Scholarship in Medical Education Award
This award brings greater attention to the many types of original work that SGIM members have performed to improve medical education on a national level.
This award is intended to promote several types of scholarship in medical education. Scholarship has historically been judged by publication of original research; for this award additional evidence of scholarship might include books, chapters, review articles, grant funding in education, teaching videos, computer or internet-based materials, popular writing, and/or oral presentations.
Categories of scholarship include:
- Scholarship of integration (e.g., synthesis and analysis of a body of knowledge)
- Scholarship in educational methods and teaching (e.g., descriptions of new educational programs, educational methods, patient education programs)
- Scholarship in career development of clinician educators
Who Should be Nominated?
- Associate and full members of SGIM may be nominated
- Early and mid-career members are eligible (assistant, and associate professor)
- Will be judged by the quality, originality, breadth, and impact of their work
Greater merit will be attached to contributions that are indicative of an evolving body of work by the nominated clinician educator and those projects that have been disseminated beyond the nominee’s home institution.
What do I Need to Nominate?
- Nominee must be a SGIM member.
- Best examples of the nominee's work, e.g., presentation materials, syllabus, manuscript, book chapter, videotape, computer software, or summary of evaluations from trainees (Maximum of two examples)
- Current copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae.
- A completed nomination packet.
To promote equity, nominations for the SGIM Scholarship in Medical Education Award will be submitted via a structured form. Please respond to each of the following prompts (maximum of 250 words per question). We have included specific award criteria to consider when completing this nomination form. Please remember that for this award scholarship is defined beyond the traditional definition of publications and may also include book chapters, review articles, grant funding in education, technology-based material, popular writing, and/or presentations. Please provide specific examples as available/applicable.
- Please describe why you are nominating this individual for the SGIM Scholarship in Medical Education Award.
- Please describe this candidate’s scholarly accomplishments considering the quality, originality, and breath in any of the following categories
• Scholarship of integration (e.g., synthesis and analysis of a body of knowledge)
• Scholarship in educational methods and teaching (e.g., description of new educational programs, educational methods, patient education programs)
• Scholarship in career development of clinician educators - Please describe how the nominee’s scholarship has evolved over time considering the following:
• How has the nominee’s work expanded beyond their initial objectives?
• How has the nominee’s work been disseminated beyond their local institution?
• How has the nominee continued to be innovative in their work? - Please describe the impact of this candidate’s scholarship on the medical education community considering the following:
• How has the nominee’s work impact learners locally, regionally, or nationally?
• How has the nominee’s work impacted the development of clinician educators?
• How has the nominee’s work impacted the wider medical education community?
2023 Scholarship in Medical Education Award Winner
Somnath Mookherjee, MD
