Willis
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1+ years of tutoring

Willis

Bachelors, Biomedical Engineering Boston University
PHD, Medicine University of Iowa College of Medicine
  • I pursued my M.D. at the University of Iowa, specializing in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.

About Me

I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston University with my B.S.in Biomedical Engineering (BME). I spent a few years working as a BME in Boston, MA before changing my career plans towards medicine. I'm currently a practicing resident physician in Phoenix, AZ.I'm sure it's uncommon to find a full-time physician, wanting to tutor on the side, but my passion in tutoring and mentoring is deeply rooted in my experiences during my academic pursuit. As a student who struggled through middle school and high school, I was lucky to have encountered great tutors and mentors who aided and provided me the tools to become successful in academia and my personal life. I became motivated to become that same role model and educator for others. I began tutoring during undergrad, emphasizing in engineering and advanced calculus courses. As I worked as an engineer, I continued to privately tutor college students, and taught MCAT and college prep courses. I began teaching biological and medical science courses as I progressed through my medical school education, honoring in numerous classes. I performed well on my medical board exams, and thus was invited to tutor board prep exam for graduate medical students. Throughout my journey in tutoring, I have mentored students of varied academic backgrounds and achievement levels, I worked to build organization, time management, and study skills, for my student-athletes while working to maintain high academic and personal standards and motivation. Even to this day, as a practicing physician, my passion towards teaching and tutoring is fueled by interactions with 3rd and 4th year medical students rotating through their clinicals, however I miss the opportunity to teach students with varied academic backgrounds. My goals in tutoring is to provide both hands-on and hands-off approach, providing the students problem-solving skills that would be applicable to both academia and their personal life. Simultaneously, provide mentorship and guidance in the students' pursuit in a career in fields of their choosing. I feel that it is important to empower the students to take responsibility for their own education than to give them the solutions to their academic issues. Study and organizational skills are built into every lesson, along with test-taking skills and course content.

Hobbies & Interests

Tennis, Cross-fit, Kickboxing, Netflix junkie, Playing video games, Fixing and tinkering with computer parts

Education

Bachelors, Biomedical Engineering - Boston University
PHD, Medicine - University of Iowa College of Medicine

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