Five unique awards (and a bonus award), created to recognize the efforts of our educators and highlight their accomplishments, were announced during this year’s Virtual TEACH Education Day event. Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare (TEACH) promotes learning excellence at Carilion Clinic, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and Radford University Carilion by creating a community of educators and fostering their development as teachers, learners, and education researchers.

“This year’s award winners are all exceptional faculty who embody the principles of excellence in teaching, go above and beyond in their teaching role, and will have a long-term impact on your career and that of others,” said Shari Whicker, director of TEACH and assistant dean for faculty development. 

Educator Mentorship Award

The TEACH Educator Mentorship Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated excellence in counseling and guidance towards others’ teaching practices, and/or educational research.

Kathleen Dorey, Ph.D.,
Professor Emerita, Basic Science Education

Innovative Teaching Award

The TEACH Innovative Teaching Award recognizes the exceptional use of new teaching strategies or the implementation of existing strategies in new ways to enhance teaching.

David Trinkle, M.D.
Associate Dean, Community and Culture
Interim Chair, Interprofessionalism

Feedback Award

The TEACH Feedback Award recognizes the challenging role of effectively and skillfully incorporating feedback into daily routines that focus on specific behaviors, assess performance, guide reflection, promote expertise, and identify a learner’s readiness to change.

Rebecca Pauly, M.D.
Vice Chair for Medicine, Internal Medicine

Emily Holt Foerst, M.A.
Director, Academic Counseling and Student Services

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 

The TEACH Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award recognizes outstanding achievements in research, scholarly activity, and creative accomplishments that focus on the effectiveness of teaching methods.

Jennifer Bath, M.S.N., R.N.,
Trauma Clinical Nurse Specialist, Carilion Clinic

Rising Star Award

The TEACH Rising Star award recognizes emerging leaders in health professions education whose teaching experience, between one and five years, demonstrates ongoing and promising growth in contribution to teaching and increased levels of teaching leadership and responsibility.

Natalie Karp, M.D.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Co-leader, Health Systems Science and Interprofessional Practice - Phase II

Bonus Award 2020: Excellence in Adaptive Teaching

This award recognizes an individual who supported the continuation of teaching and learning in a new virtual education reality created by the pandemic.

Douglas Grider, M.D.
Vice Chair, Basic Science Education