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Departmental Award: Sustained Excellence in Teaching

DESCRIPTION

This award recognizes outstanding experienced teachers in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

ELIGIBILITY

Any faculty member who has taught learners in the DFCM for more than 10 years across the medical continuum such as:

  • Undergraduate
    • Teaching in the pre-clerkship curriculum (including FMLE)
    • Hospital-based core clerkship teaching
    • Community-based core clerkship teaching
    • Electives teaching
  • Postgraduate
  • Graduate Studies
  • Faculty Development
  • Continuing Education

SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection committee will consider one or more of the following criteria:

  • Documentation of sustained teaching excellence. 
  • Commitment—quantity of teaching; accessibility to learners; evidence of self- development in teaching skills. 
  • Demonstrated ability to stimulate learners; encourages interest in and enthusiasm for subject; displays good rapport with learners; leads learners to think critically, analytically and independently, and to organize their own learning. 
  • Effective use of appropriate teaching resources and instructional media.
  • Teaching evaluations. 

SELECTION CATEGORIES

One award winner will be selected from each of the following categories:

  • Fully Affiliated Sites
  • Community Affiliated Sites
  • Community Sites (includes FMLE, teaching practices, and integrated community sites)
  • HPEs Fully Affiliated Sites
  • HPEs Community Affiliated Sites

Please review our Site Affiliation Table to determine which category applies to your nominee.

NOMINATION

Nominations can be made by any faculty or staff member of the DFCM, including self- nomination. The nominations will be considered by the DFCM Central Awards Committee. The nominator is responsible for the collection and submission of the award nomination package and informing the nominee of their nomination.

Nominations for a DFCM Award of Excellence must include the following:

  1. Completed nomination form that includes the supporting signature of a teaching site Chief, DFCM Program Director, Division Head or Supervisor.
  2. Two letters of support indicating why this individual is being nominated in the selected category. Letters that are the most helpful address the criteria for the award and present evidence supporting the nominee’s excellence in those criteria.
  3. CV.
  4. Teaching evaluations (including TES scores) within the past 10 years.
  5. Additional material documenting evidence of excellence may be submitted. A maximum of 3 additional documents can be added to the nomination. These may include letters of support, project proposals, educational materials, etc. A letter from a learner is strongly recommended. 

NOMINATION FORM  

Please download the form and include it in the nomination package:

  1.  DFCM Awards of Excellence Nomination Form_FINAL.docx

Please submit by email the completed nomination form and corresponding award application documentation in a single PDF file by April 15 (annually) to dfcm.awards@utoronto.ca