AOA Distinguished Clinician Educator Award* - Nomination Deadline Extended to December 1, 2008.

The AOA Distinguished Clinician Educator Award represents national recognition of exceptional orthopaedic clinician educators. The award recognizes the critical role of the educator-leaders within orthopaedics.

The award emphasizes the critical role of clinician educators within academic health centers and is designed to foster leadership within the discipline of orthopaedic medicine, thereby advancing the art and science of orthopaedics.

Clinician educators serve as both teachers and clinicians in academic medicine. These individuals are vital to the mission of an academic health center, where state-of-the-art educational programs demand faculty time devoted to training medical students, graduate students, residents and other health professionals.

The key to success for any organization, academic or otherwise, is to have a group that is not only technically proficient but also has the passion to share that proficiency with others. Those who receive this award are the best and the brightest and are role models for others to emulate. These recipients truly set the standard for professional excellence.

Award Details 
The Award Winner will be recognized during the Opening Ceremony at the 122nd Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association in Bonita Springs, Florida.  The award winner must attend the 2009 Annual Meeting and present an acceptance speech as a condition for receiving the award.
The award recipient will be reimbursed for travel associated with the Annual Meeting up to $5,000.

Nominations for the award are accepted annually in the Fall. 
The nomination deadline for the 2009 award has been extended to December 1, 2008.

To Nominate a Candidate
Please be prepared to provide the nominee's contact information, the nominee's CV, and a short (one page or less) description of why the candidate is uniquely qualified to receive this award. Nominate a candidate online.

Criteria
Download a 2009 brochure  
Past Award Winners

*formerly known as the AOA-Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Distinguished Clinician Educator Award