[Prize winner of the "GMA - Prize for young medical educators 2010" announced]
Sören Huwendiek 1,2Eckhart G. Hahn 3,4
1 Universität Heidelberg, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Heidelberg, Deutschland
2 Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung, Vorsitzender des GMA-Ausschusses für Junge Lehrende, Heidelberg, Deutschland
3 Universität Witten/Herdecke, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Dekan, Witten, Deutschland
4 Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA), Vorstandsvorsitzender, Erlangen, Deutschland
Introduction
At the annual conference of the “Gesellschaft für medizinische Ausbildung” (German Association for Medical Education) in 2010 in Bochum, the board of directors announced the winner of the GMA Prize for young medical educators for outstanding achievements in medical education for the fifth time.
This prize was founded by the “Young Educators Group“ of the “Gesellschaft für medizinische Ausbildung”, in order to improve and strengthen the recognition, the support and the educational situation of young medical educators.
Altogether 7 applicants from 6 different locations took part in this competition. (Freiburg, Hannover, München, Tübingen 2x, Ulm, Würzburg).
Mode of evaluation
The assessment of applicants was carried out by a 14-member advisory committee chosen by the GMA board of directors. The criteria considered in the selection process were the quality and sustainability/ innovation of the projects (
0-2 points could be allocated for each of the 8 criteria in question (criteria points). (0=not fulfilled, 1=partly fulfilled, 2=fulfilled).
Furthermore, the advisory committee members named who they thought were the 3 best applicants and gave a short explanation for their decision. Then they awarded “favourite points“. (for the first place 3 points, for the second place 2 points, for the third place 1 point). The sum of the criteria points and favourite points awarded by the advisory committee was then calculated for each applicant. The five applicants with the highest number of points were invited as finalists to the annual conference of the GMA. During the board meeting, the joint board of the GMA unanimously chose the two winners from the 5 finalists.
The Prize winners
The honoured equal prize winners were:
- Dr. Nora Celebi, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen with the project: Verschreibungsfehler vermeiden – ein problembasierter modularer Unterricht
- Working group: Dr. med. Philip von der Borch, Dr. med. Konstantinos Dimitriadis, Sylvère Störmann, Anne-Sophie Niedermaier, LMU Klinikum der Universität München, with the project: MeCuM-Mentor
Appraisal
You will find below the summaries of the reviewers’ comments, in which they stated why the winning projects deserved special recognition.
Dr. Nora Celebi, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen with the following project: Avoiding Prescription Errors - problem-based modular teaching:
A project with the main learning objective that students learn to develop diagnostic skills and treatment plans, avoiding typical mistakes. For this, problem-based modular teaching was developed which has proven to be effective.
- Consistent - promoted by a dedicated member of the teaching staff - methodically good and very nicely published approach to a problem highly relevant to daily practice which has been neglected to date and which has now been firmly embedded in the curriculum [2].
Working Group: Dr. Philip von der Borch, MD Konstantinos Dimitriadis, Sylvère Störmann, Anne-Sophie Niedermaier, LMU Hospital of the University of Munich with the project MeCuM-mentor:
Mentoring program developed by students that aims to improve the personal support of students, promote professional development and provide a platform for exchange between the faculty and students and students themselves. The program consists of two components, an individual mentoring program in which mentors and mentees meet online and a peer-mentoring component.
- Impressive teamwork on a topic that is not addressed in many smaller faculties under the conditions of massive faculty with a contribution to the socialisation of the physician and learning from role models that cannot be valued too highly. Greatly successful, clear from the great number of mentor-mentee coalitions and supporting research.
The Finalists
The following applicants were honoured as finalists of the GMA Prize for young medical educators (the leading candidates are listed in alphabetical order)
- Michael Koch, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, with the project: Möglichkeiten zur Verbesserung der Kommunikation in der Tiermedizin durch Online-Konferenzsysteme
- Dr. med. Anne Werner, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, with the project: „iTüpFerl“ in Tübingen psychosoziale Fähigkeiten erlangen
- Dominique Lippold, Universität Ulm, with the project: Fit für den OP!? Eine fakultative Lehrveran-staltung für das 3. Semenster Humanmedizin.
Discussion and future prospects
The submitted applications demonstrated once again the high quality of current projects in medical teaching. It is also encouraging to see that a scientific approach and professionalism in teaching is increasingly shown even by young lecturers of both sexes.
In light of the positive feedback, we plan to continue to award the GMA Prize for young medical educators on a yearly basis.
Acknowledgments
The board of directors of the GMA would like to express their thanks to the members of the advisory committee. The 5 applications were examined by all 14 members of the advisory committee:
- Dr. med. Stefan Beckers
- Dr. med. vet. Jan Ehlers, M.A.
- Mr. Jan Hilgers
- Dr. med. Peter Iblher
- Dr. med. Hanns Iblher
- Prof. Dr. med. Martin Lischka
- Dr. med vet. Maren März
- Dr. med. Christoph Nikendei, MME
- Dipl. Psych. K. Rockenbauch
- Dr. med. Sasa Sopka
- Dr. med. Barbara Stadelmann, MME (Bern)
Competing interests
The author declare that he has no competing interests.
References
[1] Huwendiek S, Hahn EG. GMA-Preis für junge Lehrende 2009. GMS Z Med Ausbild. 2009;26(2):Doc14. DOI:10.3205/zma000606[2] Celebi N. Verschreibungsfehler vermeiden - ein modulares Unterrichtskonzept. GMS Z Med Ausbild. 2011;28(1):Doc10. DOI: 10.3205/zma000722
