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Awarded every other year, nominations for 2010 will be accepted until January 15, 2010
The
Community Paediatrics Section established
the Distinguished Community Paediatrician
Award in 1999 to recognize colleague(s) who
has demonstrated a significant
contribution to the field of community
paediatrics. The section hosts a
dinner in honour of the award recipient at
the CPS Annual Conference.
Nomination
requirements
The
successful candidate:
- is
a paediatrician who is primarily
community-based.
- provides
exemplary paediatric care in the
community.
- is
involved in community paediatrics
outside his/her office perhaps in a
community of special needs such as
street youth, drug rehabilitation,
promoting healthy living within the
school environment etc.
- devotes
some of his/her time and energy
promoting community paediatrics either
through involvement in local or
national community paediatric groups
or through involvement with government
agencies to promote the health and
welfare of children and adolescents in
the community setting.
- is
involved in the academic aspects of
community paediatrics, either through
teaching, research or involvement in a
university department of paediatrics.
- is
of a calibre that his/her colleagues
recognize, in this recipient, a role
model for a community paediatrician.
Current section executives are not eligible for nomination and cannot nominate candidates while serving their terms.
Submission
requirements
- A
letter from a member of the Community
Paediatrics Section describing the
nominee's contribution to community
paediatrics, emphasizing this person's
contribution to the welfare of
children in the community, is critical
to the nomination.
- A
copy of the nominee's updated
curriculum vitae should be provided.
- Submit your nominations using the online form or by mail.
Presentation
The
award is presented during the CPS Annual
Conference and the recipient receives a
commemorative award at a dinner in their
honour.
This
award is sponsored by the Community
Paediatrics Section.
Past
recipients:
2008 Dr. Andrew Lynk
2006
Dr.
Umesh Rayar
2004 Dr. Allen Ciastko
2002 Dr.
Barrett Adams
2000 Dr. Bill James, Dr.
Lee Stickles
Last
updated: October 2009
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