Purpose:

This award acknowledges and celebrates a faculty member who is recognized for excellence in simulation-based educational activities at the UMKC School of Medicine. Faculty members who are specifically compensated or contracted for work in simulation-based educational activities at a school or affiliate level (such as leading a simulation center/program for the SOM or a hospital affiliate) are excluded from consideration for their activities since their appointed leadership role, however, they can be recognized for their simulation efforts prior to being appointed in their SOM or affiliate role.

Description:

The faculty recipient should be an individual who has made significant contributions to simulation-based education and/or research.  It is expected that the recipient has directly engaged in simulation activities with learners (medical student, graduate student, and/or graduate medical education residents/fellows) by cultivating knowledge and clinical skill acquisition at the UMKC School of Medicine. Examples of qualifying activities include but are not limited to serving as a content expert for simulation case development, volunteering as a teaching faculty for a course or skills lab or collaborating with the standardized patient program training sessions to improve the quality of services offered to learners at UMKC School of Medicine.

Eligibility:

Nominee must be a tenure track or non-tenure track faculty member at the UMKC School of Medicine for a minimum of 3 years.  Faculty members who are specifically compensated or contracted for work in simulation-based educational activities at a school or affiliate level (such as leading a simulation center/program for the SOM or a hospital affiliate) are excluded from consideration for their activities since their appointed leadership role, however, they can be recognized for their simulation efforts prior to being appointed in their SOM or affiliate role.

Nomination guidelines and materials to be submitted by the deadline:

Please download and complete this checklist that is to be submitted as the first page of a single PDF nomination: 

https://umkc.box.com/s/i8dy57bbsr7isk58vjb01c97b1323aw4

To be considered, the following information must be submitted:

1. A nomination letter (no more than 3 pages) must include a narrative about how the faculty’s contributions to simulation-based educational activities and/or research have made a positive impact on learners’ educational experience at the School. A brief description of simulation-based education time commitments such as hours/week or month and number and type of learners involved should be included. Any prior awards for education and/or simulation activities should be included. If the nominee has publications or presentations related to simulation-based educational activities, these should be included.
2. Each nominator may only submit one faculty nominee.
3. Each nominator is encouraged to solicit up to two additional letters of support for the nominee from persons influenced by or who directly benefited from the simulation-based educational activity.

Prior Winners:

• 2023 – Stephanie Painter, MPA, PA-C