EAA067 Recusal of Academic Advising
Policy Number: EAA067
Policy Title: Recusal of Academic Advising
A. Purpose
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. This policy will provide a clear guideline to ensure that students can obtain academic counseling from individuals who have no role in making assessment or promotion decisions about them.
B. Persons Affected
This policy will cover all students affiliated with UTRGV SOM.
C. Implementation Date
This policy is effective with the UTRGV SOM inaugural class, the Class of 2020, and will remain in effect for future classes unless otherwise amended.
D. Policy
This policy is in place to ensure that medical students have the option of obtaining academic counseling from individuals who have no role in assessment or advancement decision about them. Students are informed during orientation as to the academic counseling role of the deans who are not involved in their assessment and advancement decisions. SOM students are also informed that the following administrators are not involved nor have any part in the assessment and/or advancement decisions of medical students.
- Associate Dean of Student Affairs
- Director of Academic Support Services
- Academic Advisor
- Educational Learning Specialist
Appendix A
LCME Standard(s)
11.1 ACADEMIC ADVISING
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 ensures that medical students can obtain academic counseling from individuals who have no role in making assessment or promotion decisions about them.
Dates Reviewed or Amended
Approved by the Central Curricular Authority Committee (CCAC) on October 11, 2017; June 28,2022
Approved by the Dean/Chief Academic Officer on December 21, 2017; August 1, 2022