The William Campbell Felch Award
for Outstanding Research in CME
This award honors William Campbell Felch, MD, one of the founders of the Alliance and first Executive Vice President from 1978 to 1991. He was founder and Editor of the Alliance Almanac for 13 years and Editor of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP) from 1992 to 1994.
Purpose:
To provide recognition of the best completed research project in the arena of continuing medical education.
Nomination Criteria:
To be considered for this award,
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The nomination must have been submitted by a member of the Alliance. |
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At least one of the primary individuals involved in the planning, development and implementation of the research must be a member of the Alliance and listed as a nominee.
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The CME Research must have been completed between January 1, 2008 and July 1, 2009.
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A completed nomination application must include identification of related ACCME Criteria and Alliance Competency and completed Publication Release Form.
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The research must not have been nominated for another Alliance award.
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The nominee and recipients cannot be a member of the Award Selection Panel for this award.
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Only one application per nominee (person or organization) may be submitted per award category.
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A completed nomination application must have been received at the Alliance office by the submission deadline. |
Evaluative Criteria:
Evaluation of the nominees for this award includes consideration of,
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Relevance to the CME field; regional or national implications and results useful to CME providers in other locales.
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Potential for direct application or use by other CME providers.
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Focus on planning, research, development, or evaluation issues.
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Demonstrably significant contribution to advancement of theory or practice of CME.
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Description of research methodology and/or information on the validity of research methodology (i.e., statistics, references, evidence of a reasonable scientific approach or appropriately applied methods).
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Measurable outcome that lends itself to a poster presentation at the Alliance Annual Conference and a publishable manuscript.
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Published work will be considered if published, accepted, submitted or submission ready within the time requirements of this award. |
Application:
The Award Selection Panel will accept and review nominations received by the deadline of Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A letter of nomination should include the following:
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No more than four (4) typed (not handwritten) pages. The total page count does not include the face pages.
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Pages must be formatted with 1” margins on all sides and no smaller than Arial 11pt type.
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Description of background, methods, analysis, results, conclusions and implications.
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Link the submission to Nomination and Evaluative Criteria, and include identification of ACCME Criteria and Alliance Competency, and completed Publication Release Form.
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Verification nominees represent the organization referenced on the application (signed attestation on organization’s letterhead).
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Do not include additional activity-related supplemental materials. These materials will not be reviewed.
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Applications may include up to a two (2) page Outcomes Appendix, if applicable, detailing impact/outcomes data.
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Submission of six (6) copies for receipt at the Alliance by Wednesday, July 1, 2009 (submitted materials will not be returned).
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Only one application per nominee (person or organization) will be accepted for review. |
Recognition:
One (1) complimentary registration for the 2010 Alliance Annual Conference; the opportunity to showcase the activity by exhibiting a poster during the Annual Conference; a “spotlight” article in the Alliance’s Almanac newsletter; and a plaque commemorating the award presented at the 2010 Annual Conference.
Go To: William Campbell Felch Award Application Face Page
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