Research Fellows who are looking to develop their teaching portfolio can choose from the following list of modules offered by NUS Medicine.
No Department Module Coordinator(s) Contact Details Module Code Module title Practical / Tutorial Vacancies
Semester 1 AY19/20 Semester 2 AY19/20
1 Biochemistry Matthew Chang bchcmw@nus.edu.sg LSM3246 Synthetic Biology Tutorial
2 Biochemistry Matthew Chang bchcmw@nus.edu.sg LSM3247 Practical Synthetic Biology Practical
3 Biochemistry Thilo Hagen bchth@nus.edu.sg LSM2233 Cell Biology Tutorial **New slots available for 1-2 RFs
4 Microbiology & Immunology Sylvie Alonso / Veronique Angeli micas@nus.edu.sg / micva@nus.edu.sg LSM4226 Infection & Immunity Please contact module coordinator for more information.
5 Microbiology & Immunology Kevin Tan/ Pablo Bifani mictank@nus.edu.sg / micpb@nus.edu.sg LSM4223 Advances in Antimicrobial Strategies Practicals and Tutorials 1 RF recruited
6 Microbiology & Immunology Kevin Tan/ John Chen mictank@nus.edu.sg / miccjy@nus.edu.sg LSM2291 Fundamental Techniques in Microbiology Practicals
7 Pharmacology Fred Wong Wai Shiu phcwongf@nus.edu.sg LSM3211 Fundamental Pharmacology Tutorials
8 Pharmacology Judy Sng phcsngj@nus.edu.sg LSM 3219 Neuropharmacology Practicals and Tutorials NA 2 RFs recruited
9 Physiology Tsai Shih Yin phsts@nus.edu.sg LSM4232 Advanced Cell Biology Please contact module coordinator for more information. Slot not available
10 Physiology Tan Yong-Yi, Andrew phstya@nus.edu.sg LSM4213 Systems Neurobiology Practical 6 RFs to TA the EMG car practical (Each TA should be able to attend one setup session [2 hours, time to be arranged] and either one or both practical sessions [29 October 2019, Tuesday, 9am-12 noon (Session 1) ; 5 November 2019, Tuesday, 9am-12 noon (Session 2)].
11 Physiology Celestial Yap / Chen Zhixiong phstya@nus.edu.sg / zhixiong_chen@nus.edu.sg MD1140 - Phase 1 Normal Structure and Function Practicals Slots available (Practical) as below: 1) BP practical (7 hours on 14/10/19 at MD6); 2) Normal body structure and function-ECG practical (7 hours on 14/10/19 at MD14 ABC); 3) Acute cardiovascular responses with SimMan (37.5 hours within 3 days from 16-18/10/19, 1.5 hours per session with 25 sessions in total); 4) CAMS+Acute respiratoru responses with SimMan (62.5 hours within 4 days on 4, 6, 7 and 11/11/19, 0.5 hour or 2.5 hours per session with 25 sessions in total ). RFs can choose to teach in one or multiple sessions of each lesson. pls enquire the module coordinator.
12 Physiology Zakaria Almsherqi phszama@nus.edu.sg LSM3212 (Sem 1) Human Physiology: Cardiopulmonary System Practicals
13 Physiology Ivan Low Cherh Chiet / Lim Hsiu Kim, Lina phsilcc@nus.edu.sg LSM3212 (Sem 2) Human Physiology: Cardiopulmonary System Practicals **New slots available for 2-3 RFs
14 Physiology
Tan Yong-Yi, Andrew/Soong Tuck Wah
phstya@nus.edu.sg/phsstw@nus.edu.sg
STEP-NUS Sunburst Brain Camp 2019(Jun 11-12)
2-4 RFs needed for EMG car workshop. There are two sessions:Tuesday, 11, June 2019, 2pm-6pm (Session 1);Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 1pm-5pm (Session 2)
Application
Interested RFs, kindly email the module coordinators at the email provided in the table above and cc us at medbx116@nus.edu.sg; (Attention: REINVENT_Teaching).
Contact time is limited to a maximum of 5 hours/semester unless there is mutual agreement between the RFs and his/her PI for the additional hours.
Applicants should check with the respective module coordinators about the content, class size, teaching material needed or to be provided, teaching hours, and mode of delivery before taking on a class so that you can prepare better. Also talk to your coordinators if you would like to receive student feedback.
Faculty
Other faculty members who would like to make their module available for our RFs to teach tutorials or practical, kindly contact us with your module details at medbx116@nus.edu.sg
Teaching resources
Interested postdocs can also sign up for a variety of teaching related workshops by Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, NUS. These workshops provide excellent opportunities to learn evidence-informed strategies, to develop pedagogy and curricula and also introduce the educators to different educational technologies. These workshops are free so do register early if you are interested. Please refer to the link below for CDTL’S workshop/course schedule.