The mission of the PLME is to use a broad-based liberal arts education combined with pre-medical competencies to prepare students of a wide range of backgrounds for successful completion of their medical education at the Warren Alpert Medical School. Through intensive academic advising and the development of a personalized Educational Plan, the PLME enables students to pursue their own academic interests in preparation for a career as a well-rounded and humanistic physician while also developing personal and professional attributes to lead a healthy, balanced life.

The vision of the Program in Liberal Medical Education is to graduate doctors, scholars, and leaders in medicine who have been exposed to a wide, sensitizing view of the human condition and who are committed to practicing holistic medicine. Moreover, students will have a well-balanced sense of themselves as part of society, humanity and as well as medical professionals.