Call for nominations SAAHE Distinguished Educator 2025
The annual SAAHE Distinguished Educator Award recognises an individual in health professions education (HPE) who has made a significant contribution to teaching in the health professions and who has contributed to the development of scholarship in the field of HPE. The award seeks to recognise excellence at a national, and even international level, and to create an awareness of what constitutes excellence in HPE. As such, this is the premier award of its kind in Southern Africa.
The winner of the award will receive a certificate and will deliver the “Distinguished Educator’s address” in a plenary session at the SAAHE conference in the year of receiving the award. The award also covers the cost of travel, accommodation and registration for the conference that year.
Eligibility
Any SAAHE member who has been involved in educational scholarship and leadership, the teaching of a health professions discipline or in the development and administration of the discipline of HPE in a public higher education institution where there is a SAAHE chapter established is eligible for this award. A person may only receive the award once.
Criteria
The criteria by which nominations will be evaluated are attached.
Procedures
The closing date for nominations is Monday 1 April 2025.
Nominations must be
- submitted to awards@saahe.org.za (and copy pillayp@dut.ac.za).
- Potential candidates must be nominated by a SAAHE member.
- The nomination must include the following:
- A completed nomination form (see below) indicating the name and affiliation of the person being nominated, as well as the name and contact details of the nominator.
- A critical overview (of not more than 1 000 words) of the nominee’s contribution, as relevant to the criteria of the award (see below).
- A recent CV of the nominee.
- A portfolio of evidence (not exceeding 30 pages) relevant to the criteria for the award. The portfolio must include the teaching philosophy of the nominee.
- A panel of reviewers, as stipulated in the Award Guidelines document, nominated bythe SAAHE Regional Council will assess each application and make a recommendation for ratification by SAAHE Council.
- The successful nominee must be available to deliver the “Distinguished Educator’s address” at the SAAHE conference in the year of receiving the award and will be notified of the outcome at least six weeks before the conference.
- Unsuccessful nominees are encouraged to apply again.
Call for submissions SAAHE Best Publication in Health Professions Education 2025
The award for the SAAHE Best Publication in Health Professions Education (HPE) is made annually to promote excellence in research in HPE, as an important component of advancing the field of HPE. This award is for a peer-reviewed publication (paper or book chapter) on HPE or HPE research, with a Southern African first author.
The winning publication will be announced at the annual SAAHE conference and will receive a certificate of recognition. Please note that the submitting authors/authors of the publication can receive the prize in person but that no financial support will be made available by SAAHE for them to attend the conference.
Eligibility
- The article or book chapter will be reviewed on the impact that it had in the field of HPE and should have been published in the five-year period up to 31 December of the previous year of the call (e.g., 1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2024, for the 2025 award).
- The first or last (senior) author must submit the publication and this submitting author must be a member of a Southern African chapter of SAAHE.
- Only published, peer-reviewed articles or book chapters will be considered, not manuscripts accepted or in press, or complete books.
- In the case of articles, only full-length articles will qualify (for example, short communications, editorials, letters to the editor, commentaries and reports will not be eligible).
- Only one entry per year per submitting author is allowed.
- All authors must approve that the article or book chapter may be entered for the award, since the publication is considered for the award, not the individual authors.
Procedures
A PDF of the publication should be submitted. In the case of a book chapter, information about the book in which the chapter has been published and proof of peer review should also be submitted.
A motivation on the attached form, outlining the significance of the publication, should also be submitted. This motivation could address the impact of the publication on the science and/or practice of HPE and how the findings have been communicated to audiences other than the journal/book’s readership (see Criteria below). Submissions should be sent to awards@saahe.org.za (and copy pillayp@dut.ac.za).
Deadline for submissions: Monday 1 April 2025
Queries about this award can be directed to:
awards@saahe.org.za (and copy pillayp@dut.ac.za)
Complete the form below and click here to download the PDF form with full details and criteria that should also be completed.
SAAHE: Student body
ABOUT US:
As one of the main pillars of the Assocation, the Student Chapter is a place for undergraduate and post graduate students interested in Health Professions Education to come together, share ideas and feed into educating future health educationalists.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The student chapter will have a similar organisational structure as the Association, e.g. President, Chapter representatives, etc.
- Serve on local events committees and assist with organising the annual conference.
Contact Dr Karien Henrico (HenricoJ@up.ac.za) or Dr Lizel Hudson (HudsonL@cput.ac.za) for more information.