Medical Education Resources

Medical Education Teaching Certificate Resource Guide

This page lists resources to support the Medical Education Teaching Certificate Program at the UTRGV School of Medicine.  This guide is maintained by the UTRGV SOM Office of Faculty Development and SOM Library.

Reading Lists from the UTRGV Office of Faculty Development

• UTRGV MedEd Teaching Certificate Reading List
• Seminal Articles in Education 

Other Reading Lists

• Published Reviews (Best Evidence Medical and Health Professional Education) 

• A List of High-Impact Medical Education Journals (Osmosis)
• Medical Education Journals List (McGill Faculty Development Office)

• Funding Resources for Medical Education (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
• Funding Sources for Medical Education Research (University of Kansas Medical Center)
• Medical Education Scholarship & Research (Weill Cornell Medical College)

• Backward Design (Jay McTighe & Associates)
• Understanding by Design (Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching)
• SCU Digital University College of Medicine FD4ME
• The Teaching Academy (University of Vermont College of Medicine)

National Board of Medical Examiners Item Writing Guide

• Speaker Resources- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

• Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Online Courses

• Designing Backward (Georgetown University)
• Backward Design for Syllabus Development
• Teaching and Learning Frameworks (Yale University)
• Creating a Syllabus (University of Illinois)

Career Progression

• Career Framework for University Teaching

Teaching Philosophy

• Philosophy of Teaching Statement (Ohio University Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning)

Creating a Teaching Portfolio

• University of Saskatchewan
• Vanderbilt University
• DePaul University

Sample Teaching Portfolios

• Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Virginia)
• Examples of Teaching Portfolios (Stellenbosch University)
• ePortfolio Samples (University of Lethbridge)