2011-2012 - College of Osteopathic Medicine - Touro University ...

Students are assigned faculty advisors at orientation.Advisors meet with first and second year students twice minimum, usually afterblock II exams, once in the fall and once in the spring.The student will fill out an advising form located on the Advising andProfessionalism page on the TU website and bring it to their meeting, along witha printout of their latest grade report. This will be an opportunity for discussionof any concerns by either party. At the end of the second year, the advisor willprovide a summary statement of his/her observations concerning the student‟sprogress and development through the first two years of the program.Completed advising forms are submitted to the office of the Associate Dean forPreclinical Education, who will monitor the advising program, noting if advisorsare meeting with students and completing the advising forms.Students may change their advisor once. They will need to fill out a change ofadvisor form located on the Advising and Professionalism page on the TUWebsite and submit it to the office of the Associate Dean of Preclinical Education.An email from the student must also be sent indicating their intent to switchadvisors. This email must include the old and new advisor, as well as theAssociate Dean of Preclinical Education.One faculty member will be assigned the role of Vice-Chair for Professionalismand will serve as an officer of the Student Promotion Committee.The responsibilities of the Vice-Chair for Professionalism include: reviewingProfessionalism Report Forms (see below); acting as a liaison with the AssociateDean of Student Services to ensure students‟ rights of due process are protected;bringing before the Student Promotion Committee any students about whomthere are professionalism concerns and chairing that part of the meeting, andserving as a resource to report pertinent positive or negative professionalismcomments on file for all other students who come before the committee.Faculty should notify the Vice-Chair for Professionalism if there are any concernsregarding professionalism in any student.Professionalism Report Forms will be made available for anyone on campus tosubmit, to report positive or negative examples of professionalism.2011 – 2012 COM Student Handbook