Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust held a special ceremony last week to celebrate the work that takes place in medical education, recognising outstanding work from both teachers and students.
The Undergraduate Medical Teaching Awards 2022/23 were held in the Lecture Theatre at Royal Preston Hospital and saw colleagues across the Trust be awarded for their achievements across the academic year.
The awards recognise those that have made an exceptional contribution to medical education, with awards for both teachers and students on offer. Prior to the awards, there were presentations from Hospital Dean, Professor Madhavi Paladugu, and MB ChB Programme Director, Professor Margaret Kingston.
Professor Paladugu said: “It is a great credit to the students and the team that 99% of undergraduate medical students graduated in 2023. These awards are based on students' feedback, have been going for 15 years or so now and they recognise that the work of the whole team does in supporting and enhancing the undergraduates’ learning experience and making them feel safe in the learning environment.
“This year has seen an exceptional contribution, so thanks to the undergraduate team for their organisation and support in enhancing the students’ skills.”
Professor Kingston added: “It’s nearly 30 years since I started at med school, and I still remember my teachers, who were so influential. So it’s lovely to come here and be part of educator's celebration event – you are so important.”
Congratulations to all of the winners. A full list of winners is below:
Best Clinical Teaching
1, Dr Leena Tripathi; 2, Dr Mohiuddin Sharief (Medical Assessment Unit); 3, Dr Ayesha Madan (Rheumatology).
Best Nurse/Midwife/PA/AHP Award
1, Dawn Parkinson (Nurse Consultant Orthopaedics); 2, Brooke Marsh (Physician Associate, Women’s Health); 3, Angela Siddiqui (Clinical Skills Tutor).
Best Year 5 Undergraduate Teaching Placement Award
1, Critical Care and Acute Anaesthetics led by Dr Cristian Salbaticu (Clinical Placement Supervisor), Dr Laura Talbot (Clinical Placement Supervisor) and Sanjithkumar Nair (Clinical Placement Facilitator); 2, Acute Oncology led by Dr Catherine Mitchell (Clinical Placement Supervisor) and Gabriella Walker (Clinical Placement Facilitator); 3, Medical Assessment Unit led by Dr Munish Batra (Clinical Placement Supervisor), Mohanraj Kaliyaperumal (Clinical Placement Supervisor) and Anna Thomas (Clinical Placement Facilitator).
Student Choice for Outstanding Contribution to Learning
1, Dr Chad Pardoe (Renal); 2=, Dr Mohiuddin Sharief (Medical Assessment Unit) and Dr Amer Khawaja (Medical Assessment Unit).
Best FY1/FY2 Doctor involved in Undergraduate Teaching
1, Dr Rachel Henderson; 2, Dr James Meng; 3, Dr Amber Oldham.
Student Achievement Year 4
1, Joshua Bugden; 2, Zainab Lunat; 3, Scarlett Mattingly-Peck.
Best Year 4 TCD Facilitator
1, Dr Ayesha Madan; 2, Dr Elizabeth MacPhie (Rheumatology) and Dr Hari Bhaskar (Adolescent and Child Health); 3, Dr Pijush Das (Paediatrics), Mr Anthony Helm (Orthopaedics) and Dr James Haston (Oncology).
Best Teaching Placement Year 4
1, Women’s Health led by Dr Julie Guiver (Clinical Placement Supervisor), Susan Rowlands (Clinical Placement Facilitator) and Samantha Leonard (Clinical Placement Facilitator); 2, Musculoskeletal led by Mrs Charlotte Cross (Clinical Placement Supervisor) and Ann Smith (Clinical Placement Facilitator); 3, Child Health led by Dr Pijush Das (Clinical Placement Supervisor) and Craig Robinson (Clinical Placement Facilitator) /Mental Health led by Dr Simon Belderbos (CPS) and Jane Le Roux (Medical Education Fellow).
Student Achievement Year 3
1, Jude Brennan-Calland; 2, Charlotte Rudd; 3, Arya Pontula.
Best Year 3 TCD Facilitator
1, Dr Chad Pardoe; 2, Dr Leena Tripathi; 3, Dr Matthew Chiu (Emergency Department).
Best Year 2 Placement
1, Critical Care led by Dr Sudhindra Kulkarni (Clinical Placement Supervisor) and Sanjithkumar Nair (Clinical Placement Facilitator); 2, Oncology led by Dr Catherine Mitchell (CPS) and Dr Gabriella Walker (Clinical Placement Facilitator); 3, Gastroenterology led by Dr Ian Drake (Clinical Placement Supervisor) and Sherrie-Aquila Saych (Clinical Placement Facilitator).
Best Non-Clinical Staff
1, Litsa Bartlett (Curriculum Coordinator, Medicine); 2, Catherine Arrand-Green (Year 3 Coordinator); 3, Claire Vassalo (Student Experience Lead).
