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Cultural North Star TM

At the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, the Cultural North Star provides a shared framework to help us achieve our ambitious goal of healing humanity.
Every positive action, big or small, helps us build a stronger, more cohesive culture. Take a moment to recognize someone at DGSOM for embodying one or more of our Cultural North Star values.

The Cultural North Star is a school-wide initiative that embodies who we are and why we're here

 As the youngest top-10 medical school in the nation, we are a groundbreaking community of problem solvers, caregivers, innovators and life-long learners with a noble mission:

to heal humankind by delivering leading-edge research, education, patient care and community engagement. 

At the David Geffen School of Medicine, we believe that a strong organizational culture is critical to our ability to achieve our mission and vital to our well-being and cohesion as a community. The Cultural North Star helps us build and maintain an inclusive, mission-driven culture by mapping our decisions, actions and interactions to a shared framework.


CULTURAL NORTH STAR

Cultural North Star principle, do what's right

DO WHAT'S RIGHT

We are united by our shared mission of advancing science and medicine

We work together to eliminate inequity

We are grounded in ethics and data

We balance the short and long term effects of our actions

Cultural North Star principle, make things better

MAKE THINGS BETTER

We come to work to make an impact

We are constantly curious

We seek out diverse voices

We embrace failures as opportunities to learn

Cultural North Star principle, be kind

BE KIND

We are strongest when we show empathy

We have the courage to be honest

We listen to understand

We engage in dialogue even when we disagree


Kelsey Martin, MD, PhD, Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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