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Dr. Cheryl Murphy receives Educator of the delivery. She has provided innovation in educational
Year award programming in various areas of the Department of
Psychiatry and made contributions to education at a
Dr. Cheryl Murphy was the 2017 recipient of the Educator national level. She has been very involved with the
of the Year Award. Dr. Murphy was nominated by her peers Royal College for many years, as well as other national
and is recognized as an exceptional faculty member who education organizations like COPE, and COUPE, a
has demonstrated excellence in teaching, mentorship national psychiatry undergraduate group. She won the
in scholarly activity, and/or leadership and innovation Dalhousie University Faculty Award of Excellence in
in the development of educational programming. Her Teaching in 2015-16 and is certainly deserving of the 2017
excellence as an educator is evident in her formal roles as Educator of the Year Award.
Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department
of Psychiatry and as a clinician-educator in the Geriatric
Psychiatry Program. She has been the clerkship director Stan Kutcher receives ACPC Award
since 2005, overseeing all Dalhousie students’ psychiatry Dr. Stan Kutcher received the ACPC Award for Creative
rotation at both the Halifax and New Brunswick campuses. Professional Activity from the Canadian Psychiatric
Dr. Murphy is also a med 1/ 2 core curriculum tutor, a Association in 2017. This award highlights the importance
med 2 clinical skills tutor, a med 3 teacher, and a family of creative professional activity in Canadian departments
medicine resident geriatric psychiatry rotation supervisor. of psychiatry by rewarding exceptional contributions. Dr.
She has worked to increase interest in psychiatry at Kutcher received the award due to his innovation, creativity
the undergraduate level by improving the curriculum, and contributions to the development of professional
providing individual student mentoring, ensuring close practices in mental health.
collaboration with postgraduate training and by fostering
the development and continuation of the psychiatry Drs. Donna Davis and Kara MacNeil awarded
interest group. Her efforts help to support our postgraduate by the Faculty of Medicine
program’s ability to attract high quality candidates. She Drs. Donna Davis and Kara MacNeil both received awards
excels as a mentor in medical education across levels of from the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie in 2017. Dr.
learners. She has supervised residents/fellows in medical Davis was the recipient of the 2017 Faculty of Medicine
education electives, and in medical education scholarly Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice. This award
projects. recognizes a clinical faculty member with eight or more
years of experience in patient care and service to the
Dr. Murphy has made substantial contributions to the teaching hospital and/or community. The recipient of
Geriatric Psychiatry Program application for Royal College the award is someone who is an excellent role model in
subspecialty training program accreditation and program

Dr. Cheryl Murphy receives the 2017 Educator of the Year Award from Dr. Dr. Stan Kutcher
Michael Teehan.

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