MED Teaching Assistant
2016 Application
Instructions for Submission
Please complete this application, and return it to the UNC School of Medicine,
Office of Special Programs, via email attachment with attention line “MED TA
Application” to medprogramunc@gmail.com
Completed applications are due on Friday, January 8, 2016 by 4pm.
Applicants will be notified about scheduling interviews in January 2016.
Instructions for scheduling interviews will be included in emails notifying students
about the status of their application.
Application Checklist
Via email
☐ 2016 MED Teaching Assistant Application
☐ Transcript
Instructions regarding transcripts: http://www.med.unc.edu/medprogram/medprogram/teaching-assistant-application
☐ (optional) CV or resume
Contact
If you have any questions about the application or the position(s), please contact
the Office of Special Programs.
 Email: medprogramunc@gmail.com
 Office Phone: (919) 966-7673
MED Teaching Assistant
2016 Application
PERSONAL INFORMATION
First Name:
Last Name:
Student Status: ☐ Medical
☐ Dental
Local Address:
Phone:
Email:
Date of Birth:
Best Time(s) and method for contacting (re: scheduling interviews):
School(s) attended / Year of Graduation:
Undergraduate:
Graduate:
Major(s):
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MED Teaching Assistant
2016 Application
1. Are there any anticipated circumstances that would have to be accommodated in an
otherwise full commitment to the MED Program during June - July (i.e. irregular
hours, evenings and weekends, etc.)?
2. What are your preferred subjects to assist with? (Please note the combinations are
already determined based on the schedule and cannot be altered)
Rank Your Preferences:
A.
Biochemistry & Histology
B.
Microbiology & Gross Anatomy
C.
Testing TA
D.
Tutoring TA
3. After reviewing the MED website (https://www.med.unc.edu/medprogram/medprogram/highlights), specify all the areas of MED that particularly interest you.
Please check all that apply:
☐ Mentoring
☐ Personal statement editing/proofing
☐ Reading/writing skills development
☐ Social activities
☐ Other ___________________________________
4. Please indicate if you have experience with or a satisfactory skill set involving.
Please check all that apply:
☐ Basic computer skills
☐ Developing others reading/writing skills (i.e. personal statement development)
☐ Pre-professional advising
☐ Mentoring experience
☐ Tutoring experience
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MED Teaching Assistant
2016 Application
5. In your own words, what is your understanding of the MED Program (its goals, its
mission, its participants, etc.)?
6. Please describe any previous teaching and/or counseling experience.
7. How do you see yourself contributing to the mission of the MED Program?
8. Drawing on past work or volunteer experiences and your own personality, please
describe the skills, strengths and weaknesses, knowledge, and character traits you
possess that you feel will enable you to contribute to this program. Additionally, please
include any areas/skills you believe this position will help you to grow in or develop.
(*A resume may be submitted as supplemental but not to replace.)
9. Please describe a time you faced an academic challenge or obstacle and how you
overcame the issue. What role, if any, did tutoring, mentorship and/or personal
support play in the process?
10. “The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing
knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.” ~HL Mencken
How does your own personal teaching/learning philosophy or experiences compare
or contrast to the above statement? Please explain.
11. What do you consider to be the biggest obstacles for underrepresented minority and
disadvantaged students applying to health professions programs?
12. Define:


Underrepresented Minority (URM)
Disadvantaged student
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