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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