The UAB School of Health Professions believes that knowledge can positively change the world. However, to shape the future of healthcare and be the 21st century leader in health professions’ education and research, we believe that we must fundamentally challenge the traditional way that educational institutions have functioned. While, like other institutions, we address important societal problems through the discovery of new knowledge, empower others by sharing that knowledge and impact the lives of individuals, communities and the world by translating that knowledge into practice, we also believe that we must pursue a unique strategy--a strategy that will transform our school so that it can uniquely lead efforts to shape healthcare in a way that dramatically impact the quality of lives of individuals, communities and the world. Based on these beliefs, our strategy is as follows.
