Committee on Student Records (COSR)

About COSR

COSR represents, and provides opportunities for professional development for, medical school student records administrators (a.k.a., registrars), who are based in medical schools or elsewhere in their parent institutions.

• Message from the COSR Chair
  
• January 2009 COSR Meeting Agenda (PDF)
• Last approved COSR meeting minutes (AAMC Login required)
  
• COSR Roster
• 2008-2009 COSR Annual Report (PDF)
• Meetings of Interest through 2010

About the GSA

• About the Group on Student Affairs
• GSA National and AAMC Advisory Committee Rosters

For Members

Handbook for Student Records Administrators
This is a resource guide for medical school registrars, as well as a source of general information for every student affairs professional.

GSA Member Resources: Student Records

GSA Listserve

National Student Clearinghouse Report (PDF)

Demonstration of the VSAS Prototype (PDF)

Guidelines for Maintaining Active and Permanent Individual Student Records (PDF)
COSR developed these 2005 guidelines to assist medical school student records officers in developing and implementing medical school policies relating to the maintenance of academic records for currently enrolled students, former students, and graduates.

Student Database Roster (PDF)
Used at AAMC-member medical schools, this list was collected at the June 2004 Joint Admissions/Diversity Affairs/Student Records Professional Development Conference. Please use this list to communicate with each other about various database systems.

More Resources

• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
• Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)—"Buckley Amendment"
• Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)
• National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
• State Medical Boards
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)