Course Description



The Personal and Professional Development (PPD) vertically integrated curriculum is a part of Topics in Clinical Medicine (TCM), a required course that has content longitudinally across pre-clinical and clinical years. The PPD curriculum aims to achieve goals set by the Stritch competencies, that by graduation, Stritch students should be able to "demonstrate the qualities required to assure lifelong personal and professional growth by cultivating the maturity and adaptability required to manage the adversity and uncertainty inherent in the practice of medicine." The PPD 1-2 curriculum has two components:
  1. REM (Reflection, Emotional Intelligence, and Mindfulness) Workshops in M1 and M2 years
  2. Required elective in personal formation