Mission Statement:

AACH improves the effectiveness of healthcare by focusing on education, research and practice in communication and partnerships among patients, families and healthcare teams.

AACH accomplishes this through:

• Focusing on strengths, resources and needs of patients, clinicians and other professionals - both as unique individuals and in relationships to one another.
• Developing skills that integrate biological, psychosocial and social domains.
• Applying existing scholarship from multiple disciplines and developing new knowledge through research.
• Promoting collaborative relationships between clinicians and patients, teachers and learners, and other involved professionals.
• Incorporating core values of respect, empathy and genuineness in human relationships and the importance of self-awareness in all activities.