Five lecturers in the Medical Faculty at RCSI were presented with the first ever President Teaching Awards at the undergraduate conferring dinner on Tuesday, 2 June. More ...

The winners, who were presented with their certificates by Professor Frank Keane, President of RCSI, included Dr Celine Marmion, Foundation Year; Professor Aidan Bradford, Junior Cycle; Professor Mary Leader, Intermediate Cycle; Professor Alf Nicholson, Senior Cycle 1 and Dr Eamon Leen, Graduate Entry Programme.

Introduced for the first time this year, the President’s Teaching Awards’ were established to recognise excellence in teaching within RCSI. The recipients were chosen by RCSI students in each of the cycles through the RCSI virtual learning environment system, Moodle. Initially being awarded this year in Medicine, it is envisaged that the awards in 2010 will be presented to academic staff in the Schools of Pharmacy and Physiotherapy and will then revert back to the School of Medicine every second year.

President Frank Keane said: “I would like to congratulate all the recipients on their much deserved awards and for their commitment and excellence in teaching. Each of the winners have been instrumental in developing and delivering the highest standards in medical education and I am delighted to recognise them in this way.”

Other awards on the evening included Fahal Al Rhoumi, Dan Kelly Memorial Medal; Dr Amrit Bajrangee, Best NCHD Clinical Teacher award at Connolly Hospital; Dr Muirne Spooner, Best NCHD Clinical Teacher award at Beaumont Hospital and Paul Dhillon, Gold Medal of the Association of Graduates. The Beaumont Hospital prizes awarded to RCSI medical students included Limy Wong, Lyons prize in Medicine and Surgery; Laura O’Flynn, M’Donnell Prize in Surgery and Eimear Kitt, Corrigan Prize in Medicine.