TEACHING SKILLS

Please visit the teaching portfolio page for updated 2025 guidelines here.

Start Here: Important Information About the 2025 UW School of Medicine Teaching Portfolio Guidelines

– The 2025 UW School of Medicine Teaching Portfolio Guidelines go into effect for Academic Year 26-27 (promotion effective 7/1/2027).
– If you already have a completed Teaching Portfolio or have spent significant time towards one in-process: You do not need to use the new format. Do not revise materials that have already been submitted.
– Access to prior materials: Previous Teaching Portfolio guidelines and resources are available here until January 5, 2026.
– For all new Teaching Portfolios: Use the 2025 Teaching Portfolio Guidelines.
– Note: the new Teaching Portfolio replaces the former Executive Summary of Teaching document.
– Reducing redundancy: The 2025 Teaching Portfolio Guidelines do not include teaching evaluations, a statement of teaching philosophy, or a summary of all teaching contributions.

However:

– If teaching is part of the requirements for your title, peer and learner teaching evaluations must be included in your promotion packet.
– If teaching is part of the requirements for your title OR a significant area of contribution, the required Self-Assessment should summarize your teaching responsibilities and describe your teaching approach and philosophy.

Questions? Contact your department’s promotion lead for guidance on what to include in your promotion packet.

Previous Teaching Portfolio Guidelines
(available until January 5, 2026)

UW Teaching Portfolio Template
How to create a teaching portfolio
Department of Medicine Teaching Portfolio Outline
Writing a Memorable Teaching Philosophy article
Sample Teaching Philosophy Statements

Example teaching portfolios (published with permission)

Example teaching portfolio 1
Example teaching portfolio 2
Example teaching portfolio 3

The AAMC MedEd Portal is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that promotes educational scholarship and dissemination of teaching and assessment resources in the health professions

An article with tips for teaching basic sciences

The vision of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education (BIME) is to unleash the potential for information to improve biomedicine, health, and education.

The Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) mission is to create a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community that works together to optimize teaching skills, foster educator career development, and support educational scholarship.

Apply to join the Clinical Teaching Certificate program here.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is dedicated to supporting the UW teaching community through consultations with UW departments, schools, colleges, and programs on questions related to teaching and learning that go beyond the boundaries of individual courses.

The UW Graduate Medical Education Office is responsible for the administrative oversight and academic quality of all of UW School of Medicine’s residency and clinical fellowship programs.

WISH is the University of Washington’s premiere simulation training facility for healthcare education serving the WWAMI region. It connects over 30 departments and programs throughout UW Medicine, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, and Physician Assistant Training Program (MEDEX). In short, WISH strives to improve the quality of healthcare education through technology, providing learners with a safe training environment where they can learn and practice their skills before ever using them on a patient.

The teaching peer evaluation tool is used to evaluate and provide feedback on your peers’ teaching to allow them to improve.

CLIME’s foundations of teaching provides pearls for managing and teaching small groups.

Learn about evidence for active learning and teaching in large groups in this introductory video.

This presentation on effective large group teaching will focus on educational strategies in the large group setting to increase learner engagement including effective use of slides and audience response systems, large group discussion facilitation, and tips to optimize your delivery.

– Strategies for Audience Engagement Slides, Gaby Berger, MD
– How to Give a Good Presentation Slides : Seth Cohen, MD, MSc
– Large Group Teaching : Finding Your Voice & Optimizing Your Delivery
– Large Group Handout

Learn twelve tips for equitable teaching practices from Amanda Kost MD, MEd, Edwin Lindo, JD, and Roberto Montenegro, MD, PhD.

Pearls and tips for written feedback for continuous learning.

Pearls and tips for verbal clinical feedback for student learners.

The Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) mission is to create a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community that works together to optimize teaching skills, foster educator career development, and support educational scholarship.

Apply to join the Clinical Teaching Certificate program here.

The Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) Teaching Scholars Program at the University of Washington School of Medicine is a 10-month professional development program for educators in the health professions who have a passion for teaching and a desire to become academic leaders. The program is led by Adelaide McClintock, MD.

The Teaching Scholars Program Mission is to prepare University of Washington health sciences faculty to serve as leaders in health professions education. The Program values and supports the ongoing professional and educational development of scholars.

Learn more about the CLIME Teaching Scholars Program here, including the program goals, community, curriculum, and admissions process. Please contact the Teaching Scholars Program Coordinator Marla Hill at mdhill@uw.edu with any questions.