CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2003 - The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
has named 10 residency program directors from across the country as the 2004 Parker
J. Palmer award recipients.
The annual award honors medical residency program directors for their commitment
to teaching and development of innovative approaches for educating physicians
in training. The award is named after Parker J. Palmer, PhD, a noted educator,
sociologist and author of The Courage to Teach. The award winners, selected at
the ACGME's fall Board of Directors meeting from 115 nominees, will be honored
at the ACGME's winter Board of Directors meeting next February. They will also
be invited to attend a retreat at the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, Mich., next
summer.
David C. Leach, MD, the ACGME's executive director, praised the Parker Palmer
award recipients for their dedication to teaching and nurturing residents as they
move along the path toward becoming caring, highly competent physicians.
"Good learning requires that the whole person shows up," said Dr.
Leach. "The awardees have demonstrated their capacity to be fully present
to residents and patients, thereby providing a model for all of us."
The 2004 Parker G. Palmer winners are:
- William L. Bockenek, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical
Center/Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation, Charlotte, N.C.
- Carol Carraccio, MD, pediatrics, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore,
Md.
- Carlyle Chan, MD, psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
- Paul H. Gerst, MD, general surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx,
N.Y.
- DuPont Guerry IV, MD, hematology-oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pa.
- J. Peter Harris, MD, pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong Memorial
Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.
- John B. Jeffers, MD, ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Catherine K. Lineberger, MD, anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, N.C.
- Gordon E. Schutze, MD, pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark.
- Eric Walsh, MD, family practice, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland,
Ore.
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The ACGME is a private, non-profit council that accredits 7,800 residency programs
in 27 specialties affecting 100,000 residents. Its mission is to improve the quality
of health care in the United States by ensuring and improving the quality of graduate
medical education for physicians in training.
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