Excellence Awards
The Excellence in Medical Education Awards (EMEAs) celebrate exceptional contributions to education in any year of the MBBS programme.
As an organisation committed to teaching and learning, the Medical School wishes to identify and reward those making an outstanding contribution and commitment to UCLMS students and their education. The Excellence in Medical Education Awards (EMEAs) provide recognition of exceptional contributions to education in any year of the MBBS programme.
How To Apply?
The 2024-25 application round is now open.
Applications must be submitted to medsch.qaeu@ucl.ac.uk
Closing date: 5pm on Friday 14th February 2025.
Applications form and guidance are available below.
Who Can Apply?
*Applicants must have been involved in the undergraduate medical education of UCLMS students for a minimum of 1 year, including:
- Any member of academic or administrative staff, who is an employee of UCL.
- Clinicians or administrators based at NHS sites (community or hospital).
- Teams working together to provide teaching or implement a specific educational project.
- Members of support staff involved in the facilitation of student learning.
*Please note that if you have won an EMEA in the last three years you will need to show significant development in your field or be clear that this application is based on clearly distinct work.
Method of Application
Documents:
- EMEA Application form 2024-25:
- EMEA Academic Guidance Notes 2024-25:
- EMEA Administrator Guidance Notes 2024-25:
The application form is organised under headings with reference to the criteria set out in the Guidance Notes. Applicants will need to provide examples of evidence to illustrate how their practice meets these criteria.
- Applicants must complete their personal details and sections 1 & 2 of the application form.
- Section 3 must be completed by a suitable referee i.e. the applicant’s Head of Department, Division or Institute, the Undergraduate Tutor at their NHS site or another appropriate teaching lead or senior colleague, who must countersign part of the form.
- Team applications must also include a description of how each member contributes to the team's activities.
- It is not essential to excel in all areas to be considered for an EMEA. Your application should focus on outstanding achievement in three key areas out of six on the form. There is no specific time frame for your activities or examples, but they should be relevant to current teaching.
- Additional relevant supporting materials should be provided with an explanation of their relevance to the application. We have developed different sets of guidance notes for academics and administrators to provide examples of relevant evidence for each to submit with their applications.
Selection Process & Criteria
A sub-group of mQMEC will assess the quality of the applications and their supporting evidence, whilst recognising any specialist requirements of the discipline. The decision of mQMEC sub-group will be announced in May. The decision is final and there is no right of appeal.
Enquiries
Enquiries about any aspect of the EMEAs should be addressed to the QAEU.
Award Winners
Winners' names are widely publicised and reported to mQMEC and MBBS Education Committees.
Each winner (winning team where applicable) will receive £500 prize money and will be presented with a certificate at the annual FMS awards (date TBC)
Winners of 2023-24 Excellence in Medical Education Awards
Individual Winners
| Debayan Dasgupta | Specialist Registrar in Neurosurgery, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Winner of the David Jordan Award for excellence in enhancing science in Medical Education. |
| Sadie Lawes-Wickwar | Lecturer and Co-Deputy Director Medical Education, Primary Care & Population Health Winner of the Saad al-Damluji Award for commitment to excellence in clinical teaching. |
Team Winners
UCLH Paediatrics Clinical Teaching Fellows (Kate McMonnies & Tanya Bhagat & Naomi Jones & Hamish Robertson) |
Whittington-UCLMS Undergraduate Education Team (application led by Tina Nyaziki) |
Congratulations to our 2023-24 winners!
Previous Winners
- Dr Claire Elliott - Clinical Teaching Fellow, Primary Care and Population Health
- Miss Rima Chakrabarti - Clinical Lecturer, University College London
- Dr Benjamin Schapira - Core Surgical Trainee, Lister Hospital
- Dr Neelam Parmar - Clinical Lecturer, Primary Care and Population Health
- Undergraduate Teaching Programme - Lister Hospital
- Primary Care Medical Education Team - Primary Care and Population Health
- Undergraduate Medical Education Team - North Middlesex University Hospital
- Dr Agayla Ramanathan - Academic Clinical Fellow in Primary Care and Population Health, Royal Free Hospital
- Dr Antony Zacharias - Clinical Teaching Fellow, Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Dr Emma Kelley - Associate Lecturer, UCL Medical School
- Dr Harry Zacharias - Associate Clinical Lecturer (Teaching) in Clinical Skills, UCL Medical School
- Dr Irene Gafson - Locum Consultant, Clinical Lecturer (Teaching), Whittington Health
- Dr Nicola Clarke - Academic Clinical Fellow & GP Trainee (ST4), UCL Department of Primary Care and Population Health
- Ms Stephanie Smith - Lead Clinical Skills Tutor, Medical Education East and North Herts NHS Trust
- Miss Sarah Smith - MBBS Trust Liaison & Project Manager, UCL Medical School (Royal Free Trust)
- Mr Adrian O'Gorman - Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Whittington Hospital
- Dr Sara Thompson - Clinical Associate Lecturer, Research Department of Primary Care & Population Health
- Dr Fatima Kagalwala - Consultant Paediatrician, Lister Hospital
- Dr Danielle Nimmons - Academic Teaching Fellow, Primary Care & Population Health
- Dr Chee Yee Loong - Consultant Cardiologist, The Whittington Hospital
- Acute Admissions Unit - Watford General Hospital, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (Winner of the Saad al-Damluji Award for commitment to excellence in clinical teaching).
- Paediatric Undergraduate Team - UCLH, University College Hospitals NHS Trust
- Emergency Department Undergraduate Team - Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
More information about the named prizes:
David Jordan (1953-2007) was Professor of Physiology at UCL. In 1980, he joined the Department of Physiology at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine as a lecturer and was promoted to senior lecturer in 1988, and reader in 1993. Following his promotion to Professor in 1999, and the merger with UCL, David was made Head of Department on the Royal Free Campus.
Notwithstanding his significant contribution to the body of scientific knowledge via his research, David’s input to teaching and examining was considerable. He ran a number of courses in both the science and medical degree programmes, and served as an undergraduate and higher degree external examiner both within the UK and overseas.
Saad Al-Damluji (1952-2006) was an Honorary Consultant endocrinologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London, and Senior Lecturer at the Royal Free & University College Medical School from 1995.Saad had an incisive intellect and extraordinary work ethos and level of commitment. He set the highest standards, and expected the same of others. He is missed as a colleague and teacher; more than 70 students attended his funeral. His patients adored him, and his untimely death deprived the Medical School of one of its most devoted and talented teachers.
