Teaching Awards

CAME Certificate of Merit Award

https://www.came-acem.ca/awards/came-certificate-of-merit-award/

The objective of this award is to promote, recognize and reward faculty committed to medical education in Canadian medical schools and to promote CAME at each of the Canadian medical schools. The CAME Certificate of Merit Award consists of a certificate and the opportunity to write an article for the CAME Voice. The number of awards to be given in any year will be determined by the CAME Executive on an annual basis. 

 

The initial nomination must be made by a CAME member. Members currently serving on the CAME Executive, CAME Board of Directors or the CAME Awards Committee are not eligible as nominees. Nominations must be formally resubmitted each year to be considered. 

The award recipients will be recognized at the annual CAME Luncheon in conjunction with the Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME).

The criteria for selection are as follows:

  1. The individual submitting the nomination must be a CAME Member.
  2. All contributors to medical education in each school are eligible (Undergraduate, Postgraduate, CME/CPD and Faculty Development). Recipients need not be members of CAME.
  3. Recipients will have made a contribution to medical education deemed to be valuable within their medical school (teaching, assessment, evaluation, educational leadership, course co-ordination, education, research). 
  4. Recipients should not have already been nationally awarded for this contribution.
  5. Members currently serving on the CAME Executive or CAME Board of Directors are not eligible. 
  • 2023: Dr Anna Tomiak, Dr Laura Milne
  • 2022: Dr. Jessica Trier, Dr. Michael Leveridge
  • 2021: Dr. Melissa Andrew, Dr. Brent Wolfrom
  • 2020: Dr. Andrea Guerin, Dr. Joseph Newbigging
  • 2019: Dr. Andrew Hall, Dr. Laura A. McEwen
  • 2018: Dr. David Taylor, Dr. Randy Wax
  • 2017: Dr. Amy Acker, Dr. Louise Rang
  • 2016: Dr. Melanie T. Jaeger, Dr. J. Damon Dagnone
  • 2015: Dr. Mala Joneja, Dr. Karen Schultz
  • 2014: Dr. Robert J. Connelly, Dr. Michelle C. Gibson
  • 2013: Dr. Ted Ashbury, Dr. Heather Murray
  • 2012: Dr. Christopher Smith, Dr. Daniel Howes
  • 2011: Dr. Lindsay Davidson, Dr. Jane Griffiths
  • 2010: Dr. Henry Averns, Dr. Robert Siemens
  • 2009: Dr. Jessica Burjorjee, Dr. Robert Reid
  • 2008: Dr. Stephanie Baxter, Dr. Ross Walker
  • 2007: Dr. Gregory A. L. Davies, Dr. John Matthews
  • 2006: Dr. Catherine de Metz, Dr. Jennifer McKenzie
  • 2005: Dr. Christine Collier, Dr. Ben Chen
  • 2004: Dr. Dale Mercer
  • 2003: Dr. Diane Delva
  • 2002: Dr. Susan Moffatt

Nominations for the 2023 recipients is now closed. 

CAME Rising Star Certificate of Excellence

https://www.came-acem.ca/awards/came-rising-star-certificate-of-excellence/

The award is intended to recognize learners who have demonstrated a commitment and passion for medical education that has had a positive impact for the health professions education community at Queen's, our hospitals or beyond. The CAME Rising Star Certificate of Excellence consists of a certificate and the opportunity to write an article for the CAME Voice. There are up to three awards at each Canadian medical school: one for medical students, one for residents/fellows, and one for graduate students. 

 

The initial nomination must be made by a CAME member. Members currently serving on the CAME Executive, CAME Board of Directors or the CAME Awards Committee are not eligible as nominees. Nominations must be formally resubmitted each year to be considered. 

The award recipients will be recognized at the annual CAME Luncheon in conjunction with the Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME).

The criteria for selection are as follows:

  1. All learners who are engaged in medical education scholarship and currently registered in one of the 17 Canadian Faculties of Medicine are eligible. Recipients need not be members of CAME. Award category is based on the nominee’s status at the time of nomination (e.g., a graduate student who has defended before the awards are announced, but was still in their program at the nomination deadline, is eligible for the graduate student category).
  2. Recipients will have been engaged in health professions education in a way deemed to be valuable within their Faculty of Medicine (teaching, assessment, evaluation, educational leadership, course or workshop or session development, education, research).
  3. Recipients should not have already been nationally awarded for this contribution with a national award (e.g., from CAME, MCC, RCPSC, CFPC, etc.).
  4. Members currently serving on the CAME Executive or CAME Board of Directors are not eligible.
  • 2023: Ms. Ishita Aggarwal, Dr. Heather Nichol, Dr. Wiley Chung
  • 2022: Ms. Kiera Liblik, Dr. Andrew McGuire

2024 Nominations are due by Thursday, November 23, 2023.

For more information on how to nominate please contact: cpd.che@queensu.ca

Health Sciences Education Award

The Health Sciences Education award recognizes excellence in a range of teaching methods (small group, seminar, one on one supervision, lecture, etc.), course or curriculum design, course organization, development of learning resources education technology, evaluation and innovation. 

Note: In order to be eligible, the candidate must have faculty status within Queen’s Health Sciences. Both full-time and part-time faculty are eligible. 

 

Nomination Procedure

Students and peers can nominate a candidate by completing the nomination form and submitting it electronically by the deadline indicated below to fhsvicedeaned@queensu.ca

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Selection Process

The committee will review and rank each application containing supporting documentation to ascertain whether the material exhibits excellence in teaching, a new or innovative approach, informed by external sources (e.g., literature), and evidence of an impact on student learning. In making their selection, the committee will place emphasis on innovative approaches in education and ensuring that the teaching method or innovation is clearly linked to research studies and literature concerning the methods and activities of teaching. 

  • 2023
    Dr. Jennifer Carpenter, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • 2022
    Dr. Gunnar Blohm, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • 2021
    Dr. Mohammad Auais, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde, Department of Psychiatry
  • 2020
    Dr. Filip Gilic, Department of Family Medicine
    Dr. Catherine Goldie, School of Nursing
  • 2019
    Dr. Catherine Donnelly, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Dr. Jordan Miller, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
  • 2018
    Dr. Heather Aldersey, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Dr. David Holland, Department of Medicine
  • 2017
    Ms. Anne O’Riordan, Department of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Dr. Andrea Winthrop, Department of Surgery
  • 2016
    Dr. Heather Murray, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • 2015
    Dr. Renee Fitzpatrick, Department of Psychiatry
    Dr. P. Ken Rose, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • 2014
    Dr. Adrian Baranchuk, Department of Medicine
    Ms. Marian Luctkar-Flude, School of Nursing
  • 2013
    Dr. Margaret A. Jamieson, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
  • 2012
    Dr. J. Damon Dagnone, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Ms. Laurie Gedcke-Kerr, School of Nursing
  • 2011
    Dr. Michael Adams, Department of biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • 2010
    Dr. Vinay Singh, Department of Biochemistry
  • 2009
    Dr. Thomas E Massey, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • 2008
    Dr Karen Schulz, Department of Family Medicine
    Ms Elizabeth Tata, Department of Rehabilitation Therapy
  • 2007
    Dr. Brenda Brouer, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Dr. Myron Szewczuk, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
    Dr. Les MacKenzie, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
  • 2006
    Dr. Nancy Martin, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
    Dr. Dianne Delva, Department of Family Medicine
    Dr. David Hurlbut, Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine
    Dr. Steven Smith, Department of Biochemistry
  • 2005
    Dr. Lindsay Davidson, Department of Surgery
    Dr. Danielle Blouin, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • 2004
    Dr. Christopher Mueller, Department of Biochemistry
    Dr. Leda Raptis, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
  • 2003
    Dr. Wally Bartfay, School of Nursing
    Ms. Ena Howse, School of Nursing
    Dr. Andrew Kropinski, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
    Dr. Brian Milne, Department of Anesthesiology
    Dr. Ross Morton, Department of Medicine
    Dr. Simon O’Brien, Department of Psychiatry
    Dr. Andre Tan, Department of Otolaryngology
  • 2002
    Dr. Robert Connelly, Department of Pediatrics
    Dr. Shirley Eastabrook, School of Nursing
    Ms. Diana Hopkins-Rosseel, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Dr. Andrew Kropinski, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
    Dr. Robert McGraw, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Dr. Jennifer Medves, School of Nursing
    Dr. Kathleen Norman, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Ms. Peggy Pritchard, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
    Dr. Nasreen Roberts, Department of Psychiatry
    Ms. Michelle Villeneuve, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
     
  • 2001
    Dr. Albert Clark, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
    Dr. John Davidson, Department of Surgery
    Dr. Ross Morton, Department of Medicine
    Dr. Peter Galbraith, Department of Medicine
    Honourable mention: Dr. Susan L. Moffatt, Department of Medicine
    Honourable mention: Dr. Terry O’Brien, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • 2000
    Dr. Terry O’Brien, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Honourable mention: Dr. Michelle Villeneuve, Department of Rehabilitation
    Therapy
    Honourable mention: Dr. Ross Morton, Department of Medicine
    Honourable mention: Dr. Bob Reid, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • 1999
    Dr. Susan L. Moffatt, Department of Medicine
    Dr. James A. Owen, Departments of Psychiatry and Biomedical and Molecular
    Sciences
    Dr. Stephen C. Pang, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • 1998
    Dr. Mark Bisby, Department of Physiology
    Dr. Michael Adams, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • 1997
    Dr. Ted L. Ashbury, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
    Ms. Diana Hopkins-Rosseel, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
    Dr. Ronald D. Wigle, Department of Medicine
  • 1996
    Dr. A. Groll
    Dr. L. Eugene Dagnone, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Dr. James F. Brien, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • 1995
    Dr. G.J. Delisle, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
    Dr. Paul V. Fenton, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
    Dr. H. Michael O’Connor, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Dr. Lewis L. Tomalty, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • 1994
    Dr. W.N. Piercy
    Dr. WilliamT. Depew, Department of Medicine
    Dr. John A. Geddes, Department of Family Medicine
  • 1993
    Dr. I.L. Dwosh
    Dr. G.S. Marks
    Dr. Karen W. Schultz, Department of Family Medicine
  • 1992
    Dr. Richard V. Birtwhistle, Department of Family Medicine
    Dr. Hugh F. Pross, Department of Medicine
    Mrs. Vivien R. Ludwin, Bracken Library
    Ms. Suzanne Maranda, Bracken Library
  • 1991
    Dr. K.W. MacKie
    Dr. Robert L. Reid, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
    Ms. Diana Hopkins-Rosseel, School of Rehabilitation Therapy
  • 1990
    Dr. Heather Onyett, Department of Paediatrics
    Dr. Larry R. DaCosta, Department of Medicine
    Dr. P. Ken Rose, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
     

Nominations for the 2023 recipients is now closed.

H.F. Pross Educational Technology Award

The H.F. Pross Educational Technology Award was established in the School of Medicine at Queen's University in 2004 to honour Dr. Hugh Pross in recognition of his multiple contributions to this school. 

 

Nomination Criteria: 

The H.F. Pross Award is awarded annually to a faculty or staff member in the School of Medicine. Any faculty member, resident or medical student in the School of Medicine can make a nomination. Alternatively, a group may submit a joint nomination. Nominations should consist of a completed copy of the nomination form and a detailed letter outlining the reasons for the nomination. A resume of the nominee is not needed nor will it be considered as any part of a nomination. 

  • 2023
    Dr. Jeanne Mulder, Director of Online Learning, Professional Development & Educational Scholarship
    Matt Simpson, Director of Information Technology
     
  • 2022
    Dr. Stephanie Baxter, Department of Ophthalmology 
  • 2021
    Dr. Anne Duffy, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry

  • 2020
    Dr. Colin Bell, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Dr. Haily Hobbs, Department of Critical Care Medicine in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Nominations for the 2023 recipients is now closed.

Maudsley Scholarship and Innovation in Health Professions

The Maudsley Scholarship and Innovation in Health Professions is funded by the Maudsley Fund in Medical Education and supports projects that add value to health sciences education offered through Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) . The focus for this call is on individuals interested in advancing medical education scholarship and innovation within QHS. 

(maximum of $5,000)

Eligibility:
The principal investigator must be a faculty member within any School in QHS and an educational leader within their program. Preference will be to support individuals who work with an interprofessional team.

Selection Criteria:
Selection is based on the clarity and feasibility of the proposal and the extent to which the project contributes to building knowledge in the field of medical education.

  • Faculty members may only be named as Principal Investigator on one (1) MSRF application but may be co-principal investigators or collaborators on other projects
  • A total of one or more grants, valued at $5,000, is available in 2022-2023.

Nominations will open in the Fall of 2023.

Ron Wigle Mentorship Award

The Ron Wigle Mentorship Award was established in the School of Medicine at Queen's University to honour Dr. Ronald Wigle in recognition of his role as outstanding mentor and the professional values he epitomized throughout his career. 

Nomination Criteria: The award will be available for one faculty member each year within the School of Medicine at Queen's University who demonstrates the highest standard of achievement in mentorship of others. The nominee will be identified as a role model for colleagues and learners and as one who exhibits qualities in keeping with the values of professionalism. Any faculty member, resident or medical student in the School of Medicine can make a nomination. Alternatively, a group may submit a joint nomination. Nominations should consist of a completed copy of the nomination form and a detailed letter outlining the reasons for the nomination. A resume of the nominee is not needed nor will it be considered as any part of a nomination. 

Nominations closed Monday, April 24, 2023. 

Reznick Scholars in Health Professions Education

The Reznick Scholars program provides an opportunity to showcase Queen’s commitment to health professions education and improved patient outcomes. The program is open to all Queen’s Health Sciences faculty members, and recipients will make up a cohort of individuals committed to health professions education. Recipients will be publicly acknowledged as Reznick Scholars during the remainder of their careers.

Selection Process:

  1. The Reznick Scholars program is  open to all Queen’s Health Sciences faculty members. 
  2. Reznick Scholar candidates will submit an application package (maximum 20 pages including appendices), which will include:
    1. Brief biographical information, including name and contact information
    2. A detailed proposal, including planned activities and outcomes 
    3. The candidate’s teaching philosophy
    4. Evidence of excellence as a teacher
    5. Evidence of excellence as a scholar of teaching and learning
    6. Evidence of educational leadership, at Queen’s and elsewhere
    7. References from colleagues and students (no more than 3)
    8. A supporting letter from the candidate’s Director/Department Head.

2023 Reznick Scholars:

  • Dr. Wiley Chung, School of Medicine and Dr. Megan Edgelow, School of Rehabilitation Therapy

 

View past scholars: https://healthsci.queensu.ca/opdes/educational-scholarship/fellows-educational-scholarship-program

Nominations for the 2023 recipients is now closed.

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Other Awards: Faculty, Staff, and Student Recipients 

The following list is to recognize Queen's Health Sciences award winners for outstanding contributions to teaching, mentorship, and scholarship in health sciences education.

Queen's Health Sciences:

Biochemistry Professor of the Year Award

  • Dr. Andrew Craig, School of Medicine


Michael and Betty Dicketts Endowed Scholarship in Medicine

  • Nguyet Nguyen, Jonathan Tran, Susan Luong

 

Provincial:

CPSO Council Award

  • Chris Smith, School of Medicine


PARO Award

  • Dr. Margaret Gemmill, Family Medicine (Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award)
  • Ms. Genevieve Bureau, Internal Medicine (Lois H Ross Resident Advocate Award)
  • Dr. Christopher Vizena, Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Resident Teaching Award)

 

National:

College of Family Physicians of Canada ( CFPC) Award of Excellence

  • Ammar Rashid, School of Medicine


Elected to Royal Society of Canada

  • Steve Scott, School of Medicine


Fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

  • Chris Booth, School of Medicine