1. To identify and acknowledge the essential elements of the medical profession, including ethical principles, legal responsibilities, and patient-centred professional practice.
2. To understand and appreciate the importance of these principles for the benefit of the patient, society, and the profession, with particular attention to professional confidentiality.
3. To apply the principle of social justice to professional practice and understand the ethical implications of health in a changing global context.
4. To develop professional practice with respect for patient autonomy, beliefs, and culture, within ethical and legal principles.
5. To acknowledge one’s own limitations and the need to maintain and update professional competence, with a strong emphasis on autonomous learning and a commitment to quality.
6. To develop professional practice with respect for other healthcare professionals, acquiring teamwork skills.
7. To understand and identify the normal structure and function of the human body at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and systems levels, across different stages of life and in both sexes.
8. To understand the foundations of normal human behaviour and its alterations.
9. To understand and identify the effects, mechanisms, and manifestations of disease on the structure and function of the human body.
10. To understand the causative agents and risk factors influencing health status and the development of disease.
11. To identify and explain the effects of growth, development, and ageing on the individual and their social environment.
12. To understand the principles of action, indications, and efficacy of therapeutic interventions, based on the best available scientific evidence.
13. To develop and compile a medical history that includes all relevant information.
14. To perform a physical examination and a mental health assessment.
15. To formulate an initial diagnostic judgement and establish a reasoned diagnostic strategy.
16. To recognise and manage life-threatening situations and other conditions requiring immediate attention.
17. To establish diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment by applying principles based on the best available information and in conditions of clinical safety.
18. To determine and recommend the most appropriate therapy for prevalent acute and chronic conditions, as well as for patients in terminal stages.
19. To propose and implement appropriate preventive measures for each clinical situation.
20. To gain adequate clinical experience in hospitals, health centres, or other healthcare institutions under supervision, and to develop basic knowledge of patient-centred clinical management and appropriate use of tests, medicines, and healthcare resources.
21. To listen attentively, gather, and synthesise relevant information regarding the patient’s concerns, and to understand its content.
22. To draft medical histories and other clinical records in a manner understandable to others.
23. To communicate effectively and clearly, both orally and in writing, with patients, families, professionals, and the media.
24. To establish effective interpersonal communication that enables interaction with patients, families, professionals, and the media in an efficient and empathetic manner.
25. To understand and identify the determinants of health in the population, including genetic, sex-based, lifestyle, demographic, environmental, social, economic, psychological, and cultural factors.
26. To assume responsibility in disease prevention, injury protection, and health maintenance and promotion at both individual and community levels.
27. To recognise one’s role in multiprofessional teams and assume leadership when appropriate, both in healthcare delivery and health promotion interventions.
28. To obtain and interpret epidemiological data and assess trends and risks to inform healthcare decisions.
29. To understand national and international health organisations and the contexts and determinants of various health systems.
30. To possess basic knowledge of the National Health System and healthcare legislation.
31. To identify, critically assess, and utilise sources of clinical and biomedical information to obtain, organise, interpret, and communicate scientific and healthcare data.
32. To use information and communication technologies in clinical, therapeutic, preventive, and research activities.
33. To maintain and manage patient records for subsequent analysis, ensuring data confidentiality.
34. To adopt a critical, creative, and constructively sceptical perspective in professional activities, with a focus on research.
35. To understand the value and limitations of scientific thinking in studying, preventing, and managing disease.
36. To formulate hypotheses, and to gather and critically evaluate information to solve problems using the scientific method.
37. To acquire foundational training for research activities.