Top educators awarded CAME Certificate of Merit

Three of the Faculty of Medicine’s top educators have been awarded Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME) Certificates of Merit. 

The CAME Certificate of Merit is given to one or more candidates from each medical school as chosen by a committee at their home university. The award recognizes valuable contributions to medical education including teaching, evaluation, educational leadership and course coordination.

Wes Jackson, MD, is the director of the Rural Integrated Community Clerkship program.  The program places medical students for nine-month clerkships in rural areas throughout southern Alberta and has demonstrated success in student outcomes while pioneering new methods in distributed medical education. 

Irene Ma, MD, is a general internist at the Foothills Medical Centre and an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine. She is also the Clinical Simulation Lead for the W21C team where her research focuses on initiatives related to human-based innovation and new approaches to promoting safety through education and better teaching.

Guido van Marle, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. As a molecular virologist, van Marle’s research focuses on the pathogenesis of both West Nile virus and HIV-1. Director of the Bachelor of Health Sciences Biomedical Sciences program stream, he is also very active in the University of Calgary’s Global Health program.

Drs. Jackson, Ma and van Marle received their certificates at the CAME annual general meeting held in conjunction with the 2013 Canadian Conference on Medical Education in Quebec City in April.