Academic Coaching

Welcome to the Office of Academic Excellence (OAE). Our goal is to help students reach their academic potential. Our passion is to make learning efficient, effective, and enjoyable

Mission Statement

• To create a positive coaching environment to maximize one’s potential regardless of the academic levels.
• It is available to everyone to de-stigmatize of “needing academic assistance.”
• The overarching goal is to integrate the four elements of master adaptive learning, planning, learning, assessing and adjusting, into the educational experiences throughout the pre- and clerkship years. The principles are data-driven, individualized, and developmentally appropriate.
• We strive to provide tailored and practical approaches that can be applied to various learning situations and help create concrete study plans that result in measurable outcomes.
• We collaborate with both the diversity leadership and integrate the peers and near-peers to support underrepresented minority students to meet their needs.

Members and specialty of the office

	Yenya Hu, MD, PhD Director and Assistant Dean of Academic Excellence Director of the Step Up Thread Study strategies applied to content USMLE examination preparation
	Amelia Kirby, MD (Blue house) Academic coach Genetics content Pediatrics content Study strategies USMLE examination preparation Prep for clinical rotations
	Matt Gorris, MD (Green house) Assistant director of the Step Up Thread and academic coach Clinical content expert and application to multiple-choice questions Multiple choice question dissection and approach Logistical preparation for standardized tests (test day logistics, preparing for the environment) Practice-based learning during clinical rotations
	Angie Niehaus, MD (Yellow house)
	Jason Powell, MD (Red house)
	Andrea Vallevand, PhD Data analysis
	Blair Weaver, BS Scheduling Data preparation