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Job Title:Asst Prof-Learning Specialist

Department:Academic Affairs and Education

Location:Farmington

FTE%:1

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Search #:2023-268

Closing Date:

Recruiter:Smith, Joyce

UConn Health School of Medicine

Assistant Professor - Learning Specialist

Department: Academic Educational Affairs; Undergraduate Medical EducationReports To: Associate Dean for Student Affairs

FTE: 1.0 

Job Responsibility

The Learning Specialist is a facilitator who will work with students to maximize educational outcomes. The position requires expertise in relevant learning strategies and theories, as well as experience working with graduate level professional students. Through programs, workshops, and one-on-one meetings, the incumbent is responsible for working with students to address challenges and strategize efforts towards improvement. Key responsibilities include: working with faculty/administration to identify underperforming students to develop and implement strategies that lead to academic success; developing academic programs to support the academic needs of all students; providing students with individual assessment and counseling to identify individual learning patterns with emphasis on test anxiety, test-taking skills, time management, organizational skills, learning styles, clinical reasoning, and preparation for licensure examinations and Board certification; overseeing student tutors and peer-facilitated trainers. Additionally, the learning specialist role works closely with student affairs, the coaching program and the medical education teaching and learning specialist in a collaborative effort to improve the student experience. 

Minimum Qualifications Required - Knowledge, Skill and Ability

 

Doctoral or other equivalent advanced degree in Education, Higher Education, Educational Psychology, Special Education or other closely related field.

Experience in conducting educational workshops, seminars, and small group sessions.

Experience working with tutoring and/or peer assisted learning.

Excellent interpersonal skills, including oral and written communication skills.

Demonstrated conceptual, analytical and organizational skills.

Innovative and solution-oriented approach to sensitive and complex problems including flexibility to meeting the various needs to students.

Ability to develop and maintain collaborative and productive relationships with various constituency groups.

 Preferred Qualifications

 

Experience in academic support/learning theory for professional students.

Minimum 3 years’ related experience in academic setting providing intervention strategies to diverse learners.

Experience in medical education with demonstrated success in implementing academic support and cognitive skills services.

Experience with standardized examinations (e.g. NBME subject examinations, USMLE Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3).

Experience as academic counselor, coach or mentor.

Experience teaching at the college level.

Interested applicants should apply at https://jobs.uchc.edu, search number 2023-268. A cover letter, resume and names of three references hold be upload through the site. 

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

All Workforce Members are required to have or obtain a COVID 19 vaccination as a term and condition of employment to work in a UConn Health facility, unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. All new Workforce Members shall be required to provide proof of their vaccine status prior to the start of their employment. All records of vaccinations and approved exemptions will be maintained by Employee Health Services. Additional information regarding this policy may be found at https://health.uconn.edu/covid-provider/mandatory-vaccination/ 

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