International Medical Educator of the Year Award

This award is given each year to a medical educator who has shown a commitment to improving residency (postgraduate) education. Successful candidates have made innovations to medical education that have had an impact beyond their own program.

To nominate a colleague, please complete this submission form

2023 award recipient:

• Brian C. George, MD, MAEd, FACS, University of Michigan

International Resident Leadership Award

This award is given each year to an international resident who has shown leadership in residency education and who encourages the development of future leaders in medical education.

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2023 award recipient:

• Lauren M. Granat, DO, MS, Cleveland Clinic

Kristin Sivertz Resident Leadership Award

This award is named in honour of the late Dr. Kristin Sivertz, a former program director in Psychiatry and a former co-associate dean of postgraduate medical education at the University of British Columbia.

The award is given each year to a resident who has shown leadership in Canadian specialty education and who encourages the development of future leaders in medicine.

We present up to two awards per year.

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2023 award recipients:

• Fatemeh Ramazani, MD, MMEd, University of Calgary
• Brandon Tang, MD, MSc, FRCPC, University of Toronto

Program Administrator Award for Excellence

This award is given each year to a residency program administrator who has shown a commitment to excellence in supporting all aspects of residency education.

Successful candidates work with all aspects of their program and with peers, exemplifying the professional role of the program administrator. In doing so, they embody the values of the CanMEDS-ATA (Applied to Administration) Roles. Typically, recipients have innovated and implemented new processes within their programs that lead to clear improvements.

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2023 award recipient:

• Katarzyna (Kathy) Nowak, University of Manitoba

Program Director of the Year Award

This award is given each year to a program director who has shown a commitment to improving residency (postgraduate) education. Successful candidates have made innovations to medical education that have had an impact beyond their own program.

We present up to two awards per year.

To nominate a colleague, please complete this submission form

2023 award recipients:

• David JA Callen, PhD, MD, FRCPC, McMaster University
• Rob Woods MD MMEd FRCPC DRCPSC, University of Saskatchewan