Resources for Medical Educators

Resources by Education Topic

These resources are organized by by educational subject areas such as: Clinical Teaching, Evidence-based Medicine, Giving Feedback, Teaching and Learning, and Technology-enhanced Learning.

Various Resources

The MedEdPORTAL is a resource designed to help faculty publish and share educational resources. For high quality teaching enhancement resources, at the bottom of the home page, type "teaching" in the keyword search field, then click on the "Submit" button.

AHC Learning Commons

While at the Learning Commons site, be sure to check out their listing of Helpful Resources on topics such as Medical design and Production, Course Development and Instructional Design, Interactive Television, Videoconferencing, Distance Education and Instructional Technology, Software Training and Tips, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development, Evaluation, and Meeting Facilitation.

Bio-Medical Library (U of M)

In addition to its wealth of articles, books, and journals, the Bio-Medical Library provides a wide range of free instructional resources, including workshops, guides and tutorials to support teaching and learning.

Medical Educators' Book Club

A reading and discussion group of educators of health care professionals, dedicated to better understanding the satisfaction, challenges, and mystery of learning and teaching.

2007 Conference Calendar (pdf)

This is a one-page document of selected medical education conferences and meetings.

Digital Media Center (DMC)

The DMC offers a variety of services to help educators design and implement technology learning environments, such as planning and designing classroom learning activities and materials, courses, and even entire curricula that make effective use of educational technologies. They offer advice about integrating evaluation and assessment into teaching and learning projects that make use of educational technologies. They provide free or reduced-price multimedia software to help educators develop educational technology activities and materials. They can assist with the production of course web sites. They have short courses about technology-enhanced learning (TEL), educational technologies, such as WebTV Vista, and general multimedia development issues. They offer programs to help educators develop pedagogical and technical skills. Check out these excellent resources on their web site!

Technoloogy for Life (MyU Portal and Portfolio)

myU Portal - The University of Minnesota publishes an electronic public portal called myU. University students, faculty and staff can sign in to it with their University Internet IDs and passwords, and members of the public can create guest accounts. When logged in, they can use the portal to organize and navigate through the 1.6 million pages of electronic resources available from the University. They also can get personalized information, interact with friends and colleagues, and create and distribute dynamic Web content. Learn more how to use the this portal.

Portfolio is an online interactive information management tool currently available to all U of M students, faculty, and staff. It gives users easy, full, and direct influence over the creation, distribution, and use of records and documents. It provides a dynamic, efficient mechanism for integrating official as well as self-reported academic, career, and personal information which can be selectively shared with others. Access Portfolio from any Internet browser by going to http://portfolio.umn.edu and by logging into your personal account with your University Internet ID (email username) and password.

Recent publications by U of M Medical School Faculty and Students