THE RDoC PUDDESTER AWARD FOR RESIDENT WELLNESS

The call for nominations is now open. Deadline January 29, 2023. Nominate someone today!

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.

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
2021	Doctor Alexandre Coutin University of Ottawa	Doctors Shannon Ruzycki, Kannin Osei-Tutu, and MacGregor Steele The Directors of Resident Support Program, 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 Northern Ontario School of Medicine, 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 and Erica Dance University of Alberta
2011	Doctor Steve Beerman University of British Columbia
2010	Doctor Keith Wycliffe-Jones University of Calgary
2009	Doctor David Vanderburgh Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay
2008	The Alberta Physician and Family Support Program (PFSP)
2007	Doctor François Bourque la Fédération des médecins résidents du Québec
2006	Doctor Jordan Cohen University of Calgary
2005	Mrs Lois Ross PAIRO
2004	Doctor Monica Penner CAIR
2003	Doctor Hanif Chatur* PAR-BC
2002	Doctor Mike Myers University of British Columbia

*First resident recipient