Dell Medical School

The school emphasizes value-based care, quality improvement, health equity, and systems-level thinking through its Advancing Care Transformation (ACT) curriculum. While primarily known as a medical education institution, Dell Medical School maintains clinical operations employing Registered Nurses in outpatient medical specialties, perioperative settings, and nursing leadership roles. Nursing roles at Dell Med involve close collaboration with physicians, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, and administrative staff in a team-based care model. The institution's relatively recent establishment means it operates with a focus on modern care delivery paradigms rather than traditional legacy systems. Nurses work in outpatient clinic settings as well as pre/post-operative environments, with leadership structures that include Clinic Supervisors and a Director of Nursing. The organization's affiliation with UT Austin provides the resources and infrastructure of a major university system while maintaining a focus on healthcare innovation.

Dell Medical School's mission is to 'create a new kind of doctor' — recruiting and training physician leaders who are as comfortable taking on systemic challenges in health as caring for individual patients. The organization values value-based care, quality improvement, equity, distributed leadership, teamwork, health systems science, and health informatics. These values are embedded in their ACT (Advancing Care Transformation) training program for all residents and trainees.