The Meridith Marks Mentorship Award recognizes an individual who excels in the mentorship of those involved in medical education scholarship and innovation.
This award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Meridith Marks, an alumna of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Medicine, Class of 87. Dr. Marks was committed to fostering the best in others and throughout her career advocated for medical education innovation and research.
The MMM Award is bestowed annually in honour of the important mentorship Dr. Marks provided in her clinical work and in her medical education scholarship. The recipient exemplifies the characteristics of an excellent mentor and as a trusted advisor, the mentor contributes to the mentees development by taking on four roles: coach, facilitator, counsellor and networker.
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Call for NominationsCurrent Recipient
2021: Dr Rachel Ellaway
Dr. Rachel Ellaway is a Professor of Medical Education in Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. She is the 2021 Meredith Marks Mentorship Award winner and visited the Faculty of Medicine on 28th and 29th March 2023. Dr Ellaway delivered the lecture "The challenges of changing medical education" and the workshop "What kind of scholar are you?"
Past Recipients
2019: Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto
Dr. Humphrey-Murto completed her MD and Internal Medicine studies at the University of Ottawa followed by Rheumatology training and a Masters in Education at the University of Toronto. As a clinician educator, Dr. Humphrey-Murto maintains an active clinical practice in Rheumatology and osteoporosis.
She has held several administrative roles including Interim Director, Research Support Unit, Department of Innovation in Medical Education (DIME) and Director of the uOSSC/DIME Fellowship in Medical Education. Her research interests involve performance-based assessment, the use of consensus group methods in education research and learner handover.
2018: Dr. Jocelyn Lockyer
Dr. Lockyer is a career medical educator at the Cumming School of Medicine where she was Senior Associate Dean—Education (2012-2017). Her primary career focus has been in CME/PD where she created opportunities for physician learning and tested new approaches to physician assessment.
She has published over 180 peer-reviewed publications and continues her scholarly work to improve physician assessment and feedback processes through multisource feedback and the R2C2 model.
2017: Dr. Lorelei Lingard
Lorelei Lingard is an internationally recognized researcher in the study of communication and collaboration on healthcare teams. She is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director of the Centre for Education Research and Innovation at Western University.
In 2014, Dr. Lingard was awarded the prestigious appointment of Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in recognition of the impact of her work on Canadian healthcare.
2015: Dr. Glenn Regehr
Associate Director, Research, Centre for Health Education Scholarship, University of British Columbia.