The Mission of the Health Sciences Centre is to enhance the health of the residents of Manitoba and the surrounding regions through programs of patient care, education and research and, while doing so, to respect and advance the well being and dignity of the individual.

To provide high quality and innovative patient care through programs that are responsive to the physical and psychosocial needs of the patients we serve, including their rights to be informed and to be respected for their beliefs, religious practices, and customs.

To promote the maintenance of health and the prevention of illness.

To provide a pleasant, non-threatening and safe environment which responds to the needs of the patients we serve, and their families, in a caring fashion.

To recognize and promote the special role of the Health Sciences Centre in developing and providing Provincial patient care programs, in providing care to the core area of the City of Winnipeg, and in providing patient care to the aboriginal peoples of Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and Nunavut.

• EDUCATION

To work with other educational institutions in providing high quality and innovative educational programs for the health professions.

To develop and implement educational programs for our employees, the patients we serve and their families, hospitals and agencies who refer patients and the community at large.

• RESEARCH

To provide leadership in the development and dissemination of new knowledge through basic science, clinical research and health services research.

To promote an attitude of critical inquiry in all our activities in order to improve patient care and health care delivery.

To enable our employees to achieve this Mission, the Health Sciences Centre will strive to provide a safe, comfortable and supportive workplace. The Health Sciences Centre will pursue this Mission in accordance with accepted ethical values recognized by society as a whole as well as those ethical standards adopted by professional organizations represented in the Centre.