FAQ
If you have additional questions beyond what can be answered on our website, feel free to contact either your advisor or Nicole Jeffery, Assistant Director of Student Leadership Programs at Nicole_Jeffery@med.unc.edu.
You can find a list of students and their advisors on the find your advisor tool.
Or, you can reach out to Nicole Jeffery, Assistant Director of Student Leadership Programs at Nicole_Jeffery@med.unc.edu, or someone in the Office of Student Affairs.
Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor as often as they desire. However, the requirements for each year can be found at the following link meeting requirements page.
The meetings are mandatory so that you can develop a relationship with your advisor before you have some difficulty or emergency where you need assistance. Additionally, scheduled meetings will ensure that you have access to advice regarding the landmark issues all students encounter during medical school.
Advisors can assist all students with academic and personal issues. For some examples, please read the about our program page.
The Advisory College advisor, which will follow a student through all four years of medical school, is different than a student’s career goal advisor. Advisory College advisors focus more on personal development and offer neutral advice on career goal planning. The career goal advisor, as the name implies, is focused on giving specialty-specific help, and is only applicable to students in the later years of medical school.