Career Advising: A Developmental Approach

Implementing Virtual Career Counseling and Advising at a Major University

In this case study, the authors discuss the implementation of online career advising and planning services at a major university. Using externally hosted chat software, the office of career services designed an interactive, student focused, online resource for students and alumni. Implementation required researching best practices, establishing a reasonable budget, training staff, and marketing...

Holland’s Theory and Implications for Academic Advising and Career Counseling

A Business-Rules Approach for Departmental Advising

The advising process plays an essential role in the success of a student's academic life, and should include mentoring and counseling offered by faculty advisors. Unfortunately, the limited advising time available is often spent on routine tasks such as course advising and approvals. In addition, faculty advisors spend a large proportion of advising time answering the same questions for multipl...

Case study: a midclerkship crisis-lessons learned from advising a medical student with career indecision.

Advising medical students is a challenging task. Faculty who serve as advisors for students require specific skills and knowledge to do their jobs effectively. Career choice is one of the many complex issues about which medical students often seek assistance from a faculty advisor. The authors present a case of a third-year medical student with career indecision, with a focus on the various fac...

Career advising in family medicine: a theoretical framework for structuring the medical student/faculty advisor interview

BACKGROUND There are unique challenges to recruiting students into the specialty of family medicine within academic medical centers. METHODS At Virginia Commonwealth University, we developed an advising framework to help students address institutional and personal obstacles to choosing family medicine as a career. RESULTS The role of a faculty advisor is not to direct the student to a caree...