Academic Portfolio - How to Document Teaching, Research, Clinical Care & Service

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An academic portfolio framework explains why medical school faculty should document the full impact of their teaching, research, clinical care, and service beyond what a CV alone can show. It guides preparation for promotion/tenure, teaching awards, and grants through an executive summary, personal profile, and structured sections for teaching activities, curriculum development, clinic operations improvement, physician productivity, patient/community education service, advising and mentoring, administration, professional development, scholarship, and honors. Includes guidance on tracking quantity and quality, evidence of progress, and outcomes summary.

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Academic Portfolio

What is an Academic Portfolio?

Why Create an Academic Portfolio?

Required Components

Executive Summary

Table of Contents

Personal Information

Teaching Activities

Description of Your Teaching Activities

Curriculum/Program Development

Research

Clinic and Operation

Evidence Highlighting Progress in Improved Clinic Operations

Evidence of improving Physician Productivity

Service Activities Oriented to patient/community education

Advising and Mentoring

Advising and Mentoring Grid

Administration and Leadership

Professional Development Activity

Scholarship

Honors, Awards, Recognitions, and Service

Outcomes Summary

Academic Portfolio: Documenting Teaching, Research, Clinical Care & Service What is an Academic Portfolio? Most Medical School faculty members have an academic resume or CV that describes in some way their teaching, research and clinical service. The academic portfolio (AP) includes not only the “What” of the CV but also the “Why” and “How” of the CV of the faculty member. Your developmental AP will be an invaluable tool when the time arrives to apply for promotion/tenure, teaching awards, or grants. For these applications, you will probably want to add a summary of each AP section or the AP as a whole. Why Create an Academic Portfolio? Your AP is a critical tool to help you achieve promotion and advancement as a medical school faculty. All faculty need to learn how to plan and “market” their work, so they can attain status and visibility among their academic peers. Your AP, along with your CV, will be a key source of information on your career as a clinician/researcher /medical educator. It will document the quality of your academic contributions in various fields, so the external viewer can judge the institutional value of your work and its importance in the broader field of education. The following items should be included in your Academic Portfolio: An Executive Summary: A brief summary should be placed at the beginning of the portfolio. Table of Contents Personal Information Name and contact information Current position held (academic ranking) Subject and specialties Institutional affiliation Teaching Activities Description of Your Teaching Activities Medical school faculty in many venues, to a variety of audiences, using a variety of techniques. Frequently, faculty perform these tasks and consider them “add-ons” to real work, rather than valuable contributions to the institutions or community. Document/track your teaching activities both in terms of quantity and quality Direct teaching: lectures, small group teaching, PBL, grandrounds, CME talks, laboratory and research based teaching, supervision of clinical activities of students, residents, fellows, procedural skills teaching, preceptorships, etc. List by level (fellows, residents, medical students, graduate students etc.) Quantity: who do you teach, how much, and what do you teach? Teaching Activities Grid Example of Teaching Activities Grid Quality: teaching ratings with comparison data for all educational activities cited: Student, resident, fellow evaluations, Grand round evaluations, Letters evaluating teaching effectiveness Often from former trainees and from peers who have observed the your teaching. Curriculum/Program Development Research Clinic and Operation Evidence Highlighting Progress in Improved Clinic Operations: e.g. Reorganized clinic infrastructure to improve clinic work flow, patient satisfaction and access to care. Improved documentation with redesigned progress note to assist in resident supervision Evidence of improving Physician Productivity e.g. Standardized physician appointments which generated more clinic visits and improved access; Redesigned the progress note and streamlined paperwork, which improved both documentation and billing Service Activities Oriented to patient/community education Patient education materials or presentations organization of or participation in health education programs for the public Advising and Mentoring During the course of your career in academia, you will undoubtedly have the responsibility of being advisor and mentor to many students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty. Although it is a rewarding part of your job, this is a time-consuming commitment. It is important that you document the time involved, a description of the capacity in which you served as an advisor or mentor, and the outcome for that student or fellow. Provide a list of mentees with description and duration of mentoring activities as listed in the following grid Advising and Mentoring Grid Administration and Leadership Medical s

FAQs

What is the purpose of an academic portfolio for medical school faculty?

It provides a structured way to present the “what,” “why,” and “how” behind teaching, research, clinical care, and service, helping faculty plan and demonstrate impact for promotion/tenure, awards, and grants.

What should be included in an academic portfolio’s teaching section?

It should describe teaching activities by level and include both quantity (who, how much, what taught) and quality (teaching ratings and comparative evaluation data from students, residents, fellows, peers, and grand rounds).

How does the portfolio document clinical and service impact?

It includes evidence of improved clinic operations and physician productivity, plus patient/community education materials and programs. It also tracks outcomes summary to measure success across inpatient care, education, or research.

Aug 30, 2026

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