Need assistance with a course, effective study strategies or a board exam?
Tutors are here to help! IU School of Medicine tutors work with students on a one-on-one or small group basis to help students with course content, academic coaching or board exam preparation. Tutoring is free to students.
- Phase 1 students: Talk with your lead advisor to ask if tutoring is right for you.
- Phase 2 students: Use the Student Appointment Scheduler to search for tutors for assistance in clerkships.
Specific questions regarding the tutoring program should be sent to Perry Monnin, learning strategist, or Althea Kaminske, PhD, senior director of student academic success.
If you are having issues finding a tutor, you may use the Student Appointment Scheduler. However, our newest tutors are not on this platform, so only use it as a backup option.
Student Appointment Scheduler Instructions
1. Visit the Student Appointment Scheduler or navigate to the task through One.IU
2. Under Find Appointments, click Search Advisors
3. For all MD students, regardless of campus, select campus: IU Indianapolis
4. Search by tag for a specific course or topic
Year 1
- Foundations of Clinical Practice Year 1 (FCP1)
- Fundamentals of Health and Disease (FHD)
- Host Defense (HD)
- Human Structure (HS)
- Human Structure Lab (HS Lab)
- Molecules to Cells and Tissues (MCT)
- Neuroscience and Behavior (N&B)
Year 2
- Cardiovascular and Hematology (C&H)
- Endocrine, Reproductive, Musculoskeletal and Dermatologic (ERMD)
- Gastrointestinal and Nutrition (GI&N)
- Renal and Respiratory (R&R)
- Foundations of Clinical Practice Year 2 (FCP2)
Year 3
- Family Medicine (FM) Clerkship
- Internal Medicine (IM) Clerkship
- Neurology Clerkship
- Obstetrics/Gynecology (OBGYN) Clerkship
- Pediatrics Clerkship
- Psychiatry Clerkship
- Radiology Clerkship
- Surgery Clerkship
- Anesthesia Clerkship
Any
- General Study Strategies
- Time Managment
Board exam prep
- Biostats
- Step 1
- Step 2
- Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (Step 2 CK)
- Step 2 Clinical Skills (Step 2 CS)
5. Browse tutors or availability
- For a specific tutor
- Click on individual tutor name
- View tutor profile
- Click Schedule Appointment
- For a specific date or time
- Check the # advisor found box and adjust selections as needed to pull in up to 25 advisors from the search list
- Click Schedule Appointment
- Click Find Open Appointments
- Tips for searching:
- Be sure that tutor profiles say “MD Tutor Services” under their name
- If you are looking for someone that is on a specific campus, look for that tag (e.g. IUSM Evansville)
- If you are having trouble narrowing down your search, consider using the find command to find a word or words on the page after searching by tag. Keyboard shortcuts are “CTRL+F” or “F3” on Windows or “Control+F” or “Command+F” on a Mac.
6. Set appointment slot
- Click desired timeslot
- Reason for appointment:
- Include a brief sentence the course or topic that you are seeking assistance with (must be at least 15 characters but no more than 250 characters)
- Example: I am seeking assistance with Molecules to Cells and Tissues (MCT)
- Click submit request
7. Cancel or reschedule an appointment
- From the Student Appointment Scheduler main page, look under Upcoming Appointments to find the appointment you would like to either cancel or reschedule
- Click the reschedule or cancel button and follow the prompts to either schedule into other available slots or cancel your appointment. Note: if cancelling your appointment, you must provide a reason. It is also best practice to contact the tutor directly regarding the cancellation if your appointment is being cancelled within a week of the scheduled appointment slot.
8. Tutoring session appointments and reminders
- A system-generated confirmation email from the tutor will be sent shortly after signing up for an appointment slot.
- An email reminder will be sent the morning of the day before the appointment.
- If opted in to text message reminders, those are currently sent at 8 p.m. EST the day before the appointment.