Foundation Awards: APGO Martin L. Stone, MD Fund for the Advancement of Medical Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology

This fund will provide financial support for projects that expand the educational capabilities and/or measurably enhance the educational programs within a department of obstetrics and gynecology at an accredited medical school in the U.S. or Canada. This award will fund a project in the amount of $10,000. APGO recommends that the grantee's institution match the grant, bringing the award total to $20,000. Application deadline: October 1.

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Past APGO/Martin L. Stone, MD Fund Award Recipients

2000: Elizabeth Dimitrievich, MD
University of South Dakota
"Enhancement of the Asynchronous Web-Based Curriculum for the Ob-Gyn Junior Clerkship"

2001: Hope K. Haefner, MD
University of Michigan
"Educational Partners for Life"

2002: Michele G. Curtis, MD
University of Texas-Houston
"Creation of a Mini-Public Health Curriculum for Ob/Gyn Residents"

2003: Erika Banks, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
"An Evidence-Based Program for Teaching the Classification and Management of Abnormal Pap Smears in a Multi-Site Residency Program"

2004: Georgine Lamvu, MD, MPH
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
"Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine Methods to Ob-Gyn Residents in the Journal Club Setting"

2005: Maurice L. Druzin, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
"Development and Implementation of a Novel Approach for Resident Education in Obstetric Crisis Using High Fidelity Simulation-based Team Training"

2006: No award was given in 2006.

2007: June LaValleur, MD
University of Minnesota
"Development of the First Departmental Division of Education at the University of Minnesota Medical School"