Culture
From inception, OUWB was designed to transform medical education by emphasizing holistic physician development – a “liberal arts medical education” that is grounded in evidence-based medical science.
We select students who bring attributes and experiences predictive of a future holistic approach to medical school and who demonstrate the academic aptitude to excel in the study of medical science.
We immerse our students in a diverse learning environment and aspire to facilitate the growth of a medical student into a physician who is competent, compassionate, communicative and culturally-aware. 
We engage our students in serving the needs of local and global communities in multiple ways. Our students are dedicated to donating their time – the 129 new students in the Class of 2028 completed more than 108,000 hours of meaningful community engagement before coming to OUWB – and we aim to support and develop this commitment.
Each staff member, faculty member and member of the OUWB leadership has been recruited on the basis of talent and emotional intelligence. We pay attention not only to experience, but also to the ability to deliver inspired scholarship, teaching and service. We are devoted to building a community that embraces a fluid exchange of ideas across disciplines and takes pleasure in the accomplishments of the school and those within it.The White Coat Patch represents OUWB's Core Values. A circle represents a community. If just one point is dropped, the circle is broken. This teaches us that everyone in the communities we serve has infinite value.
Two points on a circle can be far apart from each other - even 180 degrees apart - and yet, both points are equidistant from the center. This reminds us that as much as we may disagree with each other from time to time - far apart from each other in our thinking - we can still be focused equally on our core values.
Two circles border the OUWB patch.
On one level, the two circles represent the two founding institutions: the inner blue circle represents Beaumont Health and the outer gold circle represents Oakland University.
On another level, the two circles represent the two questions we ask of ourselves: what do we want to do - answered by the knowledge we acquire and the skills that we master - and who do we want to be - achieved by developing the personal attributes that contribute to a compassionate physician.
And finally, because a circle represents a community, the two circles on our patch represent OUWB’s mission:
OUWB is a community serving our community, locally and globally.
