Medical Grad available for tutoring high school and above.

Zain R.

Anatomy

As a medical grad clearly anatomy is something I have mastered. I am beginning a surgery residency in July which further goes to show my anatomical expertise. I just concluded a session on anatomy with a student and she was so thrilled she decided to increase lesson duration from 1 hour to 2 hours for the following week. Let me me know if I can be of service.

Biology

I'm an MD (medical doctor). I have not begun working as a doctor yet. That happens in July. My background: I graduated from Seneca Valley High School with a 3.87 GPA with mostly AP courses (5/5 on AP Biology Assessment), attended UMBC as a pre-med, and recently graduated from Medical School. In school I tutored my fellow classmates as well as lower level students from college onwards. After Medical School: After medical school I found a position as a researcher at the University of Maryland; School of Medicine in the laboratory of molecular genetics (Dept of Head and Neck Surgery). Currently, I work as a Physician Coordinator at a private practice but my hours coordinate well with your needs.

Biostatistics

As a Medical Doctor, part of our course curriculum is based in learning biostatistics. After all, it is a foundational subject in the study and analysis of many sciences. I have independent students whom I currently teach and will offer my services to those here on WyzAnt as well.

Elementary (K-6th)

I have taught at Kindercare Learning centers for two years in the preschool and school age level during which I helped with homework and tutored kindergartners to 6th graders and my methods worked which is why my employment lasted two years until I started attending the University of Maryland. On the side I provided private lessons, approved by the director, to students struggling with core subjects. My methodology is simple as can be. Ask questions to gauge knowledge base and identify problem areas prior to breaking it down into the simplest methods of understanding and building up from there to a more complex age appropriate level. I find I can explain anything to anyone of any age if I know it myself. So I only offer subjects I have a thorough understanding of. This includes elementary level English and vocabulary (and its importance to communicate precisely), grammar, reading, writing skills, and comprehension skills, physical sciences, space science, life sciences (ecology and habitats, zoology, the typical 4th grade caterpillar to butterfly metamorphosis, plant based systems (also known as botany at the advanced level, etc), Mathematics up until Algebra, public speaking and confidence building which I consider the most important as it impacted me personally. These are mostly subjects that are ingrained in our minds at a very early age. But the understanding, the basic concept that can lead to original ideas or unique questions is what I provoke. The development of and the effect of proper communication via appropriate diction and syntax (choice and position of words in a sentence respectively). This is base building. This isn't advanced level. But I do plant the seed. Once again, I refer to Kindercare, where I helped an overweight child develop confidence while simultaneously feeling good about exercise. My methods are as stated many times over. I find ways of showing children how and why something applies to them via enthusiasm, paper or physical demos, etc. are some of the methods I use. Just an example i

Elementary Math

I have worked at a local learning center as a teacher and have helped many age groups there. This was prior to medical school. Currently I am looking to pass on my knowledge. I have an enthusiastic yet patient approach.

English

English is my primary language. I took Advanced Placement English courses in high school and always excelled. As stated earlier I focus on precision of communication. Diction: the choice of word; Syntax: the placement of a word in a sentence. If you can learn to perfect that you can communicate very very effectively. Of course vocabulary plays a role in that as well.

Genetics

From High School all the way through to Medical School, genetics was a core part of the curriculum. In fact, it interested me so much so that I took on a research position at the the University of Maryland, School of Medicine in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics immediately after Medical School. I worked with nucleic acids derived from mutant and control animals to isolate, amplify (PCR) and analyze findings. I have a very extensive expertise in genetics.

Microbiology

As a Medical Doctor a very large portion of my curriculum was microbiology and I have taught microbiology with great success in the past and present. I am aware of the pathogens, their virulence factors, diseases they cause, and am quite good at providing memory hooks so my students excel in the subject on the day of their exam and beyond.

Pharmacology

With a background in medicine I read and memorized, cover to cover Lange Basic and Clinical Pharmacology cover to cover. That's over 1000 pages. I know the drugs, the theories including dosing protocols, achieving a stable plasma level and what dose it would require over what period of time. Pharmacodynamics and and pharmacokinetics are extremely simple to teach and pharmacology was the subject most students in medical school struggled with and required sessions for but there is a simple method to mastering it. Even the classes, names, pharmacological action of drugs, potential interactions can be simplified by using either pneumonics or the names of drugs. For example- diazepam is Valium (a benzodiazepine) but so is midazolam. What's the difference then? Diazepam ends in "pam" whereas midazolam ends in "lam". So how is this applicable? Lams are used for panic attacks or insomnia (lams are mostly hypnotics which put you to sleep). "Pams" are sedatives which reduce anxiety but may also reduce the time of sleep latency. There's always a method to the madness. I went through it this way. I can teach it to you.

Physiology

As a Medical Graduate and currently working as a Physician Coordinator, one of my job duties is to educate Medical Assistants and aid student nurses. As a matter of fact, I also hold bi-monthly patient education courses for preventive measures.

SAT Reading

I have coached several SAT reading and writing students with great success. In the Reading Test, students will be engaged in a lively, thoughtful, evidence-based discussion. The Reading Test focuses on how you take in, think about, and use information. This is where I come in. I have taught students what to look for. Most students believe it's about memorizing facts or definitions. In fact it's about reading between the lines. That's what I am good at teaching to identify. Some passages are paired with others and that is a skill that needs to be taught. How to take pieces of information from one context and apply it to the next and answer the question accordingly. There's a lot more to it. And I know what I'm doing and I do it well. Please let me know if I can be of assistance.

SAT Writing

Advanced placement English in high school, 11th and 12th grade, 1480/1500 on the SAT (2003) which was a different method of scoring. Preparation of documents including personal statements for grad school students. I also help prepare personal statements for students applying to residency to practice as doctors. Recently tutored two students for the same sections with great improvements in their essay writing skills and reading comprehension became far more natural. Awaiting results on their SATs

Writing

I am an MD by profession, but a writer by nature. In high school I took AP English courses, in college I took multiple linguistics courses and am currently working on a work on philosophy and the sciences and their relationship to one another. I have tutored esol students, foreign medical graduates preparing for the the language assessment course now known as the step 2 CS. It gauges English comprehension and communication as well as clinical skills. So I do possess a certain way of communicating and teaching English reading, writing, and comprehension skills to a diverse group of students from elementary to graduate level.