Faculty Development Awards

Professional Development Awards are intended to recognize contribution and achievement in the areas of faculty development and continuing education.

Purpose: To recognize outstanding Leadership contributions in Professional Development
Eligibility: Any individual inside or outside the Department of Family and Community Medicine who has assumed a leadership role in Professional Development
Selection: The selection committee will consider the following criteria:
- Sustained (>5 years) contribution to Professional Development
- Major leadership support to a PD initiative/s of the central department or departmental division or program
- Additional PD contributions at a national/international level
- Contributions to PD through involvement in professional associations, government ,policy committees, or other organizations
- Evaluation of outcomes
- Significant contribution to scholarship/KT within Professional Development
- Any contributions as a role model, and /or mentor

Other awards available to be awarded annually to individuals or teams of faculty and/or staff affiliated with the DFCM who display:

Through sustained leadership in the creation, implementation and/or dissemination of innovative faculty development programs
Through integration and application of theory into practice
Preference will be given to individuals or teams whose programs, starting with clear goals, adequate preparation and appropriate methods, achieve significant results that are effectively self-critiqued and disseminated to peers.

Through sustained leadership in the creation, implementation and/or dissemination of innovative continuing education programs
Through integration and application of theory into practice
Preference will be given to individuals or teams whose programs, starting with clear goals, adequate preparation and appropriate methods, achieve significant results that are effectively self-critiqued and disseminated to peers.

Through sustained contribution to discovery and dissemination of knowledge in the field of continuing professional development

For faculty or staff affiliated with the DFCM for less than 5 years who have displayed commitment and contribution to professional development activities in family medicine within their community, their profession, their unit, or the DFCM.

For a learner in pre-clerkship, clerkship, residency or fellowship training who has demonstrated interest, and contributed to, professional development of their peers, their community or their profession.

Through creativity and innovation in the development, implementation and/or dissemination of professional development (FD or CE) programs.
Through integration and application of theory into practice
Only part time or adjunct faculty (or teams with a significant proportion of PT/adjunct faculty members) are eligible for this award

Awarded to an individual, mentorship dyad, or group who exemplify the meaning of mentorship in the DFCM, and whose activities make a significant contribution to the advancement of mentorship in the DFCM.

Individuals and groups may self-nominate for any of these awards
The DFCM Faculty Development Awards Sub-Committee will consider nominees for these awards
Faculty Development Program Award nomination form
Contact Faculty Development
Nomination deadline is February 15