Background: A growing body of literature shows that many universities and colleges are
making educational portfolios part of their faculty assessment and student's learning plan for …

An academic teaching portfolio is not only a requirement at many academic teaching
institutions, but it is also important in a medical educator's growth and development through …

Portfolios are emerging as a tool for documenting learning progression and assessing
competency. ePortfolios are appealing as a portable and fluid means of documenting both …

Aim: We sought to investigate the number of US medical schools utilizing portfolios, the
format of portfolios, information technology (IT) innovations, purpose of portfolios and their …

Purpose. To explore the state and use of teaching portfolios in promotion and tenure in US
medical schools. Method. A two-phase qualitative study using a Web-based search …

Abstract The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recommends the
structured portfolio as a preferred assessment tool for assessing all six of its core physician …

In 1990, Miller wrote that no tools were available for assessment of what a learner does
when functioning independently at the clinical workplace (Miller). Since then portfolios have …

Background Portfolios are increasingly used in undergraduate and postgraduate medical
education. Four medical schools have collaborated with an established NHS electronic …

Faculty seeking promotion as educators have been constrained by the lack of an effective
method for presenting and assessing the value of their teaching contributions. The …

Electronic portfolios (eportfolios) are increasingly used to assess student development. The
degree to which faculty in North American medical schools are confident in their ability to …