University professor and award-winning science communicator with over 10 years experience teaching on topics related to physiology, anatomy, biology, and nutrition. I have tutored, mentored, and coached over 100 students on tests, assignments/lab reports, scientific presentations, school (e.g., medical school) and professional job applications, scholarship applications (e.g., graduate scholarships from NSERC and CIHR), and careers goals. I am experienced with the Canadian highschool curriculum and all levels of higher education, from diploma, bachelor's, masters, and doctoral levels. I use a scaffolding approach to teaching, whereby I focus on rooting new concepts with older concepts you already know very well. In my experience, this is the best way to expand your knowledge base and help you understand concepts inside and out, without having to rely entirely on memorization. I have extensive experience writing multiple choice and short answer tests. I find the best ways to prepare for upcoming tests is to do practice tests that mimic the format of the actual test. This allows you to build comfort and confidence with the course material being presented as questions, which will without a doubt improve your test performance. I can put together practice tests for you based on your course materials you provide me, mark them, and review them to ensure any mistakes made are clarified before your take a test.
