While serving as MS-1 MENTOR for the STUDENT MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, KIRKSVILLE, MO, Bhavik patel provided support to first-year medical students at my school, answering questions and providing advice on how to succeed during the first two years of medical school. Bhavik Patel coordinated and supervised the organization of the mock microbiology case presentations (October 2015) for first-year medical students in order to prepare them for their first experience with a case presentation.