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Teaching Assistant Posting ‑ Medical Informatics, Division of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine

Posted by Medical Informatics, Division of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine on August 16, 2016 in Job Postings

Application Deadline: August 25, 2016

Pay Rate: $931 (TA 45, in accordance with CUPE CA)

Work Assignment:
Duties include, but are not limited to:
1. Conducting 1 tutorial a week, Mondays at 3:30pm
2. Course administration. e.g. Brightspace
3. Assist Instructor when needed
4. Meeting with students for assistance, when needed
5. Be available to assist with invigilating examinations

Requirements of Position:
The TA will be required to prepare and conduct introductory R tutorials once a week. The tutorials will cover the basics of data handling and data manipulation, basic descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing and model fitting. Some support will be provided by the instructor, but the TA is expected to prepare material to present to the students, therefore expertise in R is a must.

If you are interested in the above position, please apply in writing by the application deadline to:
Mike Lawrence
Mike.Lawrence@dal.ca

All offers of employment are conditional upon sufficient student enrollment in the course and approval by the University.