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Dr. Marcel D'Eon, the director of Educational Support and Development won a Teaching Excellence Award for 2008. Dr. D'Eon recieved the award because of

Teaching
 Use of structured controversy in CH&E/PT course and in Prof Issues course and co-authored two articles on SC including an RCT comparing with an open discussion format
 Consultations and support for new and experienced teachers
 Created an essay fair for term papers: in small groups students read and discuss other related papers (opportunity for self-directed learning and peer review)
 Uses buzz groups, 2-minute papers, pre-reading with discussion questions, small group discussions, and “clickers” in Prof Issues course
 Led the Multi-PBL team for two years and brought medical students into the IP PBL process in 2002 (Aboriginal Health), in 2004 (HIV/AIDS) and in 2007 (Palliative Care).

Faculty Development
 TIPS course administration, acceptance into residency training and for all new faculty
 Redesigned TIPS with more active learning and pre-reading
 Very well regarded locally and nationally as a workshop facilitator
 Created and enhanced many of the ES&D workshops
 Published an evaluation of the TIPS course and a theoretical article on faculty development
 Created the “Facilitated Poster Sessions” at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education, now an established and regular feature
 Created, in cooperation with Dep’t of Ed Admin, the Master’s program for faculty (two are graduating this spring)

Curriculum Development
 Created the very successful SDCL module of Professional Skills and was the module coordinator for 4 years
 Established a modest mentorship program for Med I's
 Co-creator of the integrated cases program for Phase A (now moving into Phase B, C, and D) and administrator for two years
 Created the Professional Issues course in Phase A from the History of Medicine course and has been instructing for 5 years.
 Wrote the CASE Curriculum delivery framework for UGME
 Provided crucial support in writing the initial draft of the objectives of the UGME program
 Actively involved in the Curriculum Committee and sub-committees for the UGME program including Chair of the Student Competencies and Assessment Committee.

Teaching Excellence Award

Criteria: Excellence in teaching should not be defined narrowly. However, nominees ordinarily will be acknowledged by their peers and students as being exceptional in practicing their art and craft and have significantly contributed to the teaching mission of the College of Medicine. This would include areas of advancement of learning of medicine and/or physical therapy in such areas as instructional content and methods, evaluation techniques, and/or administration. Eligibility: Any faculty member, in any department, who has taught medical or physical therapy students for at least three years and who, during that time, has been recognized as a superior teacher is eligible. The recipient does not need to teach only students in the College of Medicine, but must teach in some part of the medical or physical therapy curriculum, i.e. undergraduate through continuing professional learning.