A medical school provides its medical students with effective financial aid and debt management counseling and has mechanisms in place to minimize the impact of direct educational expenses (i.e., tuition, fees, books, supplies) on medical student indebtedness.
Describe the staffing of the financial aid office used by medical students.
Provide a description of the types of debt management informational materials used by medical students and financial aid counselors.
Schools with regional campuses should describe where/how this information can be accessed.
Describe current activities at the medical school or sponsoring organization to raise funding for scholarship and grant support for medical students (e.g., a current fund-raising campaign devoted to increasing scholarship resources). Describe the goals of these activities, their current levels of success in obtaining the desired funding, and the timeframe for their completion.
Describe the role of the medical school leadership in controlling tuition and fee increases for medical students. (Also see the response to Element 5.3.)
Describe other mechanisms that are being used by the medical school and the sponsoring organization to limit medical student debt.