Advising & Peer Tutoring
Advising System
The Quillen Student Advisory System is designed to meet the needs of individual students. Most students find that having a specific advisor assigned at the beginning of medical school does not meet their needs. In years one and two, students who require assistance generally have issues related to adjusting to the academic rigors of medical school. Advisement related to academic performance difficulties in years one and two will occur through referral to individual course directors, or Dr. Jean Daniels, academic support counselor at Quillen College of Medicine.
Direct involvement with the academic support counselor, course directors and individual faculty members produces better outcomes for students than working through an assigned advisor who is likely unfamiliar with course content. Students having academic difficulty in more than one course will also meet with either the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and/or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for additional consultation and guidance. Students may subsequently be assigned an individual academic advisor who can provide additional non-specific academic assistance.
Tutorial services for students having academic difficulty are available through the Office of Student Affairs. Advisement related to possible learning disorders involves Dr. Jean Daniels who does not play a role in making promotion, graduation or dismissal decisions.
Peer Tutoring
The peer tutoring program exists to provide students with a source of assistance outside of the faculty to facilitate their learning and mastery of the academic material covered by the course.
Upper-class students who have excelled academically and who are identified by the course directors serve as the peer tutors. These peer tutors work with first and or second year students individually, or in groups (when appropriate) on content and test preparation for a specified amount of time as agreed upon by the tutor and the student.