- IU School of Medicine is committed to maintaining an academic and clinical environment in which faculty, fellows, residents, students, and staff can work together to further education and research and provide the highest level of patient care, whether in the classroom, laboratory or clinics. The schools' goal is to train men and women to meet the highest standards of professionalism and work in an environment where effective, ethical and compassionate patient care is both expected and provided. To this end, the school recognizes that each member of the medical school community must be accepted as an individual and treated with respect and civility.