AWAEM Outstanding Department Award

Starts:  Jan 28, 2015 12:00 AM (ET)
Ends:  Feb 28, 2015 05:00 PM (ET)

To honor an Emergency Medicine Department that has shown support of women in academic EM through organizational initiatives that address the recruitment, development, and advancement of all women as well as promoting gender equality, diversity, opportunity and inclusion


Eligibility Criteria

Academic division or department

Selection Criteria

Nominated Departments should have:

  1. Global approaches for supporting the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in Emergency Medicine
  2. Family friendly policies for recruitment and retention of women in Emergency Medicine
  3. A supportive environment for development and advancement of women in Emergency Medicine
  4. High percentage of female faculty or recent recruitment of female faculty
  5. High retention rate of female faculty
  6. High percentage of women in leadership
    This will examine the percentage of women in administrative leadership positions as well as the percentage of women achieving promotion

Required Documentation

  1. One nomination letter explaining why the department merits the award
    Nomination letter should include examples of the programs and practices mentioned above
  2. One support letter from departmental faculty

Previous Outstanding Department Award winners will not be eligible for the next consecutive 5 years.

Other supporting documentation, such as additional letters of support from faculty members, is optional and will be reviewed by the awards committee on a time-available basis. Submit all materials electronically to Chrissy Babcock at babcock@uchicago.edu.

Deadline: February 28, 2015, 5 pm Eastern Standard Time.