The mission of OARS is to facilitate academic success through:

• Structured attention to process and content enrichment for SOM students
• Individualized academic skills development on topics including but not limited to learning strategies, study skills, test taking, time management and test anxiety
• Development, implementation, evaluation, and reporting of innovative academic interventions
• Identification, support, and facilitation of learning disabilities inquiries and requests for accommodations for all HSC students

• Study Habits, learning strategies
• Assessment concerns
• Test-taking strategies
• Test anxiety and concerns
• Time management, organization
• Problem-solving conceptualization
• Learning inventories administration & interpretation
• Developing individualized learning plans
• Clinical skills
• Communication skills
• Professionalism/Ethics skills
• Content tutoring by faculty and peer tutoring by medical students
• Other areas of concern

Make an appointment with a Learning Specialist

• Pam DeVoe, PhD, 505-272-8972, pdevoe@salud.unm.edu
• Michael Hess, PhD, 505-272-5042, mihess@salud.unm.edu
• Peter Couse, 505-272-1419, pcouse@salud.unm.edu

Make an appointment with a Content Expert

• Steve Wood, PhD, scwood@salud.unm.edu

Make an appointment with a Critical Thinking Skills Expert

• Steve Mitchell, MD, 505-272-5192, smmitchell@salud.unm.edu