MISSION, VISION AND VALUES
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
Our mission, vision, and values define our purpose and strategic goals. They are a crucial embodiment of the principles that guide our students, teachers, associates, and other members of our community. In other words, they are what lead us, supporting us in advancing the education and professionalization of medical professionals while improving the health of our community.
The Faculty of Medicine Foča is dedicated to improving health and healthcare through biomedical education, research, and services to patients and the broader community. The Faculty of Medicine Foča achieves quality in its work by:
- Educating students at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, as well as specialists, with the goal of creating responsible academic citizens, healthcare professionals, and scientists;
- Conducting various research studies at the health and academic levels;
- Providing community services that enhance the quality of life at both local and international levels.
The vision of the faculty is to be a modern educational institution in the field of biomedicine and healthcare, serving as a powerful, high-quality, reliable, and competent partner in educating skilled personnel capable of addressing all challenges in modern medicine, dentistry, nursing, and special education and rehabilitation.
The Faculty of Medicine Foča will strive to educate doctors, graduates, master’s students, and doctoral candidates in accordance with the highest standards, making them competent to meet healthcare needs both locally and internationally.
To put the defined mission and vision into action, our teachers and associates, students, and administrative staff demonstrate their commitment in everything they do in line with the core values. The Faculty of Medicine Foča aims to share and project these values in a way that contributes to the development and advancement of the medical profession and society as a whole.
- HUMANISM – Treating all people with respect for human dignity, compassion, and autonomy.
- SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – Advocating for all people, especially patients and the vulnerable, by addressing the social determinants of health, health equity, and social justice.
- PROFESSIONALISM – Operating in accordance with the highest standards of integrity, ethics, collegiality, teamwork, and responsibility, while demonstrating a commitment to lifelong learning.
- MULTIDISCIPLINARITY – Consulting experts from various fields to enrich science and overcome excessive fragmentation of knowledge.
- RESPONSIBILITY – The use of resources, care for the environment, and the infrastructure of the faculty requires a sense of responsibility from the employees at the Faculty of Medicine Foča, which they strive to instill in students throughout their education.
INTERNATIONALIZATION – The Faculty of Medicine Foča promotes the education of students with international profiles, fosters interest in other cultures, and enriches the international experience of students, professors, researchers, healthcare professionals and other experts.