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The Irby-James Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
 Congratulations Dr. Kaplan !
On October 11, 2006, during the 8th Annual Faculty Excellence Awards Program The School of Medicine presented the Irby-James Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching to Dr. Brian J. Kaplan, MD in recognition of superior teaching and professionalism in clinical medicine taught in the last two years of medical school and residency training.
Dr. Kaplan has been the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program for four years, demonstrating his passion for teaching residents and 3rd and 4th year medical students. “He is the only two-time recipient of the Arnold M. Salzberg Award in Surgery, which recognizes superior integrity, leadership, teaching and clinical ability and is presented by the Chief Residents. He is consistently nominated as the ' Best Attending ' by the School of Medicine med students and has been recognized nationally by the Association for Surgical Education, which recently accepted him into the Surgical Educational Research Fellowship program,” added James Neifeld, MD, McGuire Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery.
| "As a teacher of clinical surgery, Dr. Kaplan's commitment and success are legendary. From the bedside to the operating room, he has high expectations and imparts a rich experience to all participants." |
alumnus Clifford L. Deal, MD
VCU 2005 |
| “Inside the OR, Dr. Kaplan creates a cosntructive learning environmnet for all participants. Whether the learner is a 3rd year medical student who is scrubbing for the first time or a chief resident who is learning to master a complex oeperation, Dr. Kaplan engages everyone in active thinking and inquiry. He is a gifted teacher who easily holds his audience's attention with his tremendous knowledge and familiarity with the literature and his wonderful style.” |
Chief Resident Brian King, MD
VCU 2006 |
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 About the Irby-James Award
The award recognizes and encourages excellence in an increasingly complicated and challenging educational environment.
The award is named in honor of two outstanding physician educators, both Professors of Internal Medicine:
W. Robert Irby, M.D., and
G. Watson James, III, M.D.
Whitby, Inc., a pharmaceutical marketing and research company, formerly a subsidiary of Ethyl Corporation, Richmond VA , established the award in 1992.
The award is funded by a gift to the MCV Foundation. A cash award from the endowment fund will be given to the recipient. This year's cash award is $3,137.00
Each award recipient's name will be placed on a plaque in the lobby of Sanger Hall. A photo of each recipient will be placed in Sanger Hall's Curriculum Corridor.
About the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
The Faculty Excellence Award recognizes extraordinary accomplishment in all aspects of education. This award is the School of Medicine 's highest recognition for teaching.
The School of Medicine gives the Faculty Excellence Award annually to a faculty member who is an outstanding teacher and has a compelling record of contributions to education.
 As a teacher, the individual successfully stimulates student intellectual achievement through superior communication skills and interpersonal rapport. The recipient of the award enthusiastically relates information in all instructional situations, displaying outstanding scholarship, and cogent organization. The exemplary educator respects students, knows many by name and history, promotes their critical thinking, and inspires students of all abilities to extraordinary accomplishment. He/she is a role model for the highest standards of professionalism.
As an educator, the individual is widely recognized for educational leadership and academic inquiry. The faculty member supports the educational excellence of colleagues, and embodies a spirit of instructional innovation.
A cash award of $1,000 will be given to the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award recipient and $3,000 for the recipient's scholarly and educational development. The award can be used for education, scholarship, faculty development, or other activities of choice (managed through recipient's department). The individual's name will be placed on a plaque in the lobby of Sanger Hall. Award recipients may receive the same award after three years and upon demonstration of additional achievement. A photo of the recipient will also be placed in Sanger Hall.
For more information:
http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/ofid/facdev/ann_teach_awrds.htm
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