Criteria of eligibility for each award and those eligible to nominate

Criteria of eligibility for each award and those eligible to nominate, are described below:

Full-Time Faculty Medical Student Teaching

Eligible candidates are full-time faculty in the department who lecture, supervise or tutor in any of the courses for first or second year medical students or in any of the psychiatry clerkship or medical student electives (includes those offered at our V.A. or affiliated medical programs) who have not received the award in the past three years.
Who can nominate: Medical students in all four years or fellow faculty from above courses.

Full-Time Faculty Undergraduate Student Teaching

Eligible candidates are full-time faculty in the department, who have not received the award in the past three years, who are teaching or supervising in courses listed in the departmental catalogue which are not for medical students or housestaff.
Who can nominate: Undergraduates and graduates from other departments enrolled in our courses, undergraduate or pre- and post-doctoral trainees working in out laboratories or research groups (including those at our V.A. or affiliated institutions), fellow faculty from these courses or labs.

Full-Time Faculty Graduate Student Teaching

Eligible candidates are full-time faculty in the department, who have not received the award in the past three years, who are teaching or supervising in courses listed in the departmental catalogue which are not for medical students or housestaff.
Who can nominate: Undergraduates and graduates from other departments enrolled in our courses, undergraduate or pre- and post-doctoral trainees working in out laboratories or research groups (including those at our V.A. or affiliated institutions), fellow faculty from these courses or labs.

Full-Time Faculty House Staff Teaching

Eligible candidates are full-time psychiatry or psychology faculty in the department who have not received this award in the past three years and who are teaching or supervising psychiatric residents or fellows and/or psychology interns assigned to our clinical services (includes psychiatric services at our V.A. or affiliated hospitals).
Who can nominate: Psychiatry residents or fellows, psychology interns, fellow faculty from the same clinical service, chiefs of service, or clinic directors.

Full-Time Faculty Research Mentor

Eligible candidates are faculty in the department who are directly supervising research projects of housestaff, graduate, or post-doctoral trainees and/or who are providing mentoring to such trainees or to junior faculty (below the rank of associate professor) on research, promotion, or career advancement who have not received this award in the past three years.
Who can nominate: Housestaff involved in research projects or electives, graduate or postdoctoral trainees, faculty below the rank of associate professor, research group or lab directors.

Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Eligible candidates are volunteer faculty in the clinical instructor or clinical professor series whose primary work or responsibilities are outside the university (such as private practice, other clinics or hospitals, or public agencies), who have not received this award in the past three years, and teach in courses offered to medical students, undergraduate or graduate students, or housestaff; provide individual supervision to psychology interns or psychiatry residents or fellows; or participate in other clinical teaching activities in the Semel Institute or Resnick Hospital (or its affiliated hospitals or clinics).
Who can nominate: Medical students, graduate or undergraduate students, psychiatry residents or fellow, psychology interns, full-time faculty or other clinical faculty assigned to the same clinic, course, or training activity as the candidate.

Outstanding Teaching Resident or Fellow

Eligible candidates are residents in general psychiatric training, or child, addiction, geriatric, or other fellows in clinical training who have primary teaching or supervisory responsibilities on their service or clinic for medical students, beginning residents, psychology interns, or other junior housestaff or trainees.
Who can nominate? Medical students, psychiatric residents and fellow, psychology interns, full-time faculty or other clinical faculty assigned to the same clinic or service.

 

 

If you are unsure if your nominee falls into any one of these categories, please contact the Office of Education (310-794-3353).