Drs. Patrick Nahirney, Henry Stringer, and Jason Nguyen; Kurt McBurney; and the Internal Medicine CTU were recently recognized for their teaching contributions to the Island Medical Program and the UVic Division of Medical Sciences.
Dr. Patrick Nahirney received the Teaching Award in Medical Sciences (TAMS) for 2020. The TAMS, which is adjudicated by a committee, recognizes full-time or affiliate faculty who has taught at the IMP or the Division of Medical Sciences for at least two consecutive years.
Dr. Henry Stringer, Dr. Jason Nguyen, and the Internal Medicine CTU each received a Year 3 Teaching Award. The recipients of these awards are recommended by fourth-year IMP students based on experiences during their third year.
Dr. Henry Stringer (Pediatrics) received the 2020 Vancouver Island Clerkship Preceptors Teaching Excellence Award for his outstanding dedication, enthusiasm, and respect as a clerkship preceptor. Dr. Jason Nguyen (Internal Medicine) won the 2020 Resident Teaching Excellence Award for his exceptional dedication, enthusiasm, and respect as a Vancouver Island resident teaching third-year students. Finally, the Internal Medicine CTU received the 2020 Island Medical Program Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award, which acknowledges the rotation that provides the most efficient, supportive, and engaging learning environment for third-year clinical clerk medical students.
Kurt McBurney received the Dr. Bruce Crawford Award of Excellence for 2020. This award is presented by the IMP’s third-year students to the teacher, preceptor, or tutor who has made an impact on their first two years of medical training. “I am very honoured to be awarded the Bruce Crawford Award of Excellence. It is a very special honour to receive a teaching award that comes from our brilliant students; I feel privileged to have the opportunity to teach all of these wonderful individuals every year,” he says. “It is also extra special to me to receive this award this year, the year that we lost Dr. Crawford—he would be very pleased and proud.”