The WLHSDM Office of Student Affairs will assist dental students with academic and personal support. We will review and facilitate options best suited to help our students maintain wellness and academic success.
Tutoring
In partnership with the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (PLFSOM), medical student tutors are available to all dental students for tutoring in the Scientific Principles of Medicine (DSPM), Mentors Colloquium (DCOL), Spanish (DSPA), and Society, Community, and the Individual (DSCI) courses. The Dental Skills (DDSK) course that is unique to dental students will be tutored by clinic mentors and WLHSDM faculty.
Individual and small group sessions are available. In conjunction clinic mentors may also serve as tutors for their students in both individual and small group sessions.
This will be a temporary partnership up until the dental school has four cohorts in which second, third, and fourth year dental students are able to tutor students from the dental school. Through vertical offices, students will be able to receive tutoring from various course subjects. The program can also be reformatted as a partnership within both schools to have students from the medical and dental school tutoring one another.
For more questions or information regarding the program, please contact WLHSDM Student Affairs or Glenn Yri, Director of Student success at PLFSOM and glenn.yri@ttuhsc.edu.
Academic Success and Accessibility Office (ASAO)
The Academic Success and Accessibility Office (ASAO) is committed to providing equitable access to learning opportunities for all students with documented disabilities (e.g., mental health, attentional, learning, chronic health, sensory, or physical). Accommodations are not provided retroactively and students are encouraged to register as soon as they begin their academic program. TTUHSC El Paso encourages students to access all resources available for consistent support and accommodations. For more information on the TTUHSC El Paso services offered to students please visit the Academic Success and Accessibility Office website at https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/office-of-academicanddisability-support- services/default.aspx
For assistance with disabilities please contact: Hector Noriega, Associate Director for Academic Success and Accessibility by phone or email: 915-215-4370, Hector.Noriega@ttuhsc.edu
Peer Tutoring through the Medical Student Teaching Center
The Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine provides tutoring services to dental students through a partnership with the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine’s Medical Student Teaching Center (MSTC). The MSTC employs several second-, third-, and fourth-year medical students who have demonstrated exceptional interpersonal abilities and academic performance. These student employees provide individual and small group tutoring sessions to dental students who desire supplemental support.
All WLHSDM are eligible to receive assistance through the MSTC regardless of the subject, level of ability, or need for learning accommodations. The MSTC seeks to promote a welcoming environment where dental students are able to advance their understanding of the principles and practice of medicine through instruction from their interprofessional colleagues.
Students who are interested in taking advantage of this resource can contact Glenn Yri, Director of Student Success in the PLFSOM Office of Student Affairs, at glenn.yri@ttuhsc.edu.
Diversity Mentorship Program
Developed by the TTUHSC El Paso Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Global Health (DIGH), the Diversity Mentorship Program provides the opportunity for dental students and faculty members to develop a mentoring relationship in an informal environment. Mentors assist in helping their mentees adjust to dental school, serving as a resource for information of services available on campus, and providing guidance on research and advanced dental education programs.
Dental students invited to participate as mentees are those who: 1) Self-identify as Hispanic/Latino, African-American/Black, Native American/American Indian; 2) Are socioeconomically disadvantaged as determined by two categories on the medical school application; and/or 3) Are educationally disadvantaged, which is defined as those students who are the first in their family in higher education or graduate school. The program offers an orientation and networking reception early in the fall academic semester, as well as several mixers throughout the year.
For more information, please visit:
https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/digh/diversity-and- inclusion/Diversity-Mentorship-Program.aspx
Libraries
The TTUHSC El Paso Libraries are located in two buildings on opposite ends of the campus.
The Delia Montes-Gallo Library is located on the first floor of the Academic Education Center (AEC) building across from Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso (4801 Alberta Avenue). The AEC library has study carrels, a copier, and a computer room with both PCs and Macs. This location provides 24/7 access to students with their TTUHSC El Paso badge.
The Doris F. Eisenberg Library is located on the second floor of the Medical Education Building (MEB). This location has a “quiet room,” a conference room and a study room. There are also three small group study rooms located directly outside of the MEB library. Computer stations are available for use as well (both PC and Mac). In addition, the MEB Library provides students with 24/7 access to study carrels and tables at which students may study and connect to the network via Ethernet cables or Wi-Fi.
The MSBII Library is located on the first floor of the Medical Sciences Building (MSB) II. This location has wifi, individual study spaces with their own AC ad USB power, as well as two study rooms inside the library and another 3 outside the library. The study rooms are available and must be reserved via the library’s webpage. In addition to the study rooms there is a quiet room for mediation/reflection, which is also located in the hallway outside the library. Computers and printers are available to all TTUHSC El Paso students. This location provides 24/7 access to students with their TTUHSC El Paso badge.
The library’s staffed hours are as follows:
AEC library: M-F 7:30 am-5:00 pm
MEB library: M-F 7:30 am- 11:00 pm; Sat 10:00 am-11:00 pm; Sun 1:00 pm- 11:00 pm
MSB II library: Please visit website for current hours of operation.
Please visit the libraries’ website at http://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/libraries/ for detailed information including up-to-date staffing hours and access to thousands of electronic resources.
Some of the services available to students, faculty and staff include:
- Reference assistance - both in-person (M-F 8:00 am-5:00 pm) and online
- Interlibrary loan
- Library instruction classes (individual or group)
- Delivery of print materials from the libraries’ remote storage location.
Office of Financial Aid
The Office of Financial Aid will assist you in funding your medical education and provide information on how keep medical school debt under control. See https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/Financial-Aid/default.aspx for more information for the different types of financial aid, entrance counseling, emergency loans or what to do in case of changes in enrollment such as leave of absence, withdrawals or tuition refund requests.
For any questions regarding financing medical school, please contact Ron Williams, Director of Financial Aid at 915-215-6641 or Ron.Williams@ttuhsc.edu or Araceli Moreno, Financial Aid Coordinator at 915-215-5602 or email her Araceli.B.Moreno@ttuhsc.edu.
Active/Military Reserve
We appreciate the service and sacrifice of our veterans. The Veterans Affairs Office is here to assist our students with their VA educational benefits, both federal and state. We are here to ensure that all the necessary documents are submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to certify students’ enrollment. Please contact the Financial Aid Coordinator, Araceli Moreno at 915-215- 5602 or visit our website at http://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/veteransAffairs.aspx
Dental Ergonomics
As part of the curriculum, a partnership with the University of Texas of El Paso (UTEP) Department of Physical Therapy may be created in order to have students from the UTEP Physical Therapy department come and teach WLHSDM students regarding ergonomics with specific focus on clinical care.
The purpose of introducing ergonomics into the dental curriculum is to train dental students to maintain health and safety in the workplace while maintaining efficiency in their job performance. The introduction of ergonomics to dental students should come as early as the time in which students spend in simulation in order to receive proper training prior to treating patients in clinic.
In return those students that come from UTEP will receive a dental screening to further the practice of our own students.
For more information regarding the potential partnership, please visit https://www.utep.edu/chs/pt/ or https://www.utep.edu/chs/pt/people/faculty-and-staff.html
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