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Teaching Associate for Electives Office

Department

Office of Undergraduate Medical Education

Entity

Medical College

Location

Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction

Established in 1983, Medical College (MC), Pakistan offers a five-year Bachelor of Surgery; Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) programme. The programme prepares students to lead change in their societies and to thrive in a global economy, which is in line with the University’s core principles of quality, relevance, impact and access.

As part of its curriculum, the programmes offer selective and elective opportunities to medical students which are essential components of any undergraduate medical education curriculum offering clinical exposure and experience. Selectives increase a student’s familiarity, experience and abilities in common healthcare settings, develop holistic competence as demonstrated in real practice settings and promote awareness and experience with health equity and health systems issues. Electives represent unique opportunities to experience healthcare in settings unfamiliar to that in which students are accustomed to studying. 

Responsibilities

Reporting directly to Office of UGME and working in close coordination with Office of the Registrar, the Teaching Associate will be responsible for: 
  • assisting undergraduate medical students with their selective and elective placements
  • addressing questions and concerns students may have regarding electives 
  • coordinating with AKU alumni and relevant local and international institutions to form affiliations for electives 
  • maintaining one45 Elective portal to keep it updated with relevant documents 
  • processing applications for the standing elective affiliations 
  • ensuring collection and analysis of elective feedback forms 
  • compiling a central digitized elective database 
  • organizing monthly Faculty Elective Committee and Student Elective Committee meetings and maintaining minutes, attendance logs and action plans
  • conducting research on the impact of electives on medical student education through feedback compilation 
  • streamlining internal elective process for medical students 
  • disseminating updates to the student body and alumni regarding elective related matters 
  • documenting work processes as required.

Requirements

You should have:
  • an MBBS degree from AKU
  • demonstrated goal-oriented, solutions based approach to matters 
  • excellent problem solving skills 
  • the ability to demonstrate sound judgment in challenging situations  
  • excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • strong  organizational and planning skills
  • superior interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

To Apply

​Interested candidates should send their detailed CVs by email to human.resources@aku.edu and mark position applied for in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by March 8, 2020