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Position Summary
The Learning & Career Specialist provides academic learning support and career advising to medical students as they progress through the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine DO program. This role delivers individualized academic coaching, facilitates group workshops, manages daily operations of tutoring and mentoring programs, and assists students with residency and career planning. The Specialist collaborates with faculty, student services, and academic leadership to advance student academic and career success.
Job Duties
Academic Learning Counseling
• Provide one-on-one academic coaching to support learning strategies, test-taking, study planning, time management, and critical thinking and reading skills. • Assess students for learning challenges, coordinate remediation plans, and refer to faculty, academic leadership, and both campus and external resources as appropriate. • Develop and deliver workshops and programming related to learning strategies, board preparation, and academic success for pre-clinical and clinical students, including pre-matriculation support. • Manage daily operations of peer tutoring and mentoring programs, including tutor training and performance monitoring. • Assist in planning and delivering COMLEXUSMLE preparation programs and track academic support utilization and student progress. • Support medical students in navigating academic benchmarks, clinical progression, and graduation requirements, ensuring alignment with UNC COM academic policies and timelines.
Career Counseling & Residency Advising
• Provide individualized career advising for medical students, including career exploration, specialty decision-making, CV/resume development, and personal statement guidance. • Support residency preparation, including ERAS advising, interview skills development, and match preparation activities. • Facilitate group sessions and workshops using tools such as AAMC Careers in Medicine, AACOM resources, specialty society guidance, and NRMP data. • Screen for and address issues impacting career readiness, e.g., motivation, stress, professional identity challenges, and make referrals when needed. • Maintain career advising records and monitor student career planning progress.
Other Responsibilities
• Maintain student support tracking systems and contribute data to evaluate program effectiveness. • Participate in student success initiatives, orientations, and support programming across the learning continuum. • Provide support as needed for key college events and programming across Admissions, Student Affairs, and Curriculum, including but not limited to the White Coat Ceremony, Bridging Ceremony, Commencement, Match Day, wellness initiatives, interprofessional activities, and board preparation events. • May provide instruction or support for summer and pre-matriculation programs. • Perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Dean of Student Success.
Minimum Qualifications
Masters degree in education, educational psychology, psychology, counseling, or a related field Minimum 3 years of experience in academic counseling, coaching, or career advising in higher education Graduate Assistant work will count for half-time.