Medical Education ELEVATE Awards

Fostering a collaborative, compassionate, and engaging work and/or learning environment. Depending on the nominee’s role, this may include: 

• Collaboration can occur within or across teams, programs, departments, or sites, as well as with learners, or the Medical Education broader community. \

• Compassion in the work or learning environment might include acting in ways that are fair, ethical and respectful; facilitating psychologically, culturally, and physically safe learning and work environments; adopting humility and self-reflection. 

• Engagement can occur in the work or learning environment to create spaces to foster and sustain shared senses of purpose, coming together towards improving work experiences for all.  

Demonstrating professionalism in our roles: 

• The way a nominee demonstrates professionalism will vary by role. Some examples may include but are not limited to embodying principles of equity and social accountability; showing responsiveness and thoughtfulness in interactions; creative problem solving or innovation.

Demonstrating leadership qualities regardless of title: 

• Leadership can occur in any position; it is demonstrated through actions, regardless of title or authority. Consider how the nominee demonstrates the University’s institutional leadership competencies of self-leadership, people leadership and/or institutional leadership.  

• Consider how the nominee serves as a role model or leads by example. Their influence can be seen by how they collaborate to inspire others and support positive change. 

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