Lior Givon, Ph.D., M.D. received the Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award and Heather Vestal, M.D. was awarded the Jonathan F. Borus Outstanding Early Career Educator Award at the Symposium on Medical Student Education in Psychiatry on April 26th, 2016.
The Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award for medical student education in psychiatry has been presented annually since 2004 to HMS faculty members who have inspired medical students by their warmth, character and dedication to medical student teaching in psychiatry and have exemplified for students the vitality and relevance of psychiatry to medical practice. Nominees must be HMS faculty members who have demonstrated in their careers a truly outstanding and enduring commitment to teaching, mentorship and leadership in psychiatric education. The Kettyle Award is named in honor of Dr. Cynthia N. Kettyle who served as director of medical student education in psychiatry at HMS from 1993 to 2004 in addition to serving as director of medical student education at McLean Hospital. She is known throughout the HMS community for her efforts to promote excellence in psychiatric education, her exceptional commitment to the well-being and training of medical students, and her tireless dedication to the art of teaching psychiatry.
The Jonathan F. Borus Outstanding Early Career Educator Award in medical student education has been awarded since 2011 to a junior faculty member at Harvard Medical School who has demonstrated exceptional promise, initiative and commitment in the area of psychiatric education. Eligible applicants for the Jonathan F. Borus Outstanding Early Career Educator Award must be HMS Psychiatry faculty members who are in the initial phases of their career (generally having completed residency or fellowship training within the past seven years). Candidates are considered primarily according to the demonstrated quality of their medical student teaching. Activities that provide additional evidence for a significant commitment to medical education are also considered, such as curriculum development, educational administrative roles, or educational research, as well as residency teaching and supervision. The award is named in honor of Jonathan F. Borus MD, the Stanley Cobb Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus Chair of Psychiatry at the Brigham and Women’s and Faulkner Hospitals, Director of Medical Education at BWH and Co-Chair of the Partners Education Committee, who has exerted a major and lasting impact on psychiatric undergraduate and graduate education. In addition to being a master educator and educational leader, Dr. Borus is known widely for his generous mentorship and outspoken advocacy for generations of trainees who themselves have made important contributions to medical education.