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The HHMI Inclusive Excellence award allows us to provide mentoring to incoming BMED students, during the first year in the program. All BMED Peer Mentors complete the Eduology Peer Mentoring Certificate Course. The Eduology course “teaches students about the role, ethics, and skills involved in peer mentoring and provides practical assignments to help students apply learning to their peer mentoring sessions and reflect on the experience.”
In their roles as experienced navigators of college life, mentors facilitate a sense of community between students, the program, and the campus. This includes assistance connecting students with campus and community resources, such as academic advising services, assistance with course registration and orientation. BMED students meet with their assigned mentors at least twice per semester to share their progress and learn about important information and upcoming events.
Several partnerships have been formed by the HHMI Inclusive Excellence staff for the benefit of all BMED Program students.
These partnerships include:
The UTRGV Learning Center
The DREAM Resource Center
The UTRGV Academic Advising Center
The UTRGV SOM HS2HP Pipeline
The UTRGV B2BMED Pipeline
All BMED Student Organizations
The UTRGV Undergraduate Admissions Office
Peer Mentors
The HHMI Inclusive Excellence award allows us to provide mentoring to incoming BMED students, during the first year in the program. All BMED Peer Mentors complete the Eduology Peer Mentoring Certificate Course. The Eduology course “teaches students about the role, ethics, and skills involved in peer mentoring and provides practical assignments to help students apply learning to their peer mentoring sessions and reflect on the experience.”
In their roles as experienced navigators of college life, mentors facilitate a sense of community between students, the program, and the campus. This includes assistance connecting students with campus and community resources, such as academic advising services, assistance with course registration and orientation. BMED students meet with their assigned mentors at least twice per semester to share their progress and learn about important information and upcoming events.
Apply to Peer Mentors
BMED peer-mentors are current students in our program who can apply through the UTRGV Handshake portal and are selected after careful review of applications, when openings are available. They receive hourly wages and typically work 19hrs/week.
Career Exploration
There are numerous opportunities for our students to engage in career exploration. To support students’ career exploration needs, we host presenters from different health programs. In addition, we continually provide updates on available scholarships, job shadowing opportunities and paid internships.
Feedback and Implementation
Our student support services are regularly assessed using focus groups and surveys designed to determine program strengths and areas for improvement. Students are given the opportunity to provide feedback on all facets of the program, which is promptly used to improve services.
Contact us: bmedmentors@utrgv.edu
HHMI BMED Peer Mentors
Emily Jordan
HHMI BMED Peer Mentor
956-882-5002
BBRHB 1.1110 (Brownsville)
EHABW 2.102D (Edinburg)
Coached Study Hours (CSHRs) are mandatory in freshman and sophomore level BMED courses. The Instructional Facilitator (IF) and CSHR-leaders discuss and review class materials covered during BMED lectures. This weekly study exercise enhances the student's ability to assimilate class content and promotes team-based learning. During the CSHRs, an activity or an assignment linked to the BMED courses may be provided to the students to ensure that they comprehend the week's topics. The IF/CSHR- leaders' main goal is to support and guide BMED students in the program's academic rigors.
The IF, in conjunction with BMED -professors, reviews and organizes the weekly CSHR materials. The CSHR leaders are BMED students who have taken and excelled in the class topic they will be covering during the CSHRs. Each CSHR leader undergoes extensive pedagogic training at the University’s Learning Center. As part of their weekly duties, each CSH-leader holds tutoring hours in the University’s learning center. BMED students can always access their CSHR leader’s tutoring hours via this link:https://www.utrgv.edu/tutoring/tutoring/online-tutoring/index.htmCSHR Year-around calendar
CSHR 1001 Fall- Mission 1 &2 (BMED 1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104)
CSHR 1002 Fall- Mission 5&7 (BMED 1108, 1110, 3104 and 3108)
CSHR 1001 Spring- Mission 3&4 (BMED 1105, 1106, 1107 and 1109)
CSHR 1002 Spring- Mission 6&7 (BMED 2101, 3105, 3106 and 3107)