THE RDoC PUDDESTER AWARD FOR RESIDENT WELLNESS
Resident Doctors of Canada is pleased to honour those who, with enthusiasm, passion, and proficiency, have contributed to improving resident wellness in Canada. During his term as President and as Wellbeing Chair, Dr. Derek Puddester dedicated himself to rededicating RDoC’s efforts in promoting the wellness of all resident doctors in Canada. The Board has presented this award in honour of his achievements since 2002. Beginning in 2012, the Award has been presented in two categories: Staff and Resident.
Before February 2015, this award was known as the Dr. Derek Puddester CAIR Award for Resident Well-Being.
The call for nominations for the 2024 RDoC Awards is now open, nominate someone today!
Award Eligibility
Staff category: Physicians, including program directors, educators or others; any other individual(s), programs or organizations closely associated with resident wellness in Canada. In situations where an organization is being nominated, please provide a contact name for that organization on the application.
Resident category: Resident doctors registered in any Canadian PGME program. Nominees for the resident categories must have been a resident doctor training in Canada within the past 12 months to be eligible for consideration.
Award Criteria
To qualify, nominees must:
- demonstrate a firm commitment to resident wellness through specific actions and initiatives;
- exemplify creativity and leadership in taking action to improve and promote resident wellness; and,
- bring about change that has the potential to result in positive, long-term improvement to resident wellness in Canada.
Recipients
| Resident Physician Category | Staff Physician Category | |
| 2023 | Doctor Victor Do
University of Toronto |
N/A |
| 2022 | Doctor Yasmin Nasirzadeh
University of Toronto |
Doctor Élisabeth Doyon
University of Sherbrooke |
| 2021 | Doctor Alexandre Coutin
University of Ottawa |
The DRS Program (Dr Shannon Ruzycki, Dr. Kannin Osei-Tutu, Dr. MacGregor Steele)
University of Calgary |
| 2020 | Doctor Erene Stergiopoulos
University of Toronto |
Doctor Sarah Manos
Dalhousie University |
| 2019 | Doctor Alyssa Lip University of Calgary |
Doctor Cheryl ffrench University of Manitoba |
| 2018 | Doctor Jonathan Dean University of Saskatchewan |
Doctor Jonathan DellaVedova NOSM, Sault Ste Marie |
| 2017 | Doctor Ahmed Taher University of Toronto |
Doctor Eric Barlett University of Toronto |
| 2016 | Doctor Zafrina Poonja University of Saskatchewan |
Doctor Dianna Louie BC Children’s Hospital |
| 2015 | Doctor Laura Swaney Dalhousie University | Doctor Susan Edwards University of Toronto |
| 2014 | Doctor Kathleen Broad University of Toronto | Doctor Yves Talbot University of Toronto |
| 2013 | Doctor Daisy Lui McMaster University |
Doctor Joanne Todesco University of Calgary |
| 2012 | Doctor Amy Robinson Montreal Children’s Hospital |
Doctors Kathryn Dong et Erica Dance University of Alberta |
| 2011 | Doctor Steve Beerman University of British Columbia |
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| 2010 | Doctor Keith Wycliffe-Jones University of Calgary |
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| 2009 | Doctor David Vanderburgh NOSM, Thunder Bay |
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| 2008 | The Alberta Physician and Family Support Program (PFSP) | |
| 2007 | Doctor François Bourque la Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec |
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| 2006 | Doctor Jordan Cohen University of Calgary |
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| 2005 | Mme Lois Ross PAIRO |
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| 2004 | Doctor Monica Penner ACMR |
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| 2003 | Doctor Hanif Chatur* PAR-BC |
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| 2002 | Doctor Mike Myers University of British Columbia |
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*First resident recipient
