ABPS Tutor
Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company
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About The Job
The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online ABPS Tutors nationally. As a tutor on the Varsity Tutors Platform, you'll have the flexibility to set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and make a real impact on students' academic success and understanding. All from the comfort of your home.
Why Join Our Platform?
- Earn incrementally higher pay for each session with the same student, reaching up to $40/hour.
- Get paid up to twice per week, ensuring fast and reliable compensation for the tutoring sessions you conduct and invoice.
- Set your own hours and tutor as much as you'd like.
- Tutor remotely using our purpose-built Live Learning Platform. No commuting required.
- Get matched with students best-suited to your teaching style and expertise.
- Our AI-powered Tutor Copilot enhances your sessions with real-time instructional support, lesson generation, and engagement features, helping you save prep time and focus on impactful teaching.
- We handle the logistics—you just invoice for your tutoring sessions, and we take care of payments.
What We Look For In an ABPS Tutor
- Advanced Test Mastery: Deep knowledge of American Board of Podiatric Surgery examination content covering foot surgery, rearfoot and ankle surgery, biomechanics, wound healing, surgical anatomy, and reconstructive techniques. Ability to explain surgical approaches, fixation methods, and postoperative management principles while preparing podiatric surgeons for board certification in podiatric surgery.
- Strategic Test-Taking & Problem-Solving: Skilled at teaching surgical planning analysis, anatomical reasoning, and clinical decision-making for ABPS certification. Guides students through evaluating surgical indications, selecting appropriate procedures, planning fixation strategies, managing surgical complications, and applying evidence-based postoperative protocols. Emphasizes connecting surgical anatomy to operative decision-making and post-surgical rehabilitation.
- Curriculum Awareness & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with ABPS examination content and common challenges such as surgical technique detail, biomechanical assessment complexity, and integrating surgical planning with patient-specific factors. Adapts instruction using surgical case studies, anatomy review materials, and board-style practice questions to support podiatric surgery residents and practitioners preparing for ABPS board certification.
- Effective Teaching Methods: Ability to identify concepts students commonly struggle with, explain material using multiple approaches, and adapt instruction to meet individual learning needs and styles.
- Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.
- Ability to adapt to different learning styles and student needs.
Ways To Connect With Students
- 1-on-1 Online Tutoring - Provide personalized instruction to individual students.
- Instant Tutoring - Accept on-demand tutoring requests whenever you're available.
About Varsity Tutors And 1-on-1 Online Tutoring
Our mission is to transform the way people learn by leveraging advanced technology, AI, and the latest in learning science to create personalized learning experiences. Through 1-on-1 Online Tutoring, students receive customized instruction that helps them achieve their learning goals. Our platform is designed to match students with the right tutors, fostering better outcomes and a passion for learning.
Please note: Varsity Tutors does not contract in: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.
Key skills/competency
- ABPS Exam Content
- Podiatric Surgery
- Board Certification Preparation
- Surgical Anatomy
- Biomechanics
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Instructional Design
- Online Tutoring
- Test-Taking Strategies
- Adaptive Teaching
How to Get Hired at Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company
- Research Varsity Tutors' culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your ABPS mastery, teaching methodologies, and online instruction experience.
- Showcase subject expertise: Emphasize deep knowledge of podiatric surgery and board examination content.
- Prepare for teaching scenarios: Practice explaining complex medical concepts clearly and adaptively for diverse learners.
- Demonstrate platform proficiency: Discuss familiarity with online learning tools and virtual instruction techniques.
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