How to Apply

Teaching Program Award Application Information Individuals may nominate themselves or a colleague for the APA Teaching Program Award. To be considered or nominate a colleague for this award, an individual or nominator must:

  1. Be a current APA member
  2. Fill out the common application,
  3. Submit two one-to-two page letters of recommendation explaining why they are deserving of the award
  4. Submit a Program Description. You may download the minimum components of a Program Description here.
  5. Submit a CV.

The application window for 2023 awards is currently closed. Please check back late 2023 for 2024 information.

The purpose of this award is to foster interest in the teaching of general pediatrics by giving national recognition to an outstanding general pediatric program. Programs must demonstrate excellence in educational teaching methods, acceptance by students and/or residents, acceptance by the community and the institution innovations and adaptability, or outstanding quality of the individuals trained in the program. Emphasis is placed on the award being given to an outstanding program.

Award Winners

2020

  • Richard P. Shugerman, MD
  • Alaska Primary Care Track

2019

  • Helen Barrett Fromme, MD, MPHE
  • University of Chicago

2018

  • Cara Lichtenstein, MD, MPH
  • Community Health Track at Children's National Health System

2017

  • Scott Hadland, MD, MPH
  • Boston University School of Medicine

2016

  • Academic Pediatric Association Educational Scholars Program
  • Program Directors: Constance Baldwin

2015

  • Johns Hopkins University Harriet Lane Pediatric Medical Education Program
  • Program Directors: Michael Barone and Janet Serwint

2014

  • Global Health and Community Pediatrics & Advocacy Pathway at the University of Washington Directors: Heather McPhillips, MD, MPH & Brian Johnston, MD, MPH

2013

  • Mary Ottolini, MD, MPH
  • Master Teacher Leadership Development Program

2012

  • Office of Pediatric Medical Education at Duke University Medical Center Program Directors: Kathleen A. McGann, MD and Shari A. Whicker, Med - Durham, NC

2011

  • PLUS Program at UCSF (Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved) Program Director: Anda Kuo, MD

2009

  • Division of General Academic Pediatrics (GAP)
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
  • Alejandro Hoberman, MD

2008

  • CLIPP program (Computer-assisted Learning in Pediatric Programs) Children's Hospital of Dartmouth Institute for Innovative Technology in Medical Education 16 Cavendish Court, DRTC, Suite 2F Lebanon, NH 03766
  • Program Directors: Leslie Fall, MD and Norman Berman, MD

2007

  • Raymond C. Baker and Emmanuel Doyne, Program Directors
  • Comprehensive Faculty Development in Education, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

2006

  • Pediatric Clerkship Training Program
  • Jefferson Medical College
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • Program Director: Lindsay Lane, MD

2005

  • UCLA Community Health and Advocacy Training Program in Los Angeles, CA

2004

  • Residency Program in Social Pediatrics of the Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

2003

  • Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program
  • Children's Hospital Boston, MassGeneral Hospital for Children
  • Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

2002

  • Third Year Pediatric Clerkship
  • Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Bethesda, MD

2000

  • Pediatric Links with the Community Program University of Rochester Rochester, NY

1999

  • UCLA Pediatric Undergraduate Program UCLA Children's Hospital Los Angeles, CA

1998

  • Fellowship Training Program in Academic General Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York

1997

  • Pediatric Training Program Winthrop University Hospital Mineola, NY

1996

  • COPE Program Department of Pediatrics Washington University St. Louis

1995

  • Pediatric WAMI Program University of Washington Seattle

1994

  • Pediatric Residency Program University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

1993

  • Pediatric Clerkship Children's National Medical Center Washington, DC

1992

  • Integrated Medical Education Programs of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center Worcester

1991

  • University of Utah Pediatric Residency Program University of Utah Center for Health Sciences and the Primary Children's Medical Center
  • Third Year Pediatric Clerkship (MS 111), Department of Pediatrics F. Edward Heben School of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

1990

  • Behavioral Science Training Program, University of California, San Francisco

1989

  • Primary Care Training Program University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics Division of General Pediatrics

1988

  • Emergency Room Teaching Program Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Behavioral and Developmental Pediatric Fellowship Program, Department of Pediatrics Ohio State University, Columbus

1987

  • Chronic Illness Teaching Program Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing

1986

  • Pediatric Practice Model University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City

1984

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Pediatrics, Community Outreach Training Program

1982

  • Child Health Association Program University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver

1981

  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Pediatric Residency Training Program

1980

  • Primary Care Training Program Department of Pediatrics University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson

1978

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Ambulatory Services Resident Group Practice

1977

  • University of Vermont College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Burlington, VT

1976

  • University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Wyler Children's Hospital Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics

1972

  • University of Arizona College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Tucson