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VI. Educational Administration

Evidence of teaching competency should be provided using as many of the data sources as possible. Some examples include:

  1. Provide evidence of educational leadership:
    • Committee participation
    • Recruitment efforts
    • Ability to synthesize committee ideas into an action plan
    • Preparation for an accreditation or RRC review
  2. Include written documentation from:
    • Colleagues
    • Supervisors
    • Committee chairs
    • Reports from accreditation review
    • Self-assessment of administrative skills
    • Authorship of administrative reports

Educational Administration Example:

Associate Professor (Clinical Track)

I am the Rheumatology Fellowship Coordinator at the University of Iowa. I am responsible for recruitment, regular evaluation of the fellows, the continuity clinic and the curriculum. We have an active, rheumatology training program that was fully accredited by the ACGME in 2000. In 2000, I became the Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency. I am also a member of the House Staff Evaluation Committee. In addition, I am the coordinator for the Iowa Rheumatology Update Symposium. This is a CME meeting put on by the Division of Rheumatology for rheumatologists in the state and other interested health care professionals to update them on new advances in rheumatology, review related topics in musculoskeletal medicine. It is a one day conference attended by over 100 health care professionals.

Professor (Tenure Track)

  1. Curriculum Committees
    1. Dept. of Microbiology, 1995-present.
    2. Immunology Graduate Program, 1993-94.
  2. Graduate Studies/Advisory Committees
    1. Dept. of Microbiology, 1993-95
    2. Immunology Graduate Program, 1994-96; 1997-present (Chair)
      1. Molecular Biology Graduate Program, 1994-present.
      2. ORB Graduate Program, 1997-present (Chair).
  3. Admissions Committees
    1. Dept. of Microbiology, 1990-95
    2. MSTP Program, 1993-present.
  4. Executive Committees
    1. Dept. of Microbiology, 1994-present
    2. Immunology Graduate Program, 1993-present.
    3. College of Medicine, 1992-95
  5. Comprehensive Exam Committees
    1. Molecular Biology Graduate Program, 1996-present.
  6. Other
    1. COM Basic Science Teaching Portfolio Committee, 1996-97
    2. COM Self-Study Committee, 1996-97.

The Educator's Portfolio (1) from the Medical College of Wisconsin will be used as a model.

References

  1. Simpson DE, Beecher AC, Lindemann JC, Morzinski JA. The Educator's Portfolio. 4th Edition. Medical College of Wisconsin. 1998.

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