CPA Bulletin: February 2003 - Call for Nominations

This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Cleghorn, an early neuroendocrine researcher who established the Tapscot Chair. He was also the first chair of the scientific and research standing committee, originally called the scientific council.

The award recognizes a CPA member for demonstrating excellence in clinical psychiatric research or leadership in advancing clinical psychiatric research in Canada.

Inquiries

CPA Awards, c/o CPA head office (see address below).

The CPA Paul Patterson Award for Education Leadership

This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Paul Patterson, who was a child and adolescent specialist with strong interests in the education of the general psychiatrist. He practiced and mentored community-based care and was an early advocate of reciprocal education and practice at the family medicine-psychiatry interface. He led and contributed to a broad range of educational initiatives at the CPA with wisdom, creativity and a warm, gentle sense of humour.

The award is presented annually to a psychiatric educator who, in responding to change or leading in new directions, makes a significant contribution to undergraduate, postgraduate, continuing professional education or public education.

The award recognizes an innovative contribution to specific educational issues or creative leadership in new educational directions:

system changes
curriculum developments
evaluation procedures
public education approaches (national, provincial or regional).

Note: This award is not to conflict with the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada (ACPC) Award for excellence in education given annually to an individual who has made a significant and sustained contribution to psychiatric education.

Inquiries

Dr. William Fleisher, Chair, Standing Committee on Education, c/o CPA head office (see address below).

The CPA C.A. Roberts Award for Clinical Leadership

This award is dedicated to the memory of Dr. C.A. Roberts and is presented annually to a psychiatrist-clinician who has made a significant contribution to the improvement of patient care. The award was established to recognize outstanding CPA member clinicians who have been instrumental in the development of new treatment approaches, creative program design, or administrative innovations or who have been recognized as consistently providing superior quality psychiatric care to patients.

Inquiries

Dr. Simon Brooks, Chair, Standing Committee on Professional Standards and Practice, c/o CPA head office (see address below).

Mental Illness Awareness Special Recognition Award

This honorary award is presented in recognition of outstanding leadership and dedication to the promotion of mental illness awareness.

Nomination Criteria

1. Nominees can be any person who has shown outstanding leadership and dedication to the promotion of mental illness awareness; nominees do not have to be members of the CPA.

2. Nominees must be endorsed by at least one person from an organization that is familiar with the nominees’ work, by means of a letter identifying the reason for the nomination.

3. Two or three endorsement letters are preferable.

4. Letters must be no longer than 300 words.

5. Additional information about the nominee or the programs that the nominee has been involved with may be included with the application.

6. Nominations must be received no later than June 30, 2003.

Criteria for submitting nominations for the CPA Cleghorn, Patterson and Roberts Awards

1. The nominee must be a member in good standing of CPA.

2. The nomination must include a statement by the nominator (no more than 500 words) concerning the merit of the individual’s contribution and must be accompanied by supporting documentation illustrating or describing the individual’s contribution.

3. Terms of reference are available from the CPA head office.

4. Deadline for receipt of nominations is June 30, 2003.

Send nominations to:

Canadian Psychiatric Association Awards,
c/o CPA head office,
260-441 MacLaren Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3
Tel: 1-800-267-1555
Fax: 613-234-9857
E-mail: cpa@cpa-apc.org

Collaborative Awards

Joint CPA-COPCE Awards for the most outstanding continuing education activity in psychiatry in Canada

These awards recognize individuals or groups responsible for excellence in the planning, delivery and evaluation of a continuing education (CE) activity in psychiatry in Canada and are jointly sponsored by the Council of Psychiatric Continuing Education (COPCE) and the CPA for CE planners who work in a community, rural or medical school setting.

Eligible Activities

1. Held between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2002.
2. Can include a CE event such as a conference, course, or a series of workshops, and must be at least four hours in duration.
3. Planned by psychiatrists and directed at a target audience of health professionals (cosponsored CPA events are not eligible).
4. Accredited for either maintenance of certification (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) or maintenance of proficiency (Canadian College of Family Physicians).
5. Abide by the Canadian Medical Association Guidelines for working with the pharmaceutical industry.

A letter of nomination can be submitted by the physician CE planner(s) or by a department head or hospital chief. Please call the CPA head office at 613-234-2815 ext 232 for full document criteria before submitting a nomination. The deadline is June 30, 2003. All inquiries, questions and submissions should be directed to Dr. Jon Davine, c/o the Canadian Psychiatric Association, 260-441 MacLaren St, Ottawa, ON K2P 2H3; tel: 613-234-2815, fax: 613-234-9857.

Alex Leighton joint CPA-CAPE Award for Psychiatric Epidemiology

The Alex Leighton Award was created in September 1998 to honour this leading figure of Canadian psychiatric epidemiology at his 90th anniversary in Halifax. Professor Alex Leighton has been a pioneer and a leader in psychiatric epidemiology in this century. His work has associated innovative scientific endeavours with humanistic values and social concerns. He has also been a great communicator and teacher, training and inspiring generations of psychiatric epidemiologists and scientists.

Nomination Criteria

The Alex Leighton Award is a joint initiative of the CPA and the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology (CAPE). Its purpose is to recognize an individual or a group of individuals that have made a significant contribution to the advancement and diffusion of Canadian psychiatric epidemiology through innovative studies, methods, teaching or transfer of knowledge. It can be related to lifelong activities or to a recent significant achievement by more junior scientists. The work must therefore be easily recognized as:

a significant contribution to Canadian psychiatric epidemiology,
studies or activities conducted in Canada, or
a contribution to psychiatric epidemiology on the international scene.

Details on required documentation and nomination criteria are available at the CPA head office at 613-234-2815 ext 232. The deadline for receipt of applications is June 30, 2003.

Please send your nominations for this year’s Alex Leighton Award before June 30, 2003, to Dr. Julio E. Arboleda-Flórez, CAPE President, Department of Psychiatry, Brock V, Room 546, Hotel Dieu Hospital, 166 Brock Street, Kingston ON K7L 5G2,
Tel: (613) 544-3400,
Fax: (613) 547-1501,
Email: arboledj@hdh.kari.net

Please note that ALL awards are presented at the annual meeting of the CPA in Halifax, Nova Scotia in November 2003.