Awards for Excellence

Purpose

These awards recognize outstanding contributions of faculty members who teach medical residents and fellows; develop, organize and administer training programs; develop innovative approaches to teaching, research, and evaluation; or serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees.

Award

Up to 4 awards may be presented annually, and each winner will receive a certificate with a financial prize. Winners will be notified directly and will be recognized at the Faculty’s Annual Educational Achievement Day.

Nomination process

Application may be made to 2 categories of awards:

1. Development/Innovation in Postgraduate Education (e.g. leadership and organization skills; course/curriculum development, evaluation tools; develop new instructional methods/modules; restructuring of teaching/evaluation component, workshops, CanMEDS roles).
2. Teaching Performance/Mentorship/Advocacy (e.g. acknowledgement of continuous or long-term excellence in instruction, career counseling, promotion of collegiality, role model, service as Program Director).

Criteria and Considerations

• Nominations must be submitted by the Department Chair, after review and ranking by an internal department committee.
• All nomination packages must be submitted electronically as attached PDF files with the checklist form
• The nomination cover letter must be addressed to Dr. Glen Bandiera, Associate Dean, and must reference the award category
• Two letters of reference are also to be included, one of which must be from a postgraduate medical resident. Samples of work/course outlines, etc. may also be included
• A previous winner may be nominated for an award in the same category only after a lapse of 3 years.
• A previous winner may be nominated for an award in a different category from a previous award at any time

Checklist

The electronic submission packages must include the following required documents as well as a completed check list. Please mark each box with a check and submit it along electronically with the other 5 required documents in PDF. Without the completed checklist form the nomination will be considered incomplete.

1. Letter from the Department Chair
2. 2 Reference letters: 1 from a Postgraduate medical resident and 1 from Other
3. Curriculum Vitae (abbreviated CVs will be accepted)
4. Teaching dossier, including details of course and methodologies for improving effectiveness of teaching or other, as appropriate
5. Evaluation Records (Summary only – not all the individual evaluations)

Please download and complete the Electronic Checklist & Guidelines prior to submitting the nomination package.

Selection Process

The nominations will be reviewed and ranked by the Postgraduate Teaching Awards Committee. The nominating chairs and winners will be notified by the end of March.

If you have any questions, please contact Arlene McKinley.

* Incomplete applications will be discarded without consideration

Current & Past Winners

Please see below the list of award recipients, or view the recipient gallery.