Research Fellows and Senior Research Fellows who are looking to develop their teaching portfolio can choose from the following list of courses offered by NUS Medicine. We are currently sourcing for more teaching opportunities and this page will be updated as and when there are more request.
Course code and title | Course coordinator and contact | Academic year and semester requesting for | Student feedback given? | Areas to assist on? |
LSM4221 – Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials |
Le Thi Nguyet Minh phcltnm@nus.edu.sg |
AY2021 Semester 2 (January 2021) |
Yes |
Preparation of classroom materials (e.g. slides, online resources, quizzes), Moderating quiz portals, Facilitating online classroom Q&A via the chat function, and Grading assignments Moderately knowledgeable in drug discovery and cancer biology |
MDG5230 – Bioethics: Core Philosophical and Empirical Approaches |
Tamra Lysaght tlysaght@nus.edu.sg |
AY2021 Semester 2 (January 2021) |
No |
Preparation of classroom materials (e.g. slides, online resources, quizzes), Moderating quiz portals, Facilitating online classroom Q&A via the chat function, and Conducting or facilitating tutorial sessions Basic biology background is required |
Application
- Interested RFs, kindly email the course coordinators at the email provided above and cc us at nusmedopa@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 course 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 course available for our RFs to teach tutorials or practical, kindly contact us with your course details at nusmedopa@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.