Recognition and Awards
ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS SACME members are eligible to receive various awards and grants. The winners of these awards and grants are listed on this page. For more information, including selection criteria or application procedures, visit the SACME Grants or Committees.
Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Professional DevelopmentThis grant is made in the name of Phil R. Manning, MD, Paul Ingalls Hoagland Hastings Professor of Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Dr. Manning was the founding president of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education, formerly the Society of Medical College Directors of Continuing Medical Education. He was a governor, regent, and vice president of the American College of Physicians and served on several educational committees of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Manning was co-editor of Medicine: Preserving the Passion in the 21st Century and authored many peer-reviewed publications. Read more here. Mazmanian Research Fellowship AwardThe Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) is committed to promoting value in patient care and health of the public through scholarship that advances the theory, delivery, and evaluation of continuing medical and interprofessional education. To support this mission, SACME has created the Paul E. Mazmanian, PhD Research Fellowship Award for Early Career Investigators (hereafter the Mazmanian Research Fellowship Award). Read more here. Distinguished Service in Continuing Medical EducationGiven to a SACME member who has made outstanding contributions to continuing medical education over an extended period (fifteen years or more is the suggested guide), or who has developed an outstanding innovation in continuing medical education representing an important advance in CME. 2024: Todd Dorman, MD, FCCM, FSACME 2023: Gabrielle Kane, MB, EdD, FRPCE 2022: Don Moore, PhD 2021: Mary Turco, EdD 2020: Joyce Fried Dave Davis Research in Continuing Medical Education AwardThis award is given to a SACME member who has made outstanding contributions to research in continuing medical education. 2024: Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME 2023: Sophie Soklaridis, PhD 2022: David Wiljer, PhD 2021: Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, MHPE 2020: Suzanne Murray2019: Vernon Curran, PhD 2018: Ronald Cervero, MA, PhD Barbara Barnes Keynote SpeakersMarch 17, 2025 March 11, 2024 Expanding the CPD Ecosystem through Equity and Inclusion Sophie Soklaridis, PhD March 15, 2023 If You Do What You’ve Always Done, You’ll Always Get What You’ve Always Got: Toward More Purposeful, Intentional and Collaborative Alignment of CPD in Health Care Enterprises David Price, MD, FAAFP, FACEHP, FSACME February 21, 2022 Black Butterfly Theorem: From Childhood Trauma to a Transcendent Healthful Self Michele Harper, MD February 24, 2021 Health Professions Education at the Crossroads Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD February 20, 2020 Performance Improvement/Teaching/Faculty Development Brian Hodges, MD, PhD, FRCPC February 28, 2019 Continuum of Medical Education and Its Relevance to Faculty Development Alison Whelan, MD April 27, 2018 Advances in Interprofessional CPD: Can we get it right? Jeffrey Gold, MD, FACS May 19, 2017 Towards a New Continuing Professional Development: Aligning CPD with Societal and Professional Needs George E. Thibault, MD 2016 World Congress (no lecture) April 30, 2015 Leading and Managing Change in CME/CPD Deborah Sutherland, PhD May 1, 2014 Evolution and Adaption in Education: Surviving the Impact of the Comet Headed Our Way George C. Mejicano, MD, MS, FACP April 11, 2013 The Future of CEHP: Implications of the Shift to Improving Patient Care Curtis Olson, PhD March 31, 2012 New Perspectives on Safety and Better Practice Matthew Weinger, MD Paul Mazmanian Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions Award for Excellence in ResearchThe Paul Mazmanian Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP) Award for Excellence in Research recognizes outstanding original research contributions to the field of continuing professional development (CPD). This award has been named after Dr. Mazmanian for his influential contributions as a CPD scholar, and exceptional leadership as Editor-in-Chief of JCEHP (2000–2010).
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2020 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008: no recipient named 2005 2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Fox Award for (Best) Research PresentationThe Fox Award honors the research of Dr. Robert D. Fox, University of Oklahoma, who has contributed greatly to the literature in the field of professional continuing education. Established in 2001, the Fox Award is presented for the best RICME presentation and is judged with respect to its methodology and impact or relevance to the advancement of the field of CME/CPD.2024 Martin Tremblay and Morag Paton 2023 Morag Paton and Sanjeev Sockalingam 2022 Sophie Soklaridis 2021 Sharisse Arnold Rehring 2020 Meron Teferra 2015 Curt Olson and Sanjeev Sockalingam2014 Tanya Horsley and William Rayburn 2013 Betsy Williams and Harold Kessler 2012 Heather MacNeill 2010-2011 no recipients named 2009 Michael Allen 2008 Jocelyn Lockyer 2007 Todd Dorman 2006 Craig Campbell 2005 Joan Sargeant 2004 Tara Kennedy 2003 Michael Fordis 2002 Jacqueline Wakefield 2001 Michael Allen SACME Award for Best Early Career ResearcherThe SACME Award for Best Early Career Researcher is presented to the individual whose RICME presentation at a SACME Meeting is judged the best with respect to its methodology and impact or relevance to the advancement of the field of CME/CPD. Definition of early career: 1. Trainees of any kind (e.g., health professionals, MDs, Masters, PhDs); and 2. Those within 5 years of completing a terminal degree. 2024 Shaheen Darani 2023 Kenya Costa-Dookhan 2022 Juliamaria Cormac-Medrano2021 Morag Paton 2020 Dillon Welindt SACME AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATIONThis award is presented for the outstanding oral presentation in the categories of program evaluation, evidence-informed perspectives and best practice at the annual meeting and is judged with respect to its contribution and impact on advancing continuing professional development.2024: Holly Harris for "Co-producing Health Education Research: Working Equitably in a Hierarchical System". 2023: Melissa Kelly for "Multimodal Approach to Equipping Pathologists for a New Era of HER2 Classification in Breast Cancer". 2022: Sanjeev Sockalingam for “Adapting the Deteriorating Patient Simulation Method: Notes on the feasibility and acceptability of a virtual mental health simulation”. 2021: David Wiljer for “Accelerating the Appropriate Adoption of AI in Healthcare through Building New Knowledge, Skills, and Capacities in the Canadian Healthcare Professions”. 2020: Ruth Adewuya for “Assessment and Evaluation Session – Debrief Meetings? Ain’t Nobody Got Time for that Stuff”. SACME AWARD FOR BEST ORAL PRESENTATION/EARLY CAREER EDUCATORIntroduced in 2023, this award is presented to the individual whose oral presentation in the categories of program evaluation, evidence-informed perspectives, and best practices at a SACME meeting is judged the best with respect to its contribution and impact on advancing continuing professional development. Definition of early career: (1) Training of any kind (e.g., health professionals, MDs, Masters, PhDs) and (2) Those within five years of completing a terminal degree. 2024: Zahra Hasan for "Promoting Compassion in Healthcare Ethics Consultation Education: A Framework to Approach Structural Stigma in Mental Health and Substance Use Health" 2023: Inaara Karsan and Tharshini Jeyakumar for “Design and Implementation of a CPD Education Intervention Toolkit for the ACCME” SACME AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATIONThis award is presented to the individual whose poster presentation is judged best with respect to its impact or relevance to the advancement of the field of CME/CPD. 2024: Shawna Novak for "Empathy, Equity, and Ultrasound: Enhancing CPD through Point-of-Care Training in Resource Limited and Conflict-Affected Regions" 2023: Mary Turco for "The Dartmouth Scholarship Enhancement in Academic Medicine (SEAM Awards: Igniting Health Professionals' Engagement and Professional Development through Investment in Academic "Dreams". 2022: Alison Freeland for “Efficacy and Success of Transition to Online eLearning of an Integrated Medical Psychiatry Collaborative Care Training Program” and James Macaskill for “Assessing Outcomes of Saskatchewan’s Practice Enhancement Program”. 2021: Shaheen Darani for “Award -Training Corrections Officers to Better Meet the Mental Health Needs of Inmates”. 2020: Melissa A. Kelly and Joseph Kim for “Integrating Systems-level Quality Improvements into a Longitudinal Immuno-oncology (I-O) Educational Strategy”. SACME AWARD FOR BEST POSTER PRESENTATION FOR EARLY CAREER EDUCATOR This award is presented to an early career educator whose poster presentation was judged best with its impact or relevance to the advancement of the field of CME/CPD. Definition of early career: (1) Trainees of any kind (e.g., health professionals, MDs, Masters, PhDs); and (2) Those within 5 years of completing a terminal degree.
2024: Natalie Sanfratello for “Overcoming Barriers in Effective Treatment and Enrollment in Clinical Trials for Black and Underserved Patients with Multiple Myeloma – Incorporating the Patient Voice through Focus Groups” OTHER AWARDS2024: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Robert D'Antuono, Morag Paton, and Vjeko Hlede. Special Strategic Advisor to the Society President: Joyce Fried 2023: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Jennifer Reino and Edeline Mitton 2022: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Karen Vu-Nguyen and Nathaniel Williams 2021: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Tym Peters and Asha Maharaj 2016: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Deborah Samuel and Ginny Jacobs 2016: Unsung Hero Award presented to Tym Peters and Greg Vannette 2015: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Mila Kostic 2015: Unsung Hero Award presented to Joyce Fried and Pam McFadden 2014: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Edeline Mitton and Moss Blachman 2012: President's Meritorious Service Award presented to Lois Colburn |