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Official LCME site visit: Feb. 18-21, 2024

Overview of Academic Advising and Academic Counseling

LCME Element 11.1 – Academic Advising and Academic Counseling

What: An effective system of student support provides both academic advising and academic counseling.

According to the LCME, academic advising is the process between a medical student and an academic adviser of reviewing the services and policies of the institution, discussing educational and career plans and making appropriate course selections.

The LCME defines academic counseling as the process between the medical student and an academic counselor to discuss academic difficulties and to help the medical student develop stronger abilities in areas such as studying and test-taking.

Why: Advising and counseling work best when integrated as part of a comprehensive model of support for students.

Call to action:

Familiarize yourself with the academic counseling services provided by the Division for Academic Success, and the student support services provided by the Office of Medical Education, including Careers in Medicine, the four-year integrated program that guides students through each stage of their medical education.

LCME Element 11.1

A medical school has an effective system of academic advising in place for medical students that integrates the efforts of faculty members, course and clerkship directors, and student affairs staff with its counseling and tutorial services and provides medical students academic counseling only from individuals who have no role in making assessment or promotion decisions about them.

Source: LCME Functions and Structure of a Medical School 2023-24