{"id":3174,"date":"2017-12-19T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=3174"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:02:15","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/micrographic-surgery-dermatologic-oncology-fellowship-program\/mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement and Aims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3174\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3174-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3174-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3174-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The mission of our Dermatology Department is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deliver the highest quality of clinical and ethical medical and surgical dermatology care.<\/li>\n<li>Interpret the pathology of skin lesions with accuracy and in a timely manner to better serve our referring physicians.<\/li>\n<li>Treat our patients with respect and sensitivity.<\/li>\n<li>Teach our skills to the next generation of physicians.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in clinical research and collaborate with basic scientists in the pursuit of greater understanding of skin diseases and how they emotionally and physically impact a person.<\/li>\n<li>Create an academic environment based on integrity, camaraderie, intellectual exchange and a constructive optimistic point of view.<\/li>\n<li>Attend and participate in medical education programs to remain aware of the most advanced therapeutic modalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Aims<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Teach our skills to the next generation of micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology surgeons.<\/li>\n<li>Create an academic environment based on integrity, camaraderie, intellectual exchange and a constructive optimistic point of view.<\/li>\n<li>Attend and participate in medical education programs to remain aware of the most advanced therapeutic modalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of our Dermatology Department is to: Deliver the highest quality of clinical and ethical medical and surgical dermatology care. Interpret the pathology of skin lesions with accuracy and in a timely manner to better serve our referring physicians. Treat our patients with respect and sensitivity. Teach our skills to the next generation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":3133,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 07:41:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3174"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18534,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3174\/revisions\/18534"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}