COM Team Peer Mentoring Program

The purpose of the COM TEAM Program is to prepare medical students for academic success by integrating peer mentoring for support and guidance.  All first year College of Medicine students are assigned to a COM TEAM group consisting of nine students.  Ninety second year students are selected annually as COM TEAM Leaders, and are assigned to each group to serve as mentors.  COM TEAM Leaders serve as a positive role model by sharing their educational/professional experiences and offer advice, insight and overall support to students as they get acclimated to a new academic environment. Throughout orientation and the first semester of medical school, COM TEAM Leaders facilitate lunch meetings to discuss pertinent topics depending on where in the semester you are. COM TEAM Leaders are also expected to maintain contact with their peers to check in and answer questions you may have. In addition to four COM TEAM leaders, two faculty preceptors participate in the program as faculty mentors and also serve as facilitators for the Foundations of Patient Care (FPC) Theme.