Excellence in Teaching Awards

These awards recognize outstanding teaching and course administration in the M.D. and Graduate Certificate Programs

Criteria

Serves as a full or part-time faculty member
Teaches in a course or clerkship in the M.D. program or the Graduate Certificate Program.
Has worked at FIU for at least two years of service before the year nominated
Has NO previous teaching award at HWCOM within the past 3 years
Students or faculty may nominate any eligible faculty member
Faculty may self-nominate

Lecture: straightforward lecture, sessions which are predominantly lecture with some questioning to check understanding
Large group interactive teaching: instruction with at least 20 students using TBL, and/or other guided problem solving with significant participation by students.
Small group teaching: g. CBLs, CBDs, PBL’s, clerkship didactics with less than 20 students, clinical skills small groups
E-Learning instruction: g. pre-recorded modules, discussion boards, virtual classrooms
Course/clerkship direction: directors, co-directors or assistant directors of courses or clerkships.

Sarah Stumbar, M.D., MPH, Course/clerkship direction

Ferdinand Gomez, E-Learning instruction

Tracey Weiler, Ph.D., Large Group Interactive Teaching

Jenny Fortun, Ph.D., Small group teaching

Dietrich Lorke, M.D., Ph.D., Lecture

Elizabeth Gray, M.D., Period 1

Amalia Landa-Galindez, M.D., Period 2

Leonard Gralnik, M.D., Periods 3 & 4

Marin Gillis, Ph.D., Period 1

Frederick Anderson, M.D., Period 2

Darren Kaufman, M.D., Periods 3 & 4

Gagani Athauda, Ph.D., Period 1

Rebecca Toonkel, M.D., Period 2

David Graham, M.D., Periods 3&4