Graduate Teaching Assistant- Health Data Analytics Course: Introduction to the Big Data Era & Opportunities for Better Health Care

University of British Columbia • Vancouver, BC

8d • $39 - $40 • Remote

About The Position

The Graduate Teaching Assistant will support the course coordination and administration of the UBC Extended Learning Health Data Analytics Micro-certificate Program. This is a part-time, 100% online program designed for health professionals to learn foundations in data analytics in a health context. The program consists of 3 courses, each 5 weeks in duration. Each course is offered three times throughout the calendar year, with each course cohort expected to have up to 25 students.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a graduate program related to data science, or health sciences/medicine disciplines
• Advanced knowledge of data science, statistics and machine learning
• Education or work experience in health sciences, health data analytics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Familiarity with Canvas

Responsibilities

• Work with the Course instructor to ensure course content is up to date on Canvas (e.g. updating announcement dates, assignment due dates, Zoom office hours)
• Respond to student’s questions in weekly discussions on Canvas
• Mark submitted assignments according to provided rubrics with Gradebook and assign student final grades
• Attend weekly office hours as needed (1 hour/week)
• Fix and /or document any mistakes or issues identified with course content for future iterations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level