6th Annual CME/CPD Faculty of Medicine 2011/2012 Awards

Award nomination deadline:   February 3, 2012

Click here to download a nomination form.


Concept of Awards

To recognize exemplary and distinguished activities/service to the UBC Faculty of Medicine (UBC FoM) in the areas of Continuing Medical Education/ Continuing Professional Development (CME/CPD).
Two awards are available: an award for Innovation in CME/CPD and an award for Distinguished/Outstanding Service to the Realm of CME/CPD.

Each award recipient receives a plaque, an honorarium of $1,000, and public recognition at the Faculty of Medicine Awards Reception. The awards are recognized by the UBC FoM on an annual basis as part of the celebrations and activities currently in place to recognize winners of other similar awards.

UBC Division of Continuing Professional Development (UBC CPD) has an important role to promote the importance of continuing education as part of a physician’s responsibility to lifelong learning. Creating a UBC FoM award for CME/CPD provides heightened recognition of the important work being done in this area and will demonstrate the value the UBC FoM places on this phase of the continuum of medical education and will place appropriate emphasis on the role of lifelong learning.


Descriptions of Awards

1. Innovation in CME/CPD: in recognition of outstanding innovation and/or creativity with original work in the area of CME/CPD program development and continuing medical educational research.
Consideration is to be given to the following areas:

    • originality, creativity, novelty or ingenuity of method, delivery or application of technology
    • innovation in course design, evaluation, promotion, organization, or achievement of educational
      objectives
    • relevance to the needs of the target population
    • the potential value of the CME/CPD activity in transmitting or applying existing knowledge leading
       to improved health outcomes and/or improvements in CPD

The winner of this award may be an individual, a group or an organization or a specific CME/CPD program. In any of the cases the winner must be affiliated with the UBC FoM. In the case of individuals, this would be limited to any clinical or full time faculty or any full or part time staff of the UBC FoM. In the case of a program, the program must have official linkage to a Division, Department, School or Research Centre within the UBC FoM.

2. Distinguished Commitments/Outstanding Service in Continuing Professional Development: in
recognition of substantial long term contributions to UBC FoM sponsored CME/CPD activities. This
award considers contributions in the areas of:

    • Innovation, creativity, and ingenuity
    • Research or other scholarly activity
    • Administrative contributions to the field of CME/CPD
    • Contributions in teaching, program development, or other related areas
    • Number and frequency of contributions
    • Feedback of participants

The winner of this award is to be an individual. The recipient is limited to any clinical or full time faculty
or any full time (or part time) staff of the UBC FoM.


Nomination Process

In recognition of the importance of CME/CPD to all physicians in British Columbia, any physician or individual, affiliated formally with UBC or not, may make one or more nominations for either award.  The award will not be given in a particular year if no nominee achieves a minimum score with respect to the awards criteria. 

For consideration a nomination form (click here - includes a short citation) should be accompanied by a letter from the nominators that summarizes the nominee’s contributions to continuing professional development and why the candidate should be chosen to receive this award (specifically addressing the criteria for the award).  Nominations may also be supplemented by the inclusion of up to 3 additional letters and up to 3 pages of feedback from participants or event organizers. 

Nominators will be required to complete all documentation and submit the completed nomination package to the adjudication committee prior to the published deadline. 
 

The following procedures will guide the adjudication of the award:  

• Nominations will stand for three years
• Applications can be updated in years two and three to improve the application if the award is not granted
• It is the nominator’s responsibility to keep the nomination current
• The adjudication committee, in its sole discretion, will resolve questions concerning eligibility
• An award may not be granted every year
• The identity of nominees will not be made public unless they win the award
• Decisions made by the adjudication committee are final and may not be appealed
• Before announcing the winner, the adjudication committee will determine that the nominee is willing to receive and accept the award
• Posthumous awards will not be made
• Award winners will not normally be considered for an award if they have won the same award within the previous 3 years

Click here to download a nomination form.


Previous Winners

2006/07 - Innovation in CME/CPD
Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor and Director of Continuing Professional Development, Department of Psychiatry

2006/07 - Distinguished/Outstanding Service in Continuing Professional Development
Dr. Grant Innes, UBC Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery Division of Emergency Medicine

2007/08 - Innovation in CME/CPD
Dr. Akber Mithani, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vice President, Providence Health
Care

Ms. Taj Bhaloo, Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Formerly, Director, Centre
of Innovation, Providence Health Care

2008/09 - Innovation in CME/CPD
Dr. Kendall Ho, Director – eHealth Strategy Office, Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine

2009/10 - Innovation in CME/CPD
Sue Stanton, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

2009/10 - Distinguished Service in Continuing Professional Development
Dr. William Schreiber, Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

2010/11 - Innovation in CME/CPD
Dr. Jeff Plant, Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine; CPD Educator, RCPSC; Medical Director, UBC CPD

2010/11 - Distinguished Service in Continuing Professional Development
Dr. Rona Cheifetz, Assistant Professor; Director - Continuing Medical Education; UBC Department of Surgery, Consultant - Surgical Oncologist, BC Cancer Agency (Provincial Health Services Authority)