Teaching Assistant, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
- Employer
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
- Location
- Singapore
- Closing date
- 3 Jul 2021
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- Academic Discipline
- Education, Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Psychology, Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry, Other Health & Social Care
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Other Academic
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Job Description
Job Purpose
The Teaching Assistant assists the medical educationalists at the Centre for Medical Education (CenMED) and NUSMed in supporting medical education research and teaching-related activities
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with workshops, assessments, record keeping, and other miscellaneous projects.
- Assist with research-related work such as conduct literature review, data collection, data analysis and tracking of research projects and funding.
- Mentor students.
- Contribute to the development of appropriate teaching materials to ensure content and methods of delivery meet learning objectives.
- Prepare presentations.
- Participate in the assessment process, using a variety of methods and techniques and provide effective, timely and appropriate feedback to students to support their learning.
- Help the centre develop course plans for workshops.
- Assist the centre in conference organisation.
- Undertake some administrative duties as requested by the Senior Director, CenMED or his nominee.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good first degree in medicine/nursing/allied health/stastistics/education/psychology and sciences or related area would be an advantage.
- Any postgraduate qualification in Education related subject would be an added advantage.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills.
- Effective time management skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to work with little supervision.
- Self-motivation.
- Ability to accept collegiate responsibilities and act accordingly.
- Must be proficient in MS Words, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
- Proficient in research software such as SPSS or NVivo
Experience
Desirable
- Teaching experience at undergraduate level.
- Course administration experience.
- Research experience in related subject.
More Information
Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Department: Dean's Office (Medicine)
Employee Referral Eligible: No
Contact list for further enquiries
Hiring Manager: Shuh Shing Lee
Hiring Manager Email: MEDLSS@nus.edu.sg
HR Partner: Amirah Binte Abdul Razak
HR Partner Email: AMIRAHRZ@nus.edu.sg
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