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Teaching Distinction Track for Future Medical Educators

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Requirements for the Teaching Distinction Track at the Carver College of Medicine are a minimum of 60 h of relevant teaching experience including tutoring and didactic teaching, creating new educational materials, serving as a small-group facilitator, and participation on medical education committees. Each student is required to select a faculty member who is willing to serve as their mentor. Students are also required to develop a teaching portfolio and to successfully complete a 4-week teaching elective. Since it was developed in 2010, 53 students, or 7.5 % of all graduates, have graduated with a teaching distinction.

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  1. Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, 6-452 Bowen Science Building, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Thomas J. Schmidt

  2. Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Kristi J. Ferguson & Jeffrey E. Pettit

  3. Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Hugh B. Hansen

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Schmidt, T.J., Ferguson, K.J., Hansen, H.B. et al. Teaching Distinction Track for Future Medical Educators. Med.Sci.Educ. 25, 303–306 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-015-0148-0

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