Awards
A highlight of the annual "Innovations in Health Science Education" conference is the presentation of the Innovations in Health Science Education awards.
The Awards recognize an individual or individuals who have implemented a project or program with a documented record of innovation and achievement in the last five years in undergraduate or graduate health science education, encompassing all of the health science disciplines, including educational programs for medical students, medical residents, undergraduate and graduate nursing students, dental students, public health professionals, and allied health professionals.
The 2008 Awards will be presented at the annual "Innovations in Health Science Education" conference in Austin on October 2-3, 2008. Finalists for the Award made presentations at the Conference. Final evaluation and presentation of the Award takes place at the Conference.
In the 2008 competition, winners will receive a monetary award:-
- 1st Place......$7,500
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- 2nd Place.....$5,000
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- 3rd Place......$2,500
APPLICATION INFORMATION: Next Deadline - August 17, 2009 at 5:00pm
2007 Recipients were:
- Thomas King, PhD and colleagues
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
"Virtual Microscopy for Health Professionals" (first place) - Manuel Angel Oscos-Sanchez, MD
The University of Texas health Science Center at San Antonio
"The Teen Medical Academy: Using Academic Enhancement and Instructional Enrichment to Address Ethnic Disparities in American Health Science Education" (second place) - Charles Patrick, Jr, PhD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
"Multidisciplinary Summer Research Internship in a Comprehensive Cancer Center" (third place)