Institutional Policy: GA-36

GA 36-1. Authority

1.1

WV Code §18B-1-6

1.2

WV CSR §133-4

GA 36-2. General Core Values to WVSOM Community

2.1

Respect human dignity and cultural diversity

2.2

Hard work

2.3

OPP/medicine

2.4

Continuous quality improvement

2.5

Lifelong learning

2.6

Service

2.7

Health improvement

2.8

Teamwork

2.9

Open communication

2.10

Transparency

2.11

Honesty

2.12

Honor

2.13

Integrity

2.14

Compassion

2.15

Accountability

2.16

Innovation

2.17

Openness to appropriate change

2.18

Knowledge of and a respect for our institutional history

2.19

Value family atmosphere

2.20

Value the community

2.21

Empathy

2.22

Good stewardship

2.23

Beneficence

2.24

Professionalism

GA 36-3. Specific Core Values to WVSOM Community

3.1

Family atmosphere of WVSOM

3.2

Osteopathic paradigm

3.3

Student centered focus

3.4

Service to community (includes community service)

3.5

Excellence in Scholarship (scholarship includes research and scholarly activity)

3.6

Serving the underserved

3.7

Primary care medicine

3.8

Rural medicine

3.9

Preventive medicine

3.10

Excellence in teaching