Formal Professional/Personal Advisor & Coach (Gateways Community Advisors)

• Students are assigned to an advisor
• Usually 2 or 3:1 ratio
• 1:1 meetings at least once per month
• Advisors do not have an evaluation role in the program
• Goals:
  • Supporting, mentoring & coaching students throughout the program
  • Safe “go to” person for issues/concerns (outside the program) – helps problem solve and find solutions
  • Focus depends on needs of students (eg. study skills/academic, career planning, stress management)
  • Can help with personal statements, connection to resources, etc.
• Advisors get ongoing faculty development

Director of Graduate Study (Dr. Anandarajah)

• Monitors students’ progress closely
• Routine, periodic, brief “check-in” meetings to review learning goals and progress
• Helps guide academic progress, goals and plans
• Usual first point of contact for academic concerns, requests for extensions, missing required sessions, etc.
• Works closely with the Gateways Academic Standing & Per-Health Committee
• For more serious issues, will need to involve Graduate School/School of Professional Studies Associate Dean for Student Support and/or Associate Dean for Master’s Education

Other Academic Advisors

• Learning Specialist at AMS
  • Coaching, testing, accommodations (contact person for SEARS)
• Graduate School/School of Professional Studies Leadership:
  • Associate Dean for Master’s Education

Capstone Project Mentors

• Course Directors and Small Group Leaders for Patient Care in Complex Systems
  • act as overall capstone project mentors
  • help move your project along to completion
• Clinical Site Mentors

Pre-Health Advising

• Gateways Pre-Health Team
  • Dr. Anandarajah, Director of Gateways – general pre-health advising, committee letters, some mock interviews
  • Dr. Deborah Gutman, Director, Pre-Health Advising
  • Assistant Director for Advising, Student Support & Outreach (Jeffrey Kulie) – main roles: general pre-health advising, committee letter writing, personal statement reviews, secondaries, etc
  • Sean Curran, Assistant Director for Education, Evaluation & Advising – main roles: mock interviews, reviewing personal statements, secondaries, etc
• Gateways Community Advisors & Small Group Leaders.
• Other Brown University Resources
  • Assistant Director for Professional Development, School of Prof Studies – Resume, cover letters, workshops, etc. (eg. for gap year jobs)
  • CareerLab – CVs, job search, Mock interviews, etc
  • Brown Univ Writing Center – personal statement feedback, etc
• Students are encouraged to utilize their undergraduate school’s pre-health advisors and other reliable resources.
• Students are strongly encouraged to use the help available for a variety of purposes:
  • eg. Strategic planning re: timing of application and/or MCAT exam, personal statements, AMCAS activities, CVs, choosing letter writers, etc.
• We will conduct workshops in the Spring Semester on med school applications process, etc.
• Committee Letter: The Gateways Pre-Health Committee will generate a letter to support students’ application to medical school, graduate school, etc. (if requested by student). Dr. Anandarajah oversees the letter writing process and edits/finalizes all letters. This could be a:
  • “committee letter & letter package” or
  • “committee letter” to submit to undergraduate pre-health committee.
  • For people applying at the beginning of the program – you can request an “Academic Progress Report” from Dr. Anandarajah (usually sent in Nov).

Gateways General Student Support

• Gateways Admin Team

Graduate School/School of Prof Studies/University Resources

• Associate Dean for Student Support for Masters Students, School of Professional Studies – and team are available to help connect students to a variety of resources available to support students’ academic and personal needs.
• SEAS – Student and Employee Accessibility Services
• CAPS – Counseling and Psychological Services
• Student Health Services