title: Professional development: a guide to the educator's portfolio.
abstract: The educator's portfolio provides a mechanism for identifying and evaluating faculty teaching activities. The educator's portfolio has separate areas for educational research, teaching encounters, and educational service. This article describes the components of a traditional educator's portfolio and relates them to the basic scientist's curriculum vitae. The article concludes with suggestions for implementing use of the educator's portfolio at the departmental and institutional level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4354, USA.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching