Mac-CARE Excellence in Teaching Award:
The annual Mac-CARE Excellence in Teaching Award honors a community preceptor from each of McMaster University’s four clinical education campuses—Grand Erie Six Nations, Osler, Halton, and Burlington—as well as the two medical education campuses in the Waterloo and Niagara regions. This prestigious award is presented with deepest appreciation to preceptors who demonstrate outstanding teaching, enthusiasm, and motivation for medical learners, embodying the life-long, self-directed learning model of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.
At the start of each calendar year, the Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) offices issue a call for nominations. Learners nominate preceptors, and these nominations are then redacted and reviewed by the MEC and CEC Directors and Coordinators, who cast their votes.
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Burlington CEC
Year: Winner – Specialty
2023: Dr. Daniel Hoppe – Orthopedic Surgery
2022: Dr. Dale Kalina – Infectious Diseases
2021: Dr. Fraser Bebbington – Anesthesia
2020: Dr. Mohanad Shalan Al-Gazi – Pediatrics
2017: Dr. Angela Jones – Family Medicine
2015: Dr. Matthew Robinson – Family Medicine
2014: Dr. Adele Nguyen – Obstetrics and Gynecology
Grand Erie Six Nations CEC
Year: Winner – Specialty
2023: Dr. Neil Howatt – Surgery
2022: Dr. Mukund Tinguria – Anatomical Pathology
2021: Dr. Aaron Wynn – Family Medicine (EM)
2017: Dr. Robin Bruen – Ophthalmology
2016: Dr. Nick Minos – Family Medicine
2015: Dr. Ryan Coelho – Family Medicine
2014: Dr. Amy Montour – Family Medicine
Halton CEC
Year: Winner – Specialty
2023: Dr. Arsalan Ahmad – Hospitalist
2022: Dr. Karen Chen – Hospitalist
2021: Dr. John Kargbo – Emergency Medicine
2020: Dr. David Skogstad-Stubbs – Internal Medicine
2017: Dr. Tom Hastings – Psychiatry
2016: Dr. John Kargbo – Family Medicine (EM)
2015: Dr. Jonathan Sam – Pediatrics
2014: Dr. Jonathan Sam – Pediatrics
Niagara Regional Campus MEC
Year: Winner – Specialty
2023: Dr. Lara Gunton – Dermatology
2022: Dr. Samuel Thrall – Geriatric Medicine
2021: Dr. Melanie Senechal – Family Medicine (EM)
2020: Dr. Joyce Lam – Internal Medicine – Critical Care
2018: Dr. Jennifer Rycroft – Family Medicine
2017: Dr. Marquis Okon – Obstetrics and Gynecology
2016: Dr. Marquis Okon – Obstetrics and Gynecology
2015: Dr. Stephanie Phillips – Surgery
2014: Dr. Melanie Senechal – Family Medicine
William Osler Health System CEC
Year: Winner – Specialty
2023: Dr. Luke Hays – Emergency Medicine
2022: Dr. Raman Rai – Rheumatology
2021: Dr. Prakash Babani – Psychiatry
2020: Dr. Stanley Herman – Anesthesia
2017: Dr. Ramadan El Sugy – Obstetrics and Gynecology
2015: Dr. Robert Norrie – Family Medicine
Waterloo Regional Campus MEC
Year: Winner – Specialty
2023: Dr. Chris Hinkewich – Anesthesia
2022: Dr. David Sherman – Psychiatry
2021: Dr. Adam Wilson – Family Medicine
2020: Dr. Alexander Trussler – Internal Medicine – Palliative Care
2017: Dr. Robyn Fallen – Psychiatry
2016: Dr. Nancy Rose-Janes – Family Medicine
2015: Dr. Robert Norrie – Family Medicine
2014: Dr. Kevin Latchford – Anesthesiology