Student and Tutor _______________________________________________________

Student and Tutor

By:
Harsono

Conventional wisdom says that, in traditional curricula, lectures

were remote from their student. It was therefore important for each
student to have a nominated member of academic staff (their personal
tutor) with whom they could have a closer relationship. As student
numbers have grown, and university staff had more demands made on
their time, it has become progressively more difficult to find people
committed and skilled enough to take on the role of personal tutor.
Students tend to vote with their feet. They want support from people
who can maintain confidentiality, be approachable and accessible, and
who can make time available and every medical school seems to have a
relatively small number of academics to whom students turn in a crisis,
whether or not they are formally the students personal tutor (Taylor,
1997).