The Postgraduate Administrators Advisory Committee (PAAC) was established in 2017 and is a subcommittee of the Postgraduate Medical Education Advisory Committee (PGMEAC). The PAAC provides collaborative support, orientation, and essential knowledge pertaining to the medical education administrator role and advises the PGMEAC regarding program support for administrators in academic departments, medical education and training sites affiliated with postgraduate medical education. Click here to access the PAAC meeting materials.
In 2018, the PAAC established the Positive Achievement and Appreciation award to recognize excellence in program administration, a person who “consistently exhibits a commitment to enhancing the program and trainee experience through innovative program planning and process improvements”. In 2020, the award was expanded to two awards, one for Administrative Excellence/Leadership and a second for Quality Improvement/Innovation. In 2022, the PAAC announced the addition of a third award, the Dan Stojimirovic Career Achievement Award.
| YEAR | AWARD | RECIPIENT | DEPARTMENT | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Administrative Excellence/Leadership | |||
| Quality Improvement/Innovation | ||||
| Dan Stojimirovic Career Achievement Award | ||||
| 2023 | Administrative Excellence/Leadership | Hayley Spence | General Internal Medicine | Women's College Hospital |
| Quality Improvement/Innovation | Daniel Johnston | Neurology | University of Toronto | |
| Dan Stojimirovic Career Achievement Award | Lela Sarjoo | Department of Family and Community Medicine | University of Toronto | |
| 2022 | Administrative Excellence/Leadership | Julie Wei | Division of Cardiac Surgery | Toronto General Hospital |
| Quality Improvement/Innovation | Brittany Marshman | Clinical Genetics and Metabolics | Sick Kids | |
| Dan Stojimirovic Career Achievement Award | Paula Nixon | Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology | University of Toronto | |
| 2021 | Administrative Excellence/Leadership | Sandra Gauci | Opthamology & Vision Sciences | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
| Quality Improvement/Innovation | Andrea Donovan | Department of Otolaryngology | University of Toronto | |
| 2020 | Administrative Excellence/Leadership | Karianne Mintz | Psychiatry | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
| Quality Improvement/Innovation | Robert Gardin | Psychiatry | University of Toronto | |
| 2019 | Positive Achievement and Appreciation award | Edwin Ang | Department of Family and Community Medicine | St. Michael’s Hospital |
| 2018 | Positive Achievement and Appreciation award | Michelle Paiva | Division of Vascular Surgery | University of Toronto |
