Academic Skills Couseling
At AUC, academic skills counseling services are provided to assist students to succeed in their medical studies. An academic skills counselor provides individual academic assessment and counseling to help students develop an effective study plan/strategy. All academic counseling sessions and information are private, and student confidentiality is maintained and protected. No record of the student’s academic counseling session is included in his/her student file.
Main Areas of Concern/Focus for Most Medical Students Include:
- Time Management
- Organizational Skills
- Setting Goals--Planning
- Study Schedules
- Stress Management
- Improving Reading Comprehension
- Finding Your Learning Style/Mode
- Developing Listening Skills
- Note-taking
- Test Preparation
- Test-taking Strategies
- Test Anxiety
- Effective Study Skills
- Concentration and Memory
- Understanding Main Concepts
- Understanding Interrelationships
- Integration of Basic Sciences Course Material
- Integration of Basic Sciences with Clinical Material
- How to Understand the Basic Science Courses
- Learning How to Learn
This service is available to all AUC students during all semesters. Students receive individual counseling sessions to provide ongoing academic support as needed. Feel free to drop by the office to learn more about this resource.
Contact Information:
AUC Academic Skills Counseling Office, Room 134-Micro Office Wing
Dr. Marilyn Salafsky
Office hours: 7:30 a.m. – 3:30p.m., Monday—Friday
Phone: 545-2298, Ext. 247
