Table 3.
Strengths and weaknesses points of the consulting program
| Schools | Strengths | Weakness | Suggestion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Establish supervising center | Inadequate funding | Introduce talented students to the talented students office |
| Insufficient number of counselors | Lack of referring of some students to the advisor | Advisors’ contact with students’ families | |
| Evaluation of the advisor at the end of the semester and provision of feedback | - | Use of psychological tests to identify vulnerable students | |
| - | - | Prepare the site of consultation at university and put some information, regulations and forms on it | |
| - | - | Organize some expeditions for students and advisors | |
| Nursing | Refer most of the students to counselors | - | Meeting with students and advisor at the beginning of the semester |
| Good relationship of students with advisors | - | Workshops and educational pamphlets for students | |
| Dentistry | - | Lack of basic science students at schools for this program | Regular meetings by students and advisor of the school |
| - | Failure to perform annual evaluations of advisor | - | |
| - | Lack of interest of teachers in consulting program | - | |
| Rehabilitation | - | Disproportionate allocation of male and female students with advisors | Referring students to advisors at least one time during the semester |
| Heath Management and Informatics | Counselors' evaluation at appropriate times | Low number of advisors as compared to students | Counselors' meetings at least once each semester |
| - | Lack of knowledge of some instructors about how to consult students | Confidential counseling sessions | |
| - | Resistance of some teachers against counseling program | - | |
| - | Lack of interest of advisors in attending the mentoring program | - | |
| Para Medical Sciences | - | Lack of counselors' time to complete and report consulting forms | Referring advisors to preparing daily reports about students |
| - | Lack of experts to follow-up counseling | - |