This award recognizes individuals within the Clinical, Medical, or Human Sciences Divisions who have demonstrated leadership skills in NOSM U administrative roles, such as Program Directors, Theme Course Chairs, Phase Module Coordinators, Academic Directors, and Medical Directors, as well as in other administrative positions outside the school.

Academic Leader attributes include (but are not limited to):

• Member of the Clinical, Medical, or Human Sciences Divisions.
• Shares, promotes and models NOSM U’s Vision, Goals, and Strategies.
• Demonstrates mentorship of faculty.
• Commitment to research and teaching.
• Fair, effective, and collaborative leadership style.
• Trusted and respected by peers.
• Demonstrates a commitment to NOSM U’s social accountability mandate.

Nomination Form

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*Note: Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

*Note: Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

This award recognizes Clinical Sciences Division faculty members for their research, paper presentations, poster production, invitations to speak at professional meetings or other institutions, administrative work (including work performed outside the school), and faculty mentorship in the abovementioned areas.

Clinical Scholar attributes include (but are not limited to):

• Member of the Clinical Sciences Division.
• Excellence in research and administrative functions.
• Demonstrates mentoring and coaching skills.
• Engagement in cross-divisional collaboration.
• Successful grant applications.
• Active engagement in research and a strong publishing track record.
• Excellent teaching skills, as evidenced by formal evaluations.

Nomination Form

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*Note: Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

*Note: Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

This award recognizes members of the Clinical Sciences Division for excellence in clinical teaching/supervision skills.

Clinical Teacher attributes model high-quality, respectful patient care consistent with the CanMeds Framework, including:

• Member of the Clinical Sciences Division.
• Medical Expert.
• Communicator.
• Collaborator.
• Manager.
• Health Advocate.
• Scholar.
• Professional.
• Excellent teaching skills, as evidenced by formal evaluations.

Nomination Form

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*Note: Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

*Note: Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

The Community Champion Award recognizes a Clinical Sciences faculty member who has significantly impacted their community through clinical services, teaching, research, volunteer work, or other community involvement, continually advocating accessibility for the best health care available.

Community Champion attributes include:

• NOSM Clinical Sciences faculty member.
• Demonstrated excellence in community teaching in northern Ontario for 10+ years.
• Demonstrates a commitment to NOSM U’s social accountability mandate.
• Demonstrates strong advocacy for high-quality, accessible health care in Northern Ontario or a particular community in Northern Ontario.
• Provides mentorship to and collaborates effectively with peers and other healthcare providers.
• Involved in NOSM U education programs (teaching, administration, or leadership role).

Nomination Form

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*Note: Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

*Note: Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

The Faculty Mentorship Award recognizes the exemplary commitment of a Clinical Sciences faculty member in the mentorship of another faculty member(s).

*Note: supervising or coaching faculty as part of the nominee’s role or mentoring students is not part of this award.

Faculty Mentorship attributes include:

• NOSM U Clinical Sciences faculty member for a minimum of five years.
• Contributed to the success of our faculty and the university through faculty mentorship.
• Act as an advocate for the faculty mentee(s).
• Be a sponsor for the faculty mentee(s) (e.g., create networking opportunities).
• Demonstrate a commitment and dedication to the faculty mentee(s) (e.g., the ability to offer constructive criticism and feedback).
• Have positively impacted the faculty mentees (e.g., professional development).
• Demonstrated compassion, empathy, and enthusiasm.
• Communicates and shares information and personal experiences.
• Serves as an exemplary role model (e.g., high moral and ethical standards).
• Has sustained and consistently mentored faculty mentee(s) (e.g., length of time as a mentor and the number of mentees).

Nomination Form

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*Note: Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

*Note: Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

This award recognizes Clinical, Medical or Human Sciences division members’ outstanding contributions to medical education research and/or curriculum development.

Medical Educator attributes include (but are not limited to):

• Member of the Clinical, Medical or Human Sciences Divisions.
• Positive role model.
• Provision of constructive feedback.
• Encouragement of self-learning.
• Creation of a stimulating learning environment.
• Promotion of teamwork.
• Mentorship in medical education research.

Nomination Form

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*Note: Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

*Note: Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

This award recognizes individuals within the Medical or Human Sciences Divisions for their teaching, research, and administrative contributions to NOSM U.  Presentations or papers, production of posters, invitations to speak at professional meetings/other institutions, administrative work (including work performed outside the school), and mentorship of faculty in the areas as mentioned above will be considered.

Scholar attributes include (but are not limited to):

• Member of the Medical or Human Sciences Divisions.
• Respected academic with excellent communication and teaching skills.
• Excellent teacher, as evidenced by formal evaluations.
• Use of scientific methods and discovery of new knowledge through creative research.
• Engagement in cross-divisional collaboration.
• Successful grant applications.
• Active engagement in research with a strong publishing track record.
• Excellence in and commitment to research.
• Engaged administrator and/or academic leader.
• Demonstrates mentoring of faculty.

Nomination Form

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*Note: Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

*Note: Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

To be eligible for a NOSM University Faculty Award of Excellence and Scholarship, the Nominees must have faculty appointments and be actively engaged at NOSM University at the time of nomination. A faculty member, including Librarians, is a full-time, part-time, joint, or stipendiary member in the Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Division.

Nominees should have demonstrated a significant contribution to NOSM University and the Northern communities we serve.

A previous winner may be nominated in a category but must receive a different award for two (2) consecutive years.

Four (4) of the awards may be given to members of the Clinical Sciences Division, one (1) of the awards may be given to a member of the Medical or Human Sciences Division, and two (2) of the awards may be given to members of the Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

Faculty members may be nominated for more than one category but must be nominated by different nominators. Nominees will only receive one award annually. Nominations by the same nominator for the same nominee in multiple categories will not be considered.

For faculty awards, nominations must be completed by a NOSM University-appointed faculty member.

Nominators and nominees must hold a valid faculty appointment in NOSM University’s Clinical, Human, or Medical Sciences Divisions.

Faculty with the title of Division Head, Associate Dean, and Vice Dean are ineligible to receive an award during their term.

Nominations must include a completed nomination form, a letter of support on letterhead (no more than 500 words), and a Curriculum Vitae. If supporting documents are included in the submission, they should accompany the nomination form.

Note: Faculty may self-nominate for an award. However, in these cases, the self-nomination must be accompanied by two letters of support from other NOSM University-appointed faculty.

Nominators may submit one nomination per person per category using the NOSM University Faculty Awards of Excellence and Scholarship Nomination Form.

The nominator is responsible for ensuring that all information required on the nomination form is complete.

The NOSM University Faculty Awards Working Group will review nominations and make final selections.

All nominees will receive written notification and congratulations regarding their nomination. Once all applications have been reviewed, recipients in each category will be notified and congratulated in writing.

 Please complete nominations by 4:00 pm EST, Friday, January 17, 2025.

Information Package 2024-2025

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