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AWARDS AND PRIZES
Miriam Friedman Ben-David
New Educator Award
The Miriam Friedman Ben-David New Educator Award is
presented annually to an educator with fewer than five
years’ experience in teaching, who in the Committee’s
view has made a significant contribution to teaching in
medicine and the healthcare professions. Nominations
are invited from AMEE members by 31 March in each
year. Those nominated must also be AMEE members.
The nominations are considered by an international
Committee and the winner announced at the time of
the AMEE Conference, at the end of the first plenary on
Sunday 31 August. The winner is awarded £1,000 and free
registration to the following year’s conference, where
he/she is also invited to present a short communication.
The winner of the 2104 Miriam Friedman Ben-David New
Educator Award is Dr Anna T Cianciolo, from Southern
Illinois University, School of Medicine, United States.
Look out for her short communication presentation
“Developing as a Medical Educator from the Outside In’ in
Session 3E on Monday 1 September.
Medical Teacher Poster Prize
The aim of the prize is to select examples of good practice
in preparing posters. During the afternoon of Tuesday 2
September, a rosette will be attached to the board of the
10 posters selected by the Committee for the short list,
from which the winner will be selected and announced
at the closing session on Wednesday 3 September.
Participants can therefore see the posters that, in the
opinion of the Committee, best reflect the aspects of a
good poster. The Committee will consist of conference
participants including teachers and students. AMEE is
grateful to the publishers of Medical Teacher, Informa, for
once more providing the poster prize, consisting of £350.
Alternatively, the winner may choose free registration for
AMEE 2015 in Glasgow, UK.
AMEE ePoster Prize
AMEE is awarding a prize of £350 (or free registration to
AMEE 2015, Glasgow, UK) to the best ePoster as judged
by the Committee. The winner will be announced at the
closing session on Wednesday 3 September.
AMEE ‘Teaching Innovation’ Awards
sponsored by the Patil family
These awards have been made possible through a
donation from Professor Nivritti Patil, University of
Hong Kong, in memory of his father. Over 800 abstract
submitters indicated that they wished to be considered
for this award. The Patil Award Committee selected
abstracts for two sessions based on their predetermined
criteria. Committee members will attend both Patil short
communication sessions in the programme (session
2F and session 4F on Monday 1 September) and may
make one or more awards. The criteria against which
the presentations will be judged are: novelty; feasibility;
transferability; logical articulation, and fit for purpose.
Winners will be announced in the closing plenary and will
receive an AMEE Teaching Innovation Award Certificate,
free registration to the following year’s AMEE Conference
and may be invited to write up the work for Medical
Teacher.
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