Student Teaching Aide - Standardized Patients Program

JOB DESCRIPTION

Teaching Aide Standardized Patients Program

Hourly Pay Rate: $20.00

Responsibilities:

• Working with individual students as instructional support
• Completing relevant documentation 
• Engaging with students as defined by training materials and direct instruction. 
• Bringing any issue or concerns to the attention of staff
• Attending all required training (two scheduled, four-hour sessions) with academic staff and scheduled event days (two, four-and-a-half sessions) with students and staff
• Assisting program staff with tasks and evaluations
• Submitting all documents to staff as directed daily
• Simulating emotional and physical aspects of a real patient as an instrument of the instruction process
• Acting as an interpreter as needed

Qualifications:

• Active enrollment as a student at Tulane University

• High proficiency in spoken and written Spanish

• No schedule conflicts with required course attendance, exams, or major assignments limiting your availability to commit to required dates. (Participation in this job does not constitute an excused absence.)

You will be simulating the emotional and physical aspects of a real patient as a tool for the instructional process. You must attend required training dates (two, four-hour sessions) and required event dates (two, four-and-a-half sessions). You must evaluate your schedule to determine your availability to commit to required dates, prior to accepting the position. You are responsible for confirming that these dates do not conflict with exams or major assignments, and that your participation does not constitute an excused absence. You are responsible for following directions, taking instruction, and clearly communicating. Transportation to and from work assignments is your responsibility. 

You must demonstrate high proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.