UNC Academy of Educators

The Mission of the Academy is:

1. to promote and support excellence in teaching and the work and career paths of excellent teachers
2. to promote and fund curricular innovation, evidence-based curricular change and a scholarly approach to the education mission; and
3. to provide a forum for education leadership and advice for the Dean, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Vice Dean for Medical Education and the leadership of the curriculum.

Teaching Awards 

The Academy of Educators Committee on Teaching Awards has established a number of teaching awards to recognize the importance of excellence in medical student teaching, increase the prestige of great teachers and make teaching a more viable part of a faculty member’s career path. 

Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award - Off Campus Faculty 2017:                            2017 Junior Faculty Award:

Emily MacNeill, MD Emergency Medicine

Gaurav Sachdev, MD General Surgery

Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award - Off Campus Faculty 2016

Catherine Wares, MD Emergency Medicine

Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award - Off Campus Faculty 2015

James M. Horton, MD Internal Medicine

Linda Mundle, MD Behavioral Health

Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award - Off Campus Faculty 2014

Michele Birch, MD Family Medicine

Iris Cheng, MD, FACP Internal Medicine

Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award – Off-campus Faculty 2013

David Lelio, MD Behavioral Health

Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award - Off Campus Faculty 2012

Laszlo Littmann, MD Internal Medicine

Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award - Off Campus Faculty 2011

Erika Steinbacher, MD Cabarrus Family Medicine