The Medical Educator Teaching Portfolio Its Compilation and Potential Utility

A revolution in thinking and redefinition of traditional scholarship by prioritising teaching skills and achievementshas led to the birth of the Teaching Portfolio, designed to carry a comprehensive and dynamic record of the teaching activities of thefaculty. A teaching portfolio documents the faculty¡¦s teaching scholarship and effectiveness. It is a record of selected information onone¡¦s teaching achievements, skills and strategies and dynamically represents the faculty¡¦s growth, progress and teaching record. Theauthor suggests a template for the Teaching Portfolio of a Medical Educator, which consists of four parts: (3) evaluation, (2) personalprofessional development, (3) learning processes and (4) an appendix.