Goals of the Program
- To promote advising and mentoring for medical students across all four years of medical school
- To allow students to more easily develop nurturing professional relationships with faculty members
- To encourage students to serve as peer advisors and role models for other students following in their footsteps
- To assist students with career development through advising, mentoring, peer relationships and professional connections
- To encourage professionalism, humanism, and personal wellness
- To develop a community of support and mentorship for those faculty interested in and dedicated to education
Advantages
- Class cohesiveness
- Vertical mentoring from students in other classes
- Closer associations with faculty
- Opportunity for faculty to work as group for scholarly activity
Structure
- Students assigned to one of four houses named for prominent SOM alumni
- 1 senior faculty educator serves as head of each house
- 32 core faculty (8 per house) are each assigned 5 incoming students per year (total cohort per faculty is 20 students)
- Future opportunity for alumni to be involved as well
- Core faculty meet their group regularly
- House meetings with Head of House, core faculty, and students
- Yearly welcome event at start of year for all incoming students
Office of Student Affairs
University of Maryland School of Medicine
685 W. Baltimore Street, Suite 150
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-706-7476
studentaffairs@som.umaryland.edu