In 1990, Ernest Boyer argued that if universities are to continue advancing forward, a new vision of scholarship is required. Four distinct classifications were developed from this model - Scholarship of Discovery (research), Scholarship of Integration, Scholarship of Application, and Scholarship of Teaching. More recently, the Scholarship of Teaching has been defined as having three critical elements: 1. a tangible or electronic product, 2. peer reivewed for quality, and 3. publicly disseminated for others to use and build upon.(1) In order to enhance the Scholarship of Teaching at UTHSCSA, the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching is providing a grant program for faculty.

The Scholarship of Teaching Grants (STG) Program provides start-up grants to support faculty efforts to increase scholarly teaching. The STG program provides financial support in the range of $2,500 to $10,000 per project. Fifty-five UTHSCSA faculty members have received Teaching Grant awards since 1996. Previous awards have been used for a variety of projects including developing computer-based learning modules or Web-based courses, pilot-testing new strategies to evaluate student competence, and conducting research to measure the effectiveness of educational strategies.

The Scholarship of Teaching Grants are awarded on a competitive basis. The call for applications will be sent to faculty on February 12, 2007. The deadline for STG proposal submission is May 1, 2007; awards will be presented on September 1, 2007. The Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching (ACET) Advisory Committee, which is composed of faculty representatives from all UTHSCSA schools and academic support units, reviews the STG applications and selects the projects to be funded.

To obtain a STG application or obtain additional information about this program, please contact Dr. David L. Henzi at campus phone 7-2290 or by e-mail at henzi@uthscsa.edu.

.Ruth-Marie E Fincher, Janis A Work (2006) Perspectives on the Scholarship of Teaching Medical Education 40 (4), 293–295.

Click here to learn more about the STG Program and to complete an STG Application.

2006 Grant Recipients

 D. Martin Bitner, MD, MS, Somayaji Ramamurthy, MD, Susan Noorily, MD, Douglas Anderson, MD (Anesthesiology) Dynamic Visual Simulation of the Supraclavicular Nerve Block

 Debra Cardell, MD, Debra K. Hunt, MD (Internal Medicine) Pre-residency Intensive Spanish Course for Department of Medicine

 Michael Freckleton, MD, Neal Dalrymple, MD, Sammir Chhaya, MD, Steve Liu, Ph.D. (Diagnostic Radiology) Innovative Database Design for Management of Medical Case Materials and Interactive Manipulation of Image Data

 K. Christopher McMains, MD, Prasanna Vibhute, MD, (Otolaryngology) Interactive Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Training

 Martha Medrano, MD, Michelle Turchek, (Medical Hispanic Center of Excellence) Virtual Woman’s Health Library/Course

Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, Ed.D., Vicki L. Byers, RN, Ph.D., Mary Heye, Ph.D., Judy Trotti, RN, MSN (Family/Acute Nursing) Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Preparedness Scale

Kristine S. Vogel, Ph.D., Aggie Manwell Jackson, Ph.D., Linda Johnson, Ph.D. (Cellular and Structural Biology)UTHSCSA Virtual Tutorial and Review Sessions for Medical Embryology

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