GSA Committee on Student Records (COSR)

• Discuss matters of national interest brought forward from GSA constituents or AAMC staff;
• Assist COSR constituents with the interpretation and application of laws, regulations and school standards in regards to the maintenance of academic record;
• Increase the awareness of best practices for record retention and disposal in the medical school setting;
• Provide programming and publications that assist records professionals in their duties, including maintaining the integrity of academic records;
• Promote professional development opportunities for medical school student records administrators; and
• Collaborate with GSA leadership on matters that involve and/or impact the work of student records administrators.

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Message from the Chair

Welcome to the Committee on Student Records (COSR).

I am honored and excited to serve the AAMC and my fellow records and registrar colleagues as the chair of COSR. The role of COSR is to represent and provide 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. Our group has a long history of providing leadership to the GSA community in recommending best operating practices for the management of student records. 

The committee consists of: 

• The chair 
• One representative from each of the four GSA regional organizations (Northeast, Central, Southern, and Western) 
• An OSR student representative 
• A representative from the GSA Committee on Student Diversity Affairs (COSDA) 
• The Immediate Past GSA National Chair 

As medical education evolves, so must the roles and responsibilities of the administrators that support medical schools and manage enrollment. Our current initiatives for COSR are in consonance with the national conversation occurring in undergraduate medical education. Some of our current initiatives include: 

• Formation of a visiting student work group to address the complexities of applying for and completing extramural electives faced by medical students and records administrators. 
• Understanding the role and the contributions of the registrar in the school accreditation process.
• Informing policies and procedures for managing medical student enrollment (good standing, satisfactory academic progress, retention). 

I invite you to become involved with COSR. The committee host quarterly conference calls to discuss the progress of current initiatives and engage in discussion about "hot topics" within the registrar community.  

On behalf of the members of the COSR, we look forward to working with you and please don't hesitate to contact me or your regional representative if we can be of assistance. 

Teresa L. Cook, MEd Director of Student Affairs/Registrar Keck School of Medicine of USC 
 

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