Student Services
Academic Success Services
As a USAHS student, you’ll have access to many resources specifically designed to help support your academic progress and foster your success. These include personalized as well as self-directed services such as tutoring, student success advising, a writing center, library services and innovative iLEARN platform.
Student Success Advising
During the admissions process, you were introduced to your Student Success Advisor, who will support you throughout your time at the University. Your advisor is someone you can reach out to for help with many things, including:
Individualized Support
Your Student Success Advisor is your first point of contact when you need help navigating your path toward resources and support. If you don’t know how to do something or where to go for assistance, your advisor can answer your questions and point you in the right direction.
Success Strategies
Ask your Advisor for their best study strategies, time and stress management techniques, and organizational tips. They are eager to support you!
Student Outreach
Your advisor cares about how you’re doing, so expect to hear from them from time to time as they check up on you with suggestions and advice.
Administrative Assistance
Be sure to tap into your advisor’s experience with the various administrative processes (e.g. forms, policies and procedures) you’ll encounter during your time here. They can help you better understand policies and procedures outlined in the Catalog/Handbook.
Tutoring
If you get behind in a class or you just need a little help understanding something, you’ll find several ways to receive tutoring to get caught up and continue making progress.
Group peer tutoring
Sessions are typically devoted to a specific subject and led by a peer tutor recommended by your faculty. You can use these tutoring sessions for support in preparing for class, assignments and labs, or develop your own study groups and peer connections to discuss or practice any topics specific to your needs.
One-on-one tutoring
You can have your individual needs and faculty feedback addressed with one-on-one tutoring. This is ideal if you’ve utilized peer group tutoring and still feel you need some extra assistance.
Weekly office hours with faculty
Our faculty/instructors are content experts who are truly dedicated to your success, and they want to hear from you whether you’re struggling or you need clarification or guidance on a class or a topic of concern. In addition to regular office hours, faculty are also available by appointment and can meet with you virtually.
Skills for Success
This series of interactive presentations was developed to provide information and practical solutions for overcoming obstacles you might encounter. It includes information and resources on the topics of what it takes to succeed as a graduate student, time management and organization, reading and note taking, study and test-taking skills, self-reflection, wellness and more.
Active learning resources
A variety of additional resources designed to help you retain and apply the material you learn in your coursework is available to you, including course-based review materials specific to anatomy and other topics.
Writing Center
The USAHS Writing Center provides live coaching sessions and workshops as well as recorded feedback on issues or needs you may have concerning scholarly writing or preparation of academic papers. Writing Center coaches can work with you on capstone papers, dissertations and other projects, as well as help you shape articles for publication in scientific journals.
Our Writing Center coaches are also available by appointment for one-on-one live online sessions so you can ask specific questions and discuss your writing needs. Appointments may be booked through the Writing Center’s convenient online scheduling tool. The Writing Center also provides resources on many topics pertaining to scholarly and academic writing, which can be accessed at any time.
Library Services
The USAHS Library offers informational resources, services and technologies you’ll need to research, prepare and complete assignments and supplement your learning. You’ll have access to full text articles, books, eBooks, reliable databases, anatomic models, medical equipment and more via our on-campus libraries and our digital collections.
The Library Innovation and Creation Hub, located at each USAHS campus, is where you’ll find printers, copiers and scanners as well as innovative technologies such as 3D printers, Meta Quest 2 Virtual Reality headsets, Anatomage Tables and a printing service for scholarly posters.
Specialized staff are available to assist and improve your information literacy skills providing live workshops, live chat, Ask a Librarian, one-on one librarian consultation and interlibrary loan services.
Each month, our iLEARN hub features a robust calendar of workshops, training events and skills development programs designed to supplement your classes and enhance your success. There are also archived video recordings of prior events for viewing at your convenience. Our aim with iLEARN is to provide learning opportunities that strengthen scholarly skills, digital literacy and leadership development. You are encouraged to utilize its features and explore topics on the following important concepts:
- Academic success: Learn strategies such as study skills and time management.
- Clinical innovation: Get access to campus technologies that enhance learning and increase your knowledge of emerging clinical innovations.
- Healthcare leadership: Explore leadership topics to enhance your clinical skills development.
- Online learning: Learn how to use Blackboard and other online learning technologies such as Kaltura, GoReact and Mentimeter.
- Scholarly learning: Access support and resources for scholarly skills, including research and writing.
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