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Opportunity for postdoctoral trainees to act as assistant facilitators for a 9-week period.\u00a0 The newly-designed first-year IGP* curriculum includes 2 discussion sessions each week, under the direction of a faculty facilitator and based on the scientific theme of the week. The themes will span genetics, the central dogma and cell signaling.<\/p>\n
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Assistant facilitators will help run discussion sessions with groups of ~12 students on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (9-11am) beginning August 26th<\/sup> and ending October 21st<\/sup>. During each session, the facilitators and students will discuss a single scientific paper related to the week\u2019s theme. During some sessions, the assistant facilitator will also guide students in working through applied questions on concepts related to the theme.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Responsibilities include (i) reading the assigned papers\/questions and attending a weekly orientation session with the theme leaders; (ii) facilitating discussion amongst the student group both in the absence and presence of a faculty facilitator; and (iii) grading summaries\/synopses of the papers from the students using an appropriate rubric.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Participation in this opportunity would provide valuable experience in multiple aspects of teaching including material preparation, discussion facilitation and assessment.<\/p>\n