The mission of the School de Medicina (1) is to create and cultivate a university community, a point of meeting for students and professors, where:
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Students acquire the most advanced medical knowledge, with a profound respect for the dignity of their patients from conception to natural death, and which enables their medical and scientific development with a mentality of service to the immediate society and the world.
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Teachers can carry out outstanding medical research and attendance (2) for the benefit of their work professor, and can make a strong contribution to the medical, intellectual and human development of their students through theoretical and practical teaching as well as personal counselling.
(1) The School of Medicine was founded in 1954 and forms part of the University of Navarra, a university of Christian inspiration, directly promoted by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei.
(2) The professors of the School de Medicina carry out their healthcare activity at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, a hospital centre directly promoted by the School in 1958 and to which it has remained inseparably linked ever since.
We aspire to configure a School of Medicine where students assume the leading role in their professional and personal development and are trained as leaders of the medical profession, motivated by the desire to serve society; where professors are a reference professor, research and clinical reference that allows us to offer students an extraordinary medical training. An academic environment in which, through the training of Degree and postgraduate program, as well as through research and medical practice, the School is a world reference in the teaching of medicine by and for the patient.
The activity and projects of the School of Medicine are based on solid and well-defined values, common to the entire University of Navarra. The School wishes to share and project these values in the spirit and hope of thus contributing to the enrichment and the development of the medical profession and of society as a whole:
Work is a manifestation of the dignity of the person, a factor in development of the personality, a bond of union between human beings and a driving force for progress. This conception of work entails, among other consequences, the aspiration for excellence in the performance of tasks and attention to detail.
The University is a place of coexistence, study and friendship, open to people from all walks of life, without discrimination as to religion, race, ideology, nationality, sex, etc. The University feels called to collaborate in the resolution of the problems that arise in society and, without leading directly to political action or to tasks that are proper to other institutions, it educates in the critical capacity that allows each person to freely form their own opinions and convictions, in a climate of pluralism. The love of freedom and responsibility is a basic principle of academic and professional life, of research work, of medical or care work. Those who carry out governmental tasks at the University perform them in accordance with the principles of collegiality and participation.
The university facilitates students' acquisition of knowledge and also development of attitudes, such as respect for others, listening skills, correct behaviour, civic spirit and care for nature. All these habits help prepare students for professional practice and foster a sense of social responsibility among members of the academic community. Respect for privacy is part of the commitment of those who work in the academic corporation.
In accordance with the wishes of its founder, the University of Navarra has, from the very beginning, had an explicit purpose of service, and aspires to contribute to the material and moral improvement of society. This characteristic invites it to be aware of and respond to social problems and needs in fields related to its activity professor and research: attendance medical and health, studies of current issues, university cooperation and many other social promotion initiatives. Solidarity is a fundamental part of the university spirit. The University encourages members of the academic community to participate in concrete initiatives of service to those most in need.
The mission of the university - to seek and transmit the truth - is a collective task, which requires dialogue between specialists from different scientific areas. With this approach, the diversity of the sciences constitutes a factor of mutual enrichment, provides an overview and financial aid to overcome the excessive fragmentation of knowledge.
A sense of responsibility at work is one of the attitudes that must characterise professionals at the University of Navarra, and which we try to transmit to students as part of the project educational . It takes the form of a sober style in the use of resources and in the care of the facilities.
The University of Navarra's model educational fosters interest in other cultures and the enrichment of the international experience of students, professors, researchers, healthcare personnel and other professionals.