Learning Resource Specialist

Department Description

Student Life is a campus-wide student resource, supporting student initiatives, encouraging involvement in campus life, and serving as a primary liaison to students. Student Life supports student success through various programs and services that include Basic Needs for Students, First Generation Support Services, Guardian Scholars Program, Learning Resource Services, Student Disability Services, Student Rights and Responsibilities, Student Veteran and Military Support Services, and student involvement, etc.

Learning Resource Services (LRS) promotes students to achieve academic success, professional growth, and lifelong learning by providing high-quality, inclusive academic support from entry of program through completion. Through skill building services, supplemental instruction, academic workshops, and accessible learning resources, LRS strengthens foundational skills, advances academic progress, and cultivates student agency, confidence, and self-sufficiency. The purpose of the Learning Resource Specialist position is to support the educational mission of the University through individual consultations with students and by developing workshops and seminars that assist health science students with successfully learning, integrating and applying complex information in classroom, research and clinical settings.

In addition, the Learning Resource Specialist will work with graduate and professional students who experience academic difficulty, to assess learning problems and to assist with developing new and highly personalized learning strategies and techniques to enhance learning, and to improve study techniques and exam preparation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work individually with graduate and professional students experiencing academic difficulty and lead early identification of students at academic risk and provide targeted support through early intervention and remediation. Suggest new study and test‑taking strategies and provide resources to assist individual students to strengthen the learning skills necessary to improve academic performance.
• Develop individualized plan with tailored strategies for each student, by evaluating possible learning issues, reviewing course materials and test results.
• Educate students on effective and ethical use of AI tools to enhance learning, studying, time management, etc.
• Work with students preparing for or completing their clinical rotations to design strategies for learning and successfully demonstrating what they have learned.
• Attend clinical rotations to observe the student experience in the hospital/clinical setting and apply those insights to develop success strategies for students.
• Work individually and in group with a wide variety of students with diverse educational background by applying diverse educational theories, curricular requirements and instructional formats, unique to a health science campus.
• Support neurodiverse students by applying inclusive learning strategies and understanding diverse cognitive processing styles.
• Provide learning skills assessments and individual consultations to under‑represented students in UCSF Post Baccalaureate programs to empower them with strategies for maximized success.
• Make appropriate referrals to campus partners such as Student Disability Services, Student Mental Health and Wellness, First Generation to College Support Services, Student Involvement, Career and Professional Development, Library, etc.
• Collaborate with Student Disability Services (SDS) to provide learning strategy support for students after they receive accommodations.
• Participate on work groups or in consultation with Professional Schools to collaborate and assist students with preparations for licensing exams in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and dentistry, and physical therapy, as required. Assist faculty with skills and tools relevant to working with students in academic difficulty.

• Independently develop and present workshops and seminars and deliver presentations to small and large groups of professional and graduate school students to strengthen learning skills and…