PARO Trust Fund Resident Teaching Award

The PARO Trust Fund makes an annual $1000 award to each of the seven Ontario medical schools. The awards are to honour residents who have provided outstanding clinical teaching experiences to junior housestaff and clinical clerks. The winners will be honoured at the time of the PARO Clinical Teaching Awards Banquet to be held in Toronto.

  1. The deadline for nominations is Monday, January 26, 2026.

    All applications should be e-mailed in electronic format to the PGME office at postgraduate.medicine@schulich.uwo.ca. 

  2. Nominations may come from Program Directors, residents, and clinical clerks.

  3. Nominations should include the name of the resident who must be currently registered with the Postgraduate Medical Education Office at Western, (clinical/research fellows are not eligible for this award), reasons why the nominee is being recommended for the award as well as how the resident has demonstrated excellence in clinical teaching.

  4. The nomination should be accompanied by a letter of support from the resident’s Program Director in electronic format. Up to 5 additional letters of support may be included. Nomination packages should include all the letters of support in one PDF file, and should be sent to postgraduate.medicine@schulich.uwo.ca by January 26, 2026.

  5. The Selection Committee will consist of:

    Chair-The Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education
    Program Director Representative(s)
    Postgraduate Medical Education Representative
    PARO Resident Representative
    Undergraduate Medical Education Representative