The Confidential Peer Assistance Program (CPAP) is an organization of University of Minnesota medical students who provide a supportive, non-judgmental, confidential service to fellow medical students who want assistance coping with school and non-school related stresses. If you need someone to listen, are concerned about yourself or a classmate, have academic concerns, or need a referral to an appropriate health professional, CPAP is there for you. All student members are available 24 hours a day - you can contact us for any reason and at any time by phone, email, or in person. We will assist you as best we can.
All contacts with CPAP members are strictly confidential. CPAP is not part of the medical school administration and CPAP shares no information with the administration.
CPAP members are not professional counselors. We are students like you who can identify with some of the same stresses you may be facing. We are happy to talk to students about relationship problems, identity issues, academic stress, mental health concerns, chemical dependency concerns, sexuality issues, disability issues, or any other concerns you may have. We are student advocates and we are here to listen and help.
Counselors have posted their e-mail addresses below. Please feel free to contact any of the counselors at ANY time.
You may also contact our advisor, Dr. Sheila Specker, directly, if you like. She is a trained psychiatrist, but she is not associated with the medical school administration.
You may even link directly to our most useful resources. Just click here.
| Dr. Sheila Specker | speck001@umn.edu | Office phone: 612.273.9806 | ||
| Class of 2012 | ||
| Dylan Bindman | bind0021@umn.edu | |
| Scott Deeney | deen0010@umn.edu | |
| P.J. Lally | lally016@umn.edu | |
| Nan Lin | linx0184@umn.edu | |
| Derek M. Smith | smit4199@umn.edu | |
| Class of 2011 | ||
| Nancy Cole | cole0496@umn.edu | |
| Richard LeVitre | levi0129@umn.edu | |
| Ngozika Okoye | okoy0005@umn.edu | |
| Ryan Peterson | pete2443@umn.edu | |
| Hannah Shacter | shact003@umn.edu | |
| Class of 2010 | ||
| Patty Dickmann | dick0308@umn.edu | |
| John Jochman | joch0015@umn.edu | |
| Jim Kosowicz | kosow009@umn.edu | |
| Mike Parrott | parro018@umn.edu | Mobile phone: 512.636.4651 |
| Wendy Rangitsch | rang0054@umn.edu | |
| Jeffrey Willging | will1353@umn.edu | |
| Kristina Krohn | kroh0040@umn.edu | |
| Barrie Miller | mille235@umn.edu | |