Foundation Awards: APGO/Ortho-McNeil Faculty Development Award

This $15,000 award funds an educational project of an established faculty member within a department of obstetrics and gynecology at an accredited medical school in the United States or Canada. Application deadline: October 1.

Past APGO/Ortho-McNeil Faculty Development Award Recipients

1988: Douglas W. Laube, MD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Validity of Objective Structured Oral Examinations for Third-Year Students: A Patient Contact-Based Evaluation Model"

1989: John D. Nash, MD
Uniformed Services University
"A Curriculum Development Proposal for Teaching Medical Ethics and Human Values in an Obstetrics and Gynecology Training Program"

1990: Diane M. Magrane, MD
University of Vermont
"Medical Student-Patient Relationships, An Investigation of Attitudes and Expectations of Obstetric Patients"

1991: Ralph K. Tamura, MD
Northwestern University
"Interactive Learning Module Using a Computerized Imaging System"

1992: Patrick Duff, MD
University of Florida
"Development of an Intensive Orientation Program for Medical School Graduates Beginning Residency Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology"

1993: David F. Archer, MD
Eastern Virginia Medical School
"The Use of Laparoscopy Sterilization for the Evaluation and Training of House Officers in Operative Laparoscopy (Pelviscopy)"

1994: Gary A. Glasser, MD
Emory University
"Implementation of a Gynecology Breast Clinic"

1995: Robert Hurd Settlage, MD
University of Southern California
"Development of a Method of Evaluating Medical Student Performance During Six Week, Third-Year Required Clinical Clerkship in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Pediatrics"

1996: Douglas S. Richards, MD
University of Florida
"A Computer Program for Teaching Obstetric Ultrasound"

1997: Joseph T. Chambers, MD
Yale University
"Development of a Curriculum for a Resident's Interdisciplinary Health Service for Women"

1998: Susan M. Cox, MD
University of Texas
"Computer-Assisted Self-Directed Learning Tools to Facilitate Achievement of APGO Educational Objectives"
1999: Robert L. Coleman, MD
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas
"A Prospective Randomized Trial of the Effects of an Intensive Laboratory-Based Skills Curriculum on Laparoscopic Proficiency in Resident Training"

1999: David Soper, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
"Peer-Based Review Process to Improve Resident Teaching Skills"

2000: Seine Chiang, MD
University of Alabama-Birmingham
"Obstetrics and Gynecology Continuity Clinic: A Site for the Development of a Documentation and Coding Curriculum for Ob-Gyn Residents"

2001: Barbara A. Goff, MD
University of Washington
Development of an Objective Structured Assessment of Surgical Skills for Obstetric and Gynecology Residents

2002: Gregory J. Locksmith, MD
University of Texas-Galveston
"Evidence-based Medicine for Residents in Obstetrics and Gynecology: An Interactive CD ROM-based Curriculum"

2003: Marlene Corton, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX
"Comprehensive Pelvic Anatomy Curriculum: Development of an Interactive Pelvic Dissector for Obstetrics and Gynecology Students, Residents and Fellows"

2004: Val Y. Vogt, MD
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Memphis, TN
"Development of an Interactive DVD Program to Teach and Assess Competency of Basic Surgical Skills"

2005: Nadine T. Katz, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY
"Curriculum in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for a Multi-Site Ob-Gyn and Women's Health Clerkship"

2006: Tod C. Aeby, MD
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
Honolulu, HI
"Comparing Information Retention Following Adult-Centered Teaching (ACT) or a Standard Didactic Lecture"

2007: Maurice L. Druzin, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
"Using Simulated Maternal Cardiac Arrest to Identify Barriers to Effective Resuscitation in Obstetric Team Training"