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Student Mentoring and Support Unit (SMSU)

Student Mentoring is the process of guiding and shaping students’ career paths by serving as role models, with the overarching aim of enhancing their academic, professional, and personal growth. Student Support involves identifying students who face challenges in medical school, whether academic, psychological, health-related, or social, and aims to provide tailored assistance along with a referral system to help them overcome these challenges and continue excelling in their careers.

Mentoring and Support Procedures:

Mentors Requirements:

Mentors will be assigned to a group of students by the SMSU in the first two weeks of each academic year.

Mentors conduct at least two mentoring and support sessions per semester for each assigned student, an initial assessment and a follow-up assessment. Further sessions are conducted according to students’ needs.

Additional sessions may be held based on students’ needs.

Mentors invite each assigned student individually for the initial- assessment at the 4-8 weeks mark, and for the follow-up assessment at the 8-12 weeks mark from the beginning of the semester.

The initial mentoring session is preferred to be in person but can be performed virtually if necessary.

Mentors must report the outcome of each assessment session by filling in the required SMSU Staff Form (https://forms.gle/wSsm94SFFS8xuJc96 )

Students must fill the required SMSU Student Form (https://forms.gle/f71STwdq9vAnJGN56 )

Mentors must ensure confidentiality of student information.

Students Requirements:

Attend the mentoring session(s) on time.

Notify mentors with challenges that affect students’ academic performance.

Complete the SMSU Student Form on the same day as mentoring sessions.

Students can also perform a direct “self-referral” to the SMSU for support, if necessary, by completing the SMSU Student Form at any time.

Male Section Coordinator

Dr. Wail Al-Amoudi

waalamoudi@kau.edu.sa

00966563600241

Female Section Coordinator

Dr. Zhour Barnawi

zabrnawy@kau.edu.sa

00966532113697

Student Mentoring and Support Unit (SMSU)

Mentoring and Support Procedures:

Male Section Coordinator

Female Section Coordinator

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