There are full-time academic advisors within the Senior Associate Dean of Basic Sciences Office Academic Advising, Development and Support Division (AADS), which lead and coordinate the Academic Advising Program. A select number of faculty in terms 1-5 assist the full-time academic advisors to provide consistent, current, and specific advice to students. Academic Advising is a key component of the Interactive Team Instruction (ITI) delivery of the Basic Principles of Medicine, (BPM) and Principles of Clinical Medicine, (PCM) courses of the MD Program, via the AADS. The AADS faculty provide advice regarding academic options available to students (e.g., joining the ITI delivery method, taking the Credit Remediation (CR) option), etc. In addition, all teaching faculty in Years 1 and 2 hold weekly office hours for students in the MD program. These advisors also refer students to other service departments.