Practice Education Team Award

1. The nominee must be an established team of health professionals and/or educators (preceptors) from any environment that educates UBC students.
2. The nominated team must be comprised of three or more health disciplines/professions.
3. The nominated team is recognized by others for its ability to role model and teach interprofessional competencies to UBC students at the pre-entry to practice level.
4. The activities forming the basis for the nomination must demonstrate ongoing interprofessional clinical education opportunities that implement collaborative practice** and/or teaching strategies that involve UBC students.

**Collaborative practice is the process of developing and maintaining effective interprofessional working relationships with students, practitioners, patients, and families to enable optimal health outcomes. The elements of collaboration are respect, trust, shared decision-making, and partnerships.

The UBC Health Practice Education Network (PEN) is composed of UBC faculty, administrators, and staff from across the health disciplines at UBC who support practice education. PEN provides a venue to recognize excellence in practice education and collaborative practice. 

Members of PEN and others are invited to nominate a team that provides exemplary interdisciplinary learning to students while on placement. To make a nomination, complete the online nomination form and include nomination letters from one health professional or educator and one UBC health program student who has been positively impacted by the nominated team.

Nomination letters should describe the nominated team’s contributions towards interprofessional collaborative patient-centred education in the practice setting and must include specific examples of how the team meets the eligibility criteria.

The award recipient will be selected by the UBC Health Awards Committee, which is composed of UBC faculty members, students, and public members from the health community.

By accepting the award, the recipient consents to having their names and photos published in UBC Health communications.