[Chairman of Clinical Departments planification, organizational and management portfolio]

Portfolio methodology is widely applied to training, particularly in medical education and for medical trainees. Some Spanish Institutions (National University of Distance Learning and National School of Public Health) are using a seven dimension Portfolio in the field of Clinical Management, which could be used as conceptual framework and checklist for building up different documents for planning, programming and evaluating the new experiences of Clinical Units based on clinical management initiatives. This paper describe the Portfolio in short, takes into consideration its potential use, and concludes addressing the relevance of good governance and accountability for the medical professionalism.