high quality medical care. The College of Medicine has an ethical responsibility for the safety of patients with whom students and graduates will come in contact. Although students learn and work under the supervision of the faculty, students interact with patients throughout their medical school education. Patient safety and well-being are therefore major factors in establishing requirements involving the physical, intellectual, and emotional abilities of candidates for admission, promotion, and graduation. The essential skills and abilities described herein are also referred to as technical (or non-academic) standards. The goal of the medical education program is to graduate physicians who possess high ethical and professional attributes, deep and thorough medical knowledge and outstanding clinical skills, with the ability to appropriately apply these skills, effectively interpret information, and contribute to decisions across a broad spectrum of medical situations in varied settings. Therefore, all students are expected to meet the standards described below for admission, retention, promotion, and graduation. Please refer to the Office of Student Affairs, linked above, for further clarification on Technical Standards/Disability Services.