DFCM Awards
Celebrating Excellence in Family Medicine Education and Research
Awards are one of the many ways we celebrate the hard work and successes of our faculty. At DFCM, there is a trajectory of awards starting with program level awards, moving to departmental Awards of Excellence, and finally external awards. We strongly encourage all faculty to review award descriptions and criteria, and consider nominating deserving colleagues for Program Awards, DFCM Awards of Excellence, or one of the many external awards offered at the University-level or by professional organizations in family medicine.
Program Awards
Program awards reflect the contributions and excellence within our department's individual programs.
DFCM Awards of Excellence
The DFCM Awards of Excellence recognizes sustained commitment of department-wide excellence and contributions.
External Awards
External awards are university-level and awards from external organizations received by DFCM faculty or staff members.
For more information, please email dfcm.awards@utoronto.ca.
2021 winners:
You can find our past award winners in our "Past Program Awards Booklet" at the bottom of this page.
Award Opportunities:
Postgraduate Program Awards
Please see all Postgraduate Program Awards under Residency Programs.
Undergraduate Program Awards
Undergradute Programs include: FMLE, Clerkship, Electives and Transition to Residency (TTR). Nominations must specify the award category for which the candidate is being nominated. Nominations for unspecified or multiple award categories will not be accepted. Nominations can be submitted online HERE
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name of award |
eligibility | deadline |
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| Teaching Excellence |
DFCM faculty member |
Nov 30 |
| Excellence in Advocacy |
Any individual within the DFCM |
Nov 30 |
| Role Modelling Clinical Excellence | DFCM faculty member | Nov 30 |
| Excellence in Mentorship | Any individual within the DFCM. | Nov 30 |
| Innovation in Family Medicine Education | Any individual or group in the DFCM who has developed and used an innovative instructional medium specifically for undergraduate family medicine. | Nov 30 |
| Excellence in Program Development | Any individual or group engaged in the development of family medicine course programs | Nov 30 |
| Excellence in Program Coordination | Any individual or group engaged in the coordination of family medicine course programs. | Nov 30 |
Global Health Program Awards
| Name of Award | Eligibility | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Global Health Faculty Award | Faculty member in global health | March 15 |
| Global Health Resident Award | DFCM residents in global health who have demonstrated leadership and advocacy | March 15 |
| Yves Talbot Award for Excellence in Global Health Leadership | Faculty member in global health | March 15 |
Faculty Development Awards
| Name of Award | eligibility | deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Elana Fric Family Medicine Award for Leadership and Advocacy | DFCM faculty member Preference given to applications that represent at least two parrtner departments and/or are inter-professional in nature and include respresentation from another Faculty |
March 15 |
| Jamie Meuser Award for Excellence in Leadership and Innovation in Faculty Development |
Any individual inside or outside DFCM who has assumed a leadership role in faculty development. |
March 15 |
| Excellence in Faculty Development | Any individual inside or outside DFCM who has assumed a leadership role in faculty development. |
March 15 |
| Excellence in Continuing Education | March 15 | |
| Excellence in Scholarship in Faculty Development | March 15 | |
| New Leadership in Faculty Development | For faculty or staff affiliated with the DFCM for less than 5 years who have displayed commitment and contribution to faculty development activities. | March 15 |
| Learner: Contributor to Faculty Development | 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. | March 15 |
| Community-based Contributor to Faculty Development | Part time or adjunct faculty (or teams with a significant proportion of PT/adjunct faculty members) | March 15 |
| Mentorship | An individual, mentorship dyad, or group who exemplify the meaning of mentorship in the DFCM. | March 15 |
Research Program Awards
| name of award | eligibility |
deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Peer-Reviewed Publication | To be considered, the article must:
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Feb 15 |
| Award for Research Mentorship | The nominee must have a DFCM primary appointment and a record of sustained research mentorship. | March 15 |
Quality Improvement Awards
| name of award | eligibility | deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Impact Awards (3 awards per academic year, per academic site) |
These awards target achievement of improvement across the three elements of the Triple Aim – improved patient/provider experience; improved population health; improved cost-effectiveness. |
Feb 15 |
Graduate Studies and Continuing Education Awards
| name of award | eligibility | deadline |
|---|---|---|
Instructor Awards |
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| Field Practicum Preceptor Award | An individual field practicum preceptor for any of the continuing education programs who acted as an exemplary field supervisor over the past 12 months | March 15 |
| Continuing Education and Graduate Studies Instructor Award | An individual or group of instructors for have demonstrated a sustained contribution to the learning of students within the programs | March 15 |
Continuing Education Student Awards |
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| Continuing Education Student Award for Scholarship | Student registered in one of our continuing education programs who has demonstrated that work completed as part of the program has been disseminated in a scholarly form outside of the program | March 15 |
| Continuing Education Student Award for Overall Excellence | Student registered in one of our continuing education programs who has demonstrated superior knowledge and skill in the classroom setting | March 15 |
| Continuing Education Student Award for Leadership | Student registered in one of our continuing education programs who is seen as a natural leader and a support or resource to peers and faculty in the program | March 15 |
Emergency Medicine Awards
| name of award | eligibility | deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Excellence in Teaching in Emergency Medicine (Early Career) | Any faculty within the Division of Emergency Medicine who has taught learners for five (5) years or less, across the medical continuum including; Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Graduate Studies, Faculty Development and Continuing Education. Teaching may include supervision in the Emergency Department or other settings (such as seminars, workshops, lectures, podcasts etc.). The individual may not have previously received this award. The award will only be given if a suitable candidate is identified. | March 31 |
| Excellence in Teaching & Education in Emergency Medicine | Any faculty within the Division of Emergency Medicine who has been involved in teaching and education for five (5) years or more, across the medical continuum including; Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Graduate Studies, Faculty Development and Continuing Education. Teaching and education activities may include supervision in the Emergency Department or other settings (such as seminars, workshops, lectures, podcasts etc.). The individual may not have previously received this award. The awards will only be given if a suitable candidate is identified. | March 31 |
| Excellence in Research/Quality Improvement in Emergency Medicine | Any faculty within the Division of Emergency Medicine. The individual may not have previously received this award. The award will only be given if a suitable candidate is identified. | March 31 |
| Excellence in Emergency Medicine | Any faculty within the Division of Emergency Medicine for at least 5 years. Contributions may include those at a hospital, University, regional or national level. The individual may not have previously received this award. The award will only be given if a suitable candidate is identified. | March 31 |
DFCM Awards of Excellence
The awards recognize outstanding work by our faculty and staff. They acknowledge individuals or groups whose contributions go well beyond what is expected in advancing the department's mission. Winners of any given award will not be considered for re-nomination in the same category for 5 years. Re-working and re-submission of unsuccessful nominations in subsequent years is encouraged. Self nomination is also encouraged.
List of Fully / Community Affiliated Sites:
Please note the deadline for the DFCM Awards of Excellence has been exnteded to March 15, 2021.
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Name of Award |
Eligibility | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Family Physician of the Year |
Faculty member |
March 15 |
| Philip Ellison Excellence in Continuing Professional Development Award | Faculty Member | March 15 |
| Excellence in New Leadership | Faculty member | March 15 |
| Excellence in Leadership | Faculty or staff | March 15 |
| Excellence in Teaching (Early Career) | Faculty member |
March15 |
| Sustained Excellence in Teaching | Faculty member |
March 15 |
| Excellence in Faculty Development | Faculty member | March 15 |
| Excellence in Course/Program Development | Any individual or group in the DFCM engaged in the development and coordination of a course, curriculum, or program (i.e. subject supervisor, course director, small group teaching). |
March 15 |
| Excellence in Development and Use of Innovative Instructional Methods | Faculty member |
March 15 |
| Excellence in Social Responsibility | Faculty member |
March 15 |
| Outstanding Contribution to Family Medicine Research | Anyone with a DFCM primary appointment who has not previously won this award is eligible. |
March 15 |
| Research Excellence (New Investigator and Senior Investigator) | Anyone with a DFCM primary appointment is eligible for nomination |
March 15 |
| Education Scholarship Excellence Awards | Anyone with a DFCM primary appointment is eligible for nomination |
March 15 |
| Excellence in Creative Professional Activity | Faculty member |
March 15 |
| The Louise Nasmith Award | Any DFCM faculty member in the first five (5) years of appointment is eligible. |
March 15 |
| Quality Improvement Excellence Award | Any faculty member and their team in the DFCM is eligible. |
March 15 |
| Staff Excellence | Any individual who works at the central office of the DFCM or at a teaching site is eligible. |
March 15 |
| Staff Excellence in Leadership Values | Any individual who works at the DFCM's central office is eligible. |
March 15 |
| Staff Excellence in Collaboration | Any individual or group who work at the central Department or at a teaching site is eligible. |
March 15 |
| Staff New Employee Award |
Any individual who works at the central office of the DFCM or at a community based and fully affiliated teaching site is eligible. Eligibility requires completion of the employee's probationary period. |
March 15 |
| Staff Quality Improvement Award |
Any individual or group who work at the central office of the DFCM or at a community based and fully affiliated teaching site is eligible. |
March 15 |
External Awards
nomination form
nomination form (45.56 KB) 8-12 weeks prior to the external award deadline. Completed forms to be submitted to dfcm.awards@utoronto.ca.
Not ready to submit a nomination form? Use the External Awards Recommendation Line to put a name forward for an award you have in mind to start the process.
| name of award | eligibility | deadline |
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External - Local |
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| Faculty | 12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
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Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination (CPD) |
Faculty |
12 weeks prior to external deadline |
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Faculty |
12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
| Faculty | 12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
| Faculty | 12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
| Faculty | 12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
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Inter-professional Health Care Team Continuing Education Award (CPD) |
Faculty | 12 weeks prior to external deadline |
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Helen P. Batty Awards For Excellence And Achievement In Faculty Development (CFD) |
Faculty | 12 weeks prior to external deadline |
External - National |
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All contributors to medical education in each school are eligible (undergraduate, postgraduate, CME/CPD and Faculty Development). Recipients need not be members of CAME. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline |
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Canada’s Family Physicians of the Year – Reg L. Perkin Award (CFPC) |
The nominee must be a CFPC member family physician in good standing. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline |
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The nominee should be a renowned Canadian or international family medicine leader who has made outstanding, continuous, and enduring contributions to the discipline of family medicine in Canada or abroad. The nominee should be an excellent speaker. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline |
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| The nominee must be a CFPC member in good standing who has presented family practice issues to the public and/or other audiences, and has demonstrated many of the qualities which defined and were greatly valued by Dr Despins, including statesmanship, leadership, diplomacy, courage of conviction, sense of humour, compassion, and consideration of others. | 12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
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A CFPC Active, Senior, or Retired member in good standing. Experience in family medicine and related outreach in Canada, a dynamic speaker and communicator. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
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The nominee must be a CFPC member in good standing and can be either community or academic based. The nominee must have made a significant contribution to family medicine education. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
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The nominee must be a CFPC member in good standing and can be either community or academic based. The nominee must have made original and significant contributions to research and knowledge building in family medicine. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
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Nominees must be individuals of distinction who are not family physicians in Canada, whether or not they are graduates of medicine, who have made outstanding contributions to the CFPC, to the discipline of family medicine, the health system, or the health and well-being of the population in Canada or abroad. Nominees are restricted to non-members of the College, except for those who are “Associate” or “Affiliate” Specialist members of the College. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
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Nominees for this award must be active family physician CFPC members who do not need to have received additional training in care of the elderly. Candidates can be nominated by their peers (family physicians, general practitioners), medical colleagues (e.g. geriatricians), non-medical colleagues (e.g. any allied health professionals), or patients (including patient’s family members). Membership in the CGS is not a requirement. |
12 weeks prior to external deadline | |
External - International |
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| For more information on international awards, please refer to the Faculty of Medicine's website: https://medicine.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/external-education-and-teaching-awards | ||
