The School of Medicine Five Year Strategic Plan (2017-2022) [pdf] positions us to fulfill our mission to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond through exemplary medical and health education, transformative research, and compassionate patient care.

Strategic Goals and Objectives 

Expand all1. Create a collaborative culture of discovery, innovation, and improvement which will transform healthcare within our health system and community.

• Increase grant funding through enhanced collaboration
  • Establish a SOM Translational Research Center
  • Establish four new focus areas for interdisciplinary
    research
• Facilitate and encourage professional development for all 
  SOM faculty and staff
  
  
• Increase scholarly contributions of faculty and trainees

2. Strengthen and leverage relationships with key partners to enhance educational, research, clinical, and leadership programs.

• Establish new integrated programs to advance the health of populations in the region.
• Enhance data and analytical capabilities in support of patient care and research, building upon critical partnerships.
• Establish at least one additional dual degree program, certificate program, or executive graduate program.
• Work with clinical partners to expand the number of training sites offering an exemplary care and learning environment.

3. Create an evolving, more clinically-integrated curriculum for SOM students, based upon the needs of students, patients, health systems, and partners, and upon educational and clinical best practices.

• Establish task force to comprehensively review and identify opportunities for improvement of the SOM medical student curriculum.
• Establish task force to review graduate curricula to identify opportunities for expanding interprofessional learning and for synergy with medical student curriculum.
• Establish a SOM Student Learning Success Center.

4. Advance diversity and inclusion, to enhance effectiveness and to prepare a diverse workforce for the people we serve.

• Create a culture that incorporates diversity and inclusion best practices
  • Offer annual professional development opportunities around diversity & inclusion.
• Strengthen processes that will contribute to a more diverse and inclusive SOM student body, faculty, and staff.
  • Expand training regarding bias.
  • Expand pipeline programs.
  • Increase scholarship funding.

5. Plan for new SOM facilities as part of a new USC Health Sciences Campus, positioned as part of a vibrant academic health center.

• Develop vision for new health sciences campus, in partnership with USC and all USC health sciences schools.
• Maintain current SOM facilities to foster ongoing educational and research success.
• In partnership with USC, raise philanthropic support for new medical school facilities.