February 04, 2012

Paul Patterson Innovation in Education Leadership Award

First awarded in 1998

2011
Dr. David Robinson has made important contributions in curriculum development and evaluation procedures. As Residency Training Director at the University of Western Ontario, he single-handedly created a curriculum to instill the depth and scope of psychiatry in first-year psychiatry residents and this has become a model for other training programs. Dr. Robinson also created a comprehensive training and examination program to prepare residents for the final Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialty exam.

2010
No award.

2009
Dr. Thomas Edward Ungar developed the Mental Health Minute program, an innovative, multi-media approach to public education. These minutes are designed with a focus on patients and the broader public. They provide easily accessible, credible, evidence-based and consumer-friendly information on topics from workplace mental health and depression to agoraphobia and how to talk to your care provider. Housed on a website, they offer in a multitude of online learning formats including teleseminars, podcasts and Youtube video minutes. These minutes use a non-traditional infotainment approach to connect with people’s everyday lives.

2008
Dr. Mulzer was recognized for his innovative educational films and workbooks which sensitize both the public and those who work in aboriginal mental health about the issues of mood disorders, alcohol dependency, suicide, racism and resilience in the aboriginal community and does so in a culturally sensitive and relevant manner. His films have opened dialogue and are building bridges between patients, the community and mental health providers.

2007
Dr. Marc Sasseville was recognized for his innovative contributions to postgraduate education in psychiatry. Since the 1990s Dr. Sasseville has been the principal mover of a visionary and innovative project to develop remote psychiatry rotations for medical students.

2006
Dr. Susan Abbey led the redesign of the CPA's Annual Meeting Program Committee from 1998 to 2004 which led to unprecedented growth in terms of numbers of attendees and the range of programs offered at the conference. As Chair of the CPA's Continuing Education Committee she also significantly influenced the CPA’s continued professional development work, chairing the 2005-2006 organizing committee for the innovative Shared Care forums.

2005
Dr. Pierre Zwiebel created OmniPsy, the first Internet site offering scientific information on psychiatry aimed at family doctors in Quebec. OmniPsy is a resource for all francophones who deliver mental health services in multidisciplinary settings. It delivers continued medical education programs online, a permanent and evolving scientific databank, video conferencing and Quebecois psychiatric literature.

2004
Dr. Jodi Lofchy was recognized for creative and innovative initiatives in undergraduate education including work with the internationally lauded Psychiatry Institute for Medical Students, a weeklong program that introduces medical students from across Ontario to current psychiatric practice and research.

2003
Dr. Elliot Goldner was recognized for innovative work in postgraduate education, notably the foundation of a division of Mental Health Policy and Services in the University of British Columbia?s psychiatry department and for assembling a team of educators to establish a national training program in mental health services research.

2002
Dr. Arthur Propst was recognized for innovation in developing a single-step RCPSC comprehensive objective examination in psychiatry aligned to the CanMed roles and competencies.

2001
Dr. Heather Milliken's work in schizophrenia education played a pivotal role in establishing and implementing the Dalhousie early psychosis mentorship program.

2000
Dr. Nick Kates

1999
Dr. Lili Kopala worked to develop the educational components of The Early Psychosis Program for Nova Scotia and the Atlantic Region.

1998
Dr. John Toews

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