Assessment of learner performance

• Development of methods of evaluating student’s performances
• Development of written examinations and written examination items
• Participation in evaluation exercises including the OSCE
• Gathering information on the reliability and validity of evaluation measures

Acting as an advisor or mentor for students, residents and fellows

• List formal advisees and current status
• List of “informal advisees”
• Provision of excellent graduate and postgraduate student supervision as judged by the quality of the trainee’s work, the time required to complete training, and subsequent career paths of trainees. Consider asking advisees with whom you have developed a close relationship to write a letter indicating how you have impacted their career.

Educational administration activities

• Service as a course coordinator/director
• Service on departmental and/or institutional committees related to educational activities (include whether these are elected or appointed positions)
• Graduate program administration (activities, committees, etc.)
• Evidence of administrative competency (consider including written documentation such as):
  • Letters from colleagues, supervisors, chairs of committees on which you served
  • Election/appointment to chairperson roles
  • Reports from accreditation review
  • Authorship of administrative reports

Educational scholarship

• Regional/National presentations and publications
  • Contributions to the literature dealing with teaching methods
  • Presentations related to education
  • Invited presentations
  • Serving as discussant at a meeting
  • Peer reviewer (of teaching and/or educational materials)
  • Reviewer for regional/national education-related conferences and/or journals
• Educational grants or contracts
  • List any grants or contracts that you helped to develop, are funded by, or work on. Include title and brief description, source, P.I., position (if not P.I.), dates of funding, and amount of funding
  • Reviewer for intramural or extramural educational grants
• Education related study section(s) you have been a member of
• Membership and service in education-related professional organizations. Include length of memberships and any positions held in these organizations. Describe purpose and function of the organizations
• Organizing/hosting educational meetings (national or regional)

Continuing Education (Specific to education)

The goal of this section is to provide documentation that you are making an effort to continue to improve your skills as an educator.

• List continuing education sessions you have attended related to improving your ability to teach, develop curricula, or evaluate trainees
• List of educational journals you regularly read and books on teaching/education you have recently read
• Select an example of a continuing educational activity and discuss what you have learned and how it has impacted on the way you teach, evaluate or develop curricula

Honors and Awards

All awards should be listed along with a brief description, if not evident from the title, of the criteria used to select award recipients.

• Internal honors and awards
• External honors and awards

Curriculum Development & Instructional Design Possible activities are listed below. Consider organizing this section by project.

• Definition of educational objectives in measurable terms
• Development and sequencing of instructional units keyed to objectives
• Selection of teaching method(s) [e.g., lectures, small groups, PBL, clinical grand rounds] consistent with objectives and learners
• Preparation of instructional materials, handouts and supplemental resources
• Development of innovative teaching methods
• Production of educational “software” such as self-instructional aids, patient management problems, etc.
• Evaluation of program/curriculum

Other Considerations to review with your mentor or Division Chief:

Long-Term Goals

Consider including a short description of your plans as an educator. Potential issues for discussions:

• Career goals, such as promotion and/or advancement in position
• Educational administration responsibilities you would be interested in assuming
• Future projects (curriculum development, student assessment, scholarship, grants/contract)
• Teaching skills to be added to your repertoire and implemented in specific settings
• Continuing education (e.g., educator and clinician/scientist)

Teaching Skills

• Suggestions for organizing your teaching activities/responsibilities
• Categorize by audience (e.g., medical student, resident, faculty, fellow, community)
• Identify by type of instruction (e.g., lecture, conferences, clinical teaching)
• Include participation in interdisciplinary courses
• Report time commitment
• Consider including informal teaching activities
• Involvement in preceptorship activities, extramural teaching and electives
• When possible, provide evidence of teaching competency (recognition by students, house staff, and/or peers for teaching performance). Examples of evidence of teaching competency:
  • Peer review, student and/or house staff reviews (ratings of instruction, popularity of electives, content analysis of unsolicited student letters), educational consultant reports, and videotapes of exemplary teaching with self-analysis of teaching