To educate and inspire a diverse workforce of physicians and scientists through excellence in medical education, research and clinical care; to alleviate human suffering by providing compassionate and culturally sensitive care; to enhance the biomedical sciences through discovery and innovation; and to advance the national health care system through population science and leadership.

Physician leaders. Physicians model servant leadership in a wide variety of professional settings.
Patient-centered. Exemplifying humanism and Mayo Clinic's unique model of patient-centered health care.
Science-driven. Supporting evidence-based medicine and accelerating discovery and innovation using traditional and emerging sciences, and improving the health care system by applying tools from the science of health care delivery.
Team-based. Working and studying in collaborative groups and facilitating interdisciplinary, collaborative team-based practice.
High-value health care. Advancing the science of health care delivery by mastering the necessary knowledge to improve quality, safety and service within health care systems.
Resilient. Adjusting and thriving in an evolving health care landscape, through deliberate training in wellness and resilience and ongoing reflection and effective change in self and in others.
Diverse and culturally competent. Recognizing, valuing and respecting the richness of diversity and cultural differences.