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Student Support
Resources are available for students who need academic advising or counseling services. These resources include:
- Academic counseling through the School of Medicine by Mr. Dakota Bibbs (Phone: 601-984-1136).
- Services include:
- Learning and study approaches
- Time management
- Study plans
- Resume and CV assistance
- Identification of specific resources for various courses o Step 1 and Step 2 guidance
- Test-taking strategies
- Strategies for test anxiety
- General career counseling
- Shadowing opportunities
- Tutoring and counseling through the institutional Office for Student Success
- Confidential counseling and medication management for mental health issues through the Student
- Counseling and Wellness Center; Email: scwc@umc.edu; Phone: (601) 815-1136
- Occupational health care through Student-Employee Health; Email: studenthealth@umc.edu; Phone: (601) 984-1185
- Minor medical/primary care services through the Department of Family Medicine at the UMMC Quick Care Clinic in the Lakeland Medical Building at 764 Lakeland Drive, 2nd floor. Phone: 601-984-CARE (601-984-2273) or schedule online at the Quick Care page on the UMMC Intranet.