Educators are not promoted at the same rate as their colleagues who are primarily engaged in biomedical research.  Department chairs and promotion committee members are often unaware of educator contributions and forms of educational scholarship.  [Thomas PA et al. Results of an Academic Promotion and Career Path Survey of Faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Acad Med. 2004;79:258-264. Atasoylu AA et. al. Promotion Criteria for Clinican-Educators. J Gen Intern Med 2003;18:711-716.]  Successful promotion requires that medical science educators clearly document their educational work and scholarship for department chairs, promotion and tenure committee members, and other institutional leaders. [Simpson D et. al. Documentation Systems for Educators Seeking Academic Promotion in U.S. Medical Schools. Acad Med. 2004;79:783-790.]  The IAMSE Professional Development Committee has designed a Medical Science Educator Portfolio (MSEP) Toolkit that provides a structured approach to developing an educator portfolio to facilitate promotion and self-reflection. This session will educate participants about how to utilize the MSEP Toolkit to better highlight their work.  2.

Objectives:  

• By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:  Identify the five different domains of educational activity (teaching, curriculum development, leadership and administration, assessment, and advising/mentoring)  Describe how a scholarly approach to these five educational activities are highlighted in the MSEP, and the variety of dissemination methods that transform these activities into scholarship.  Utilize the toolkit and their own curriculum vitae (CV) to begin building their educator portfolio.