1. Education Portfolio
Sean Elliott, MD

2. Promotion ± Tenure The 3- (or 4-) legged stool RESEARCH Clinical care
Service
Teaching

3. National Changes Scholarship Reconsidered (Boyer, 1990)
“Teaching versus research” model
Scholarship model:
Scholarship of discovery
Scholarship of integration
Scholarship of application
Scholarship of teaching
Integration: extension of current practice; interdisciplinary work; interpretation and placing ideas in a larger context.
Application: commitment to service (lifetime)

4. National Changes Scholarship Reconsidered (Boyer, 1990)
Survey (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)
Questions (25 years):
Teaching and research
Tenure and its criteria
Status of the profession
Faculty satisfaction

5. National Changes Scholarship Reconsidered (Boyer, 1990)
“What we need, then, in higher education is a reward system that reflects the diversity of our institutions and the breadth of scholarship, as well. The challenge is to strike a balance among teaching, research, and service, a position supported by two-thirds of today’s faculty who conclude that, ‘‘at my institution, we need better ways, besides publication, to evaluate scholarly performance of faculty.’’

6. National Changes Scholarship Reconsidered (Boyer, 1990)
Two biggest challenges:
Meaning of “scholarship of teaching”
Measuring the quality of teaching scholarship

7. National Changes Scholarship of teaching criteria (Shulman):
Work must be made public
Work must be available for peer review and critique according to accepted standards
Work must be able to be reproduced and built on by other scholars
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.
Shulman, L. The Scholarship of Teaching. Change, 1999;31(5):11.

8. National Changes Measuring/Standards: Clear Goals:
Does the scholar state the basic purpose of his or her work clearly?
Does the scholar define objectives that are realistic and achievable?
Does the scholar identify important questions in the field?
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

9. National Changes Measuring/Standards: Adequate Preparation:
Does the scholar show an understanding of existing scholarship in the field?
Does the scholar bring the necessary skills to his or her work?
Does the scholar bring together the resources necessary to move the project forward?
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

10. National Changes Measuring/Standards: Appropriate Methods:
Does the scholar use methods appropriate to the goals?
Does the scholar apply effectively the methods selected?
Does the scholar modify procedures in response to changing circumstances?
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

11. National Changes Measuring/Standards: Significant Results:
Does the scholar achieve the goals?
Does the scholar’s work add consequentially to the field?
Does the scholar’s work open additional areas for further exploration?
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

12. National Changes Measuring/Standards: Effective Presentation:
Does the scholar use a suitable style and effective organization to present his or her work?
Does the scholar use appropriate forums for communicating the work to its intended audiences?
Does the scholar present his or her message with clarity and integrity?
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

13. National Changes Measuring/Standards: Reflective Critique:
Does the scholar evaluate his or her own work?
Does the scholar bring an appropriate breadth of evidence to his or her critique?
Does the scholar use evaluation to improve the quality of future work?
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

14. National Changes Clear Goals Adequate Preparation Appropriate Methods
Significant Results
Effective Presentation
Reflective Critique
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

15. UACoM Changes UACOM experience: P&T Guidelines Design Committee
Broadened definition of scholarship
Create new tracks
Demonstrate:
Scholarship of Discovery
Clinical Scholarship
Educational Scholarship

16. UACoM Changes Scholarship of Discovery Clinical Scholarship
the creative use of existing facts and theories in the development of new clinical applications (e.g., treatment modalities, shaping public policy, and healthcare delivery)

17. UACoM Changes Educational Scholarship
the synthesis of facts and theories in creative formats that facilitate their understanding and use by others, and the development of creative methodologies that foster such understanding

18. Scholarship in Education
What is it?
clear goals
“best practices”
disseminated, accepted
assessed

19. Scholarship in Education
Examples
teaching awards from college peers
national teaching awards
publication of teaching materials in peer-reviewed repositories or journals
international use of teaching materials
research publication/presentation
external funding of research
program on education
and learning assessment
organize regional teaching conferences
leadership role in health sciences education and professional societies

20. Scholarship in Education
Promotion packet:
C.V.
Personal Statement
Evaluation of Teaching and Advising:
Extent of Teaching
Teaching Awards and Grants
Individual Student Contact (Advising, Office Hours, Mentoring, Career Counseling, Faculty Advisor of Clubs, Clinical Instruction, Independent Studies)
Development and Scholarly Activity
Workload Assignment
External Reviewers

21. Scholarship in Education
Education Portfolio:
Evidence of Teaching
Reflections on that evidence:
Personal teaching style
Philosophy
Efforts at self-improvement
“Enable you to think critically about your teaching”
Electronic manila envelope
NEW UA Vitae

22. UA Vitae Workload Distribution Teaching: ArizonaMed Years 1 & 2
Teaching: Other Teaching Roles
Didactic Teaching at COM (not years 1 & 2)
Clinical Teaching
Guest Lectures and Invited Teaching
Student Mentoring, Advising, and Activities
Other trainees: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising
Development of Instructional Resources

23. Education Portfolio Steps: Refer to appendices, attachments
Create Statement – Personal Philosophy
Gather Your Evidence
Organize your Evidence
Write Reflective Summary statements
Refer to appendices, attachments
Use excerpts
Constant updating
Constant update just like your C.V., or Research portfolio

24. Education Portfolio Portfolio should reflect: Quantity of effort
Impact and Quality of effort
Evidence of scholarly approach
Self-improvement
Use of Best Practices
Evidence of educational scholarship
Boyer’s Standards
Constant update just like your C.V., or Research portfolio

25. Standards Clear Goals Adequate Preparation Appropriate Methods
Significant Results
Effective Presentation
Reflective Critique
Lee Shulman, president of Carnegie Foundation and internationally recognized expert on teaching.

26. Scholarship in Education
Resources
Academy of Medical Education Scholars (
Office of Medical Student Education
journals
Academic Medicine
Medical Education
organizations
AAMC (
professional societies