2024 APCCMPD Awards 
Call for Submissions

Emerging Educator Award
 

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Purpose

The APCCMPD Emerging Educator Award (EEA) honors one or two individuals who are an up-and-coming medical educator who demonstrates excellence in values towards education and teaching abilities. The awardee(s) excel in delivering and promoting medical education through various means at the local and regional levels.

Eligibility and Award Criteria

A recipient of the national award will be:

  • a pulmonary, critical care or pulmonary critical care clinician, at the level of Instructor or Assistant Professor (or equivalent), within 1-4 years of fellowship, who spends a majority of their time serving as a clinician-educator.
  • a clinician-educator whose major portion of time is spent in fellow-level education.
  • recognized by Fellows-in-Training and by their peers as having made substantial contributions to the field of medical education through various means at the local and regional levels. Nominations must reflect excellence in this area above all else.
  • a Program Director, Associate Program Director, or faculty within an APCCMPD member fellowship program.
  • have already made contributions toward APCCMPD’s vision of fostering excellence in training and mentoring of the next generation of educators in pulmonary and critical care medicine by way of contributing to APCCMPD activities.

A recipient may not be:

  • a current member of the APCCMPD Board of Directors (BOD).

Nomination Process

Nominees for the EEA may be self-nominated or nominated by a peer. Individuals who wish to nominate an emerging educator should first obtain the approval of the prospective nominee. 

The EEA Nomination Form will require the following for completion:

  • A brief description of the nominee’s impact as a clinician-educator in pulmonary, critical care, and/or pulmonary critical care fellowship training.
  • The names and email addresses of two individuals that have agreed to provide a Letter of Support for the nominee.
  • Two (2) Letters of Support that should describe how the nominee has demonstrated excellence as an educator of Fellows-in-Training within pulmonary, critical care, and/or pulmonary critical care fellowship training. This should align with the EEA Purpose and Eligibility and Review Criteria. One letter of support can be submitted by the nominator, if not self-nominating.
  • The nominee’s up-to-date CV.
  • A .jpg-format color photograph of the nominee (head and shoulders). Headshots will be used in the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference Awards Program. Submitted headshots will not be shared with the Awards Selection Committee (ASC).
  • Confirmation that, if selected, awardee will attend the upcoming APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference to be held February 28-March 1 in Las Vegas, NV.

Selection Process

  • The Awards Selection Committee (ASC) will review all nominees. The committee will develop a ranked slate of the top qualifiers, based on the eligibility criteria. The ASC Chair will present the ranked slate of the top qualifiers to the APCCMPD BOD for voting.
  • One or two nominees will be awarded annually.
  • Nominees not awarded the EEA will be reconsidered for a subsequent year, as long as the nominee is eligible. Nominees will be given the opportunity to update their nomination packet annually.
  • In years when no EEA candidates are nominated, the APCCMPD BOD reserves the right to award an individual whom they determine meets the Eligibility and Review Criteria, without submission of two Letters of Support.

Awardee Recognition

The APCCMPD will present the EEA recipient with a plaque at the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference. The APCCMPD will also recognize the awardee (and all nominees) in its quarterly newsletter, on the APCCMPD website, and in the APCCMPD 2024 Annual Conference Awards Program.

Submit an Online Application

Submission Information

Deadline for Submission:

December 1, 2023

To be considered:

All applications must be submitted online

Once begun:

You will NOT have the ability to save your application and complete it later

Questions?

Joyce Reitzner, MBA, MIPH
[email protected]