CENTER FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Excellence in Clinical Mentoring Award
Do you have or know a clinician who mentors fellow faculty in clinical practice?
As part of the "CFD Excellence in Mentoring Awards," the MGH Center for Faculty Development invites nominations for the Excellence in Clinical Mentoring Award. This $1,000 award will be given to a faculty member from any MGH department who has contributed to honing the clinical expertise and helping accomplish the clinical goals of fellow faculty members and demonstrated excellence in several ways, including:
- Having a positive impact on the clinical practice of fellow faculty
- Implementing ideas that promote faculty success in clinical care
- Demonstrating sustained interest and success in mentoring fellow faculty in the clinical setting
- Fostering and encouraging professional development of fellow faculty in their clinical expertise
- Modeling healthy approaches to work-life balance in the context of a heavy clinical schedule
Description of Award
The MGH Center for Faculty Development has created the Excellence in Clinical Mentoring Award to recognize clinicians who serve as stellar models of best practice in patient care and provide substantive, ongoing mentorship support to fellow faculty in clinical practice across the inpatient, outpatient, or operating room setting.
Eligibility
- MGH faculty appointment
- Harvard Medical School faculty appointment as Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor of Clinical X, or Professor
- MD or equivalent advanced degree
Review Process
Nominees were evaluated and ranked by a multidisciplinary Review Committee. Nominees will be be notified in January 2025.
Nomination Requirements
- Completed Nomination Form*
- Nominations for this award should be accompanied by a maximum of three nominating letters supporting the nominations that can be jointly written (most likely one from the nominator). Multiple nominators can compose each letter, but this is not required. Each letter can be up to 2 pages but not longer.
- Nominee's HMS CV
Overall rules:
- A nominator can nominate only ONE candidate per award.
- Nominators from outside MGH are welcome, but at least one nominator has to be from within MGH.
*Nomination Form:
- In one paragraph (2-4 sentences), summarize why you* have nominated this candidate for this award.
*One nominator will submit the nomination, including the form and up to 3 nominating letters. - List all letter writers for this nomination, e.g.:
- Nominator or Supporting Letter Writer(s)
- Supporting Letter Writer(s)
- Supporting Letter Writer(s)
How to Nominate
The Center for Faculty Development is now accepting nominations online via the CFD Online Nomination Portal.
This user-friendly portal allows you to submit electronic nominations to the Center for Faculty Development. The portal has been designed to allow users to:
- View current calls and submit to open opportunities
- Save and edit current nominations in progress
- Submit completed nominations
- View all your CFD nominations that have been submitted via the online portal
If you have questions, please submit them via e-mail to cfd@partners.org.
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