Official Proceedings - AIUM

2013 AIUM Award WinnersHonorary Fellow AwardThe Honorary Fellow Award bestows an honorary membership to those individuals who have contributed significantly tothe field of ultrasound.Paul A. Dubbins, MBBS, BSc, FRCRA graduate of Kings CollegeHospital Medical School, Paul A.Dubbins, MBBS, BSc, FRCR, iscurrently consultant radiologist atDerriford Hospital in Plymouth,England, where he led the ultrasounddepartment for 30 years, andcivilian consultant adviser in radiologyto the Royal Navy. A member ofnumerous distinguished societies,he has been particularly active inthe Royal College of Radiologists, where he has served onmany committees and, most recently, as vice president.A reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals, DrDubbins has served on the editorial board of ClinicalRadiology, the European Journal of Ultrasound, and theJournal of Ultrasound in Medicine and was the Europeaneditor of Ultrasound International.Dr Dubbins is a well-published author, with morethan 60 articles and 30 book chapters. In addition, he is theeditor, coeditor, or author of multiple books, some of whichare now in second editions, including Urogenital Ultrasound:A Text Atlas and Clinical Doppler Ultrasound. A clinician withexceptional teaching skills, including 2 years as assistant professorin the Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound at ThomasJefferson University Hospital and decades of experience as acourse organizer, Dr Dubbins has lectured worldwide onultrasound and has developed and led hands-on trainingcourses in Nepal and India.Having made contributions to the field of medicalultrasound on multiple continents, it is not surprising thathe would embrace and become a leader in e-learning. TheRadiology Integrated Training Initiative, a concept proposedby Dr Dubbins, was initiated in 2005, long before most professionalsin any field had begun to consider the advantagesof online learning. This innovative new training programwas based predominantly on an e-learning delivery strategy,supplemented by skills lab work and traditional apprenticeship-stylelearning; Dr Dubbins was the author and editor ofthe gynecologic imaging module until 2010. Dr Dubbins furtherdeveloped the education program within health care bydevising an introduction to imaging for the Foundation Yearprogram (internship), for which he serves as lead editor. Notcontent to limit his e-learning ideas to the United Kingdom,Dr Dubbins has led work commissioned by the WorldFederation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology to developan e-learning program for basic ultrasound. The firstmodule, to be trialed in Uganda this year, consists of 10 interactivelearning sessions covering technique, anatomy, andbasic abnormalities. This is a program with worldwide potentialto provide state-of-the-art affordable medical educationto countries where it is most needed and where it might otherwisenever be available.It is for his foresight, imagination, expertise, andpioneering efforts in the field of ultrasound education thatthe AIUM is proud to name Paul Dubbins as an honoraryfellow.vii