Program Awards

The BScPA Program would like to acknowledge achievements by students, alumni and teachers/faculty in the program. As of July 2017, this will be an annual process. Nominations are open year round. All nominations received by August 31 will be considered for the November awards ceremony.

Summary of awards:

Award	description	Eligibility	nomination	selection criteria
1. BScPA Program Academic Achievement (Student Award)	Academic Achievement of a graduating Physician Assistant Student	A Year 2 BScPA Student in good standing	n/a	Student with the highest cumulative grade point average (cGPA) in their cohort, upon program completion (15 credits)
2. PA Student of the Year (Student Award)	Demonstration of exemplary qualities of a Physician Assistant by a Year 2 PA student	A Year 2 BScPA Student in good standing.	Nominated by peers, self, faculty or PA/MD teachers	collaborates service leadership advocates scholarly activities professional
3. PA Student Clinical Excellence Award (Student Award)	Demonstration of clinical excellence by a Year 2 student in his/her clinical rotations	A Year 2 BScPA Student in good standing	Nominated by preceptors	Excellent example of all CanMEDS-PA Roles in the clinical environment
4. PA Student Leadership Award (Student Award)	Demonstration of strong leadership skills by a PA student throughtout the BScPA Program	A Year 2 BScPA Student in good standing	Nominated by peers, and/or faculty	Excellent leadership skills for the duration of the BScPA program
5. PA Student Scholarly Excellence Award (Student Award)	Excellence in the Year 2 Quality Improvement (QI) project by a Year 2 student	A Year 2 student who has completed a Quality Improvement project	PAP265 Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Course Director nomintates top 3 QI projects to the selection committee	Scholarly work that contributes to quality Improvement with potential positive impact on patient care/the health care system
6. PA Ethical Decision-Making Award	Excellence in the Ethical Decision-Making paper by a Year 2 student	A year 2 student who has completed and passed the Year 2 Ethics course	PAP265 Ethics Course director nominates top 3 papers to the Awards committee	Scholarly work exemplifies a model of ethical decision making to a clinical situation
7. Excellence in Teaching Award (Faculty Award)	Outstanding teaching in the BScPA Program	Any teacher (including facilitators and preceptors) in the BScPA Program	Nominated by students	Contributes to student learning as a role model for others Commitent to quality teaching
8. PA Role Model Award (Faculty Award)	Outstanding Physician Assistant involved in the BScPA Program	Canadian Certified Physician Assistant involved in the BScPA Program	Nominated by students, peers, self, faculty or PA/MD teachers	Demonstrates the key roles that define a Physician Assistant
9. Faculty Scholar Award (Faculty Award)	Demonstration of excellent scholarly work by a BScPA teacher	BScPA Faculty member, teacher/facilitator, or teaching assistant who has published or presented scholarly work at the local, provincial, national or international level	Nominated by students, peers, self, faculty or PA/MD teachers	Publication/presentation that has impact on PA education or the health care system
10. PA Preceptor Excellence Award (Preceptor Award)	Excellence in the clinical environment by an MD or PA preceptor for the BScPA Program	Any MD or PA preceptor involved in the BScPA Program who works with a BScPA learner in the clinical environment	Nominated by students	Clinician involved with the BScPA Program who demonstrates excellence in all CanMEDS/CanMEDS-PA roles
11. PA Rising Star Award (Alumni Award)	Outstanding contributions to the PA Profession by an alumna/alumnus of the BScPA Program	A graduate of the BScPA Program	Nominated by peers, self, faculty or PA/MD teachers	collaborates service leadership advocates scholarly activities professional

Full awards information is found here:

PA Program Awards 2019.pdf (934.54 KB)