Awards

WINNERS 2022

COPE MCQ: 

COPE Paper Award: 

COPE Special Fund: 

  • Drs. Alex Whynot and Jamie Hickey (Dalhousie/Ottawa) Canadian Mental Health Modules
  • Mary Elizabeth Nguyen (McMaster) Consent and Capacity Board Preparation: A Quality Improvement project in resident education
  • Drs. Finola D’Souza and Yunlin Xue (Toronto) Psychiatric Simulation for resident learning

WINNERS 2021

COPE MCQ: Anakim Gallant (University of Montreal)

COPE Paper Award: Aditya Nidomolu’s (Dalhousie) Application of best practices in Quality
Improvement education to develop a curriculum for Psychiatry residents

WINNERS 2020

COPE MCQ: Michael Wodzinski (University of Toronto)

COPE Paper Award: Chelcie Soroka (Dalhousie University) A needs assessment of cannabis curriculums in Canadian psychiatry residencies

COPE Special Fund: Ben Joseph (NOSM) Gladue courts and advocacy training in residency

WINNERS 2019

COPE MCQ: Vanessa Aversa (University of Toronto)

COPE Paper Award: Marie Fournier (McGill University) A peer mentoring initiative across medical residency programs

COPE Special Fund:

  • Amanda Degenhardt (UBC) Psychiatric Leadership Training Curriculum
  • Kayla Simms and Sandra Westcott (McMaster University) Psychiatry Education through Play and Talk (PEP Talks)

WINNERS 2018

COPE MCQ: Michael Thomson (Western University)

COPE Paper Award:

  • Anthony Yeung (University of Toronto) Boot Camps in Medical Education: Transition to Junior Psychiatry Residency
  • David Benrimoh (McGill University) Why we still use “Organic Causes”: Results of a Survey of Psychiatrists and Residents

COPE Special Fund:

  • Jihane Henni (University of Calgary) Improving Interdisciplinary Psychiatry Simulation Training
  • Sarah Hanafi et al. (McGill University) Cultural Humility and Social Accountability: Providing Mental Health for Montreal’s Muslim communities
  • Tara Riddell (McMaster University) Formalized Wellness Curriculum

 

RESIDENT BEST PAPER AWARD

Submission Criteria

  • Only papers whose subject matter is related to medical/psychiatric education/training will be considered.
  • The original manuscript may be in either English or French. The manuscript should not exceed 2,500 words, including the abstract. The word count must appear on the title page. All parts of the manuscript, quotations, references, and tables, must be double spaced throughout. The manuscripts must be typed in upper and lower case on one side only of 8½ x 11 inch non-erasable bond paper. All four margins must be 1½ inches. All pages must be numbered. The paper should be arranged in the following order with each item beginning a new page: title page; structured abstract; text; references; tables and/or figures.
  • Papers should be accompanied by a cover letter indicating that it is intended for publication and that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors. All correspondence will be sent to the first named author unless otherwise specified. The work embodied in the manuscript is to have been completed while one of the primary authors was a psychiatry resident.
  • A statement that informed consent has been obtained must appear in manuscripts that report results on human subjects.
  • Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they represent original material, and have not been published previously except in abstract form.
  • You must provide the original manuscript in electronic format.
  • This award includes a $1,000 cash honorarium to be presented with a plaque by the winner’s program director.

COPE will select the single best manuscript that fits the criteria. Please note that the winner will be notified directly once the judgement process is complete.

Deadline: September 15, 2023

Submissions can be sent to: Chrisoula Patoucheas chrisoula.patoucheas@mcgill.ca 

PRIX COPE POUR LES RÉSIDENTES ET RÉSIDENTS

Les coordonnateurs de la formation postdoctorale en psychiatrie (COPE) prix pour le meilleur article sur la formation soumis par un(e) résident(e) en psychiatrie au Canada

Critères de mise en candidature

  • Les articles soumis dont le sujet n’est pas en lien avec la formation/éducation en médecine/psychiatrie ne seront pas admissibles pour ce prix.
  • Le manuscrit original peut être présenté en anglais ou en français. Le manuscrit ne devrait pas dépasser 2500 mots, y compris le résumé.  Le nombre de mots doit figurer sur la page titre.  Toutes les parties du manuscrit, les citations, les références et les tableaux, doivent être à double interligne.  Les manuscrits doivent être dactylographiés en majuscules et en minuscules sur un côté seulement d’une feuille de papier bond ineffaçable de 8½ x 11 pouces.  Les quatre marges doivent toutes être de 1½ pouce.  Toutes les pages doivent être numérotées.  L’article devrait être disposé dans l’ordre suivant pour chaque élément qui commence une nouvelle page : page titre; résumé structuré; texte; références; tableaux et / ou figures.
  • L’article devrait être accompagné d’une page couverture indiquant qu’il est destiné à être publié et que le manuscrit a été lu et approuvé par tous les auteurs. Toutes les correspondances seront envoyées à l’auteur(e) nommé(e) en premier, à moins d’indications contraires.  Les travaux contenus dans le manuscrit devraient avoir été réalisés alors que l’un des principaux auteurs était un(e) résident(e) en psychiatrie.
  • Une déclaration à l’effet qu’un consentement éclairé a été obtenu doit apparaître dans les manuscrits qui présentent des résultats obtenus chez des sujets humains.
  • Les manuscrits sont acceptés à des fins d’évaluation en supposant qu’il s’agisse de matériel original et qu’ils n’aient pas fait l’objet d’une publication antérieure, excepté sous la forme de résumé.
  • Vous devez fournir le manuscrit original en format électronique.
  • Ce prix comprend une rétribution en argent au montant de 1000 $ remise avec une plaque par le directeur du programme du (de la) gagnant(e).

COPE choisira le meilleur manuscrit qui répond aux critères. Veuillez noter que le (la) gagnant(e) en sera directement avisé(e) une fois la sélection finale prise.

Date limite: 15 Septembre 2023

Les propositions peuvent être envoyées à Chrisoula Patoucheas chrisoula.patoucheas@mcgill.ca

 

RESIDENT MCQ AWARD

Coordinators of Postgraduate Psychiatric Education for the best set of COPE examination multiple choice questions submitted by a Psychiatry resident in Canada

Submission Criteria

  • A set of 5 multiple-choice questions that could be used for a future COPE examination. Each question should include 4 possible answers, with only 1 correct answer.
  • A statement that all questions are original and a product of the submitting author.
  • You must provide the original set of 5 questions in electronic format.
  • All questions should be appropriately referenced to substantiate the correct answer, and where appropriate discuss why the other options are incorrect.
  • The questions may be submitted in either English or French, and will be translated into the alternate language by a COPE designated translator.
  • This award includes a $500 cash honorarium to be presented with a plaque by the winner’s program director.

COPE will select the one best set of 5 questions. Questions will be judged on qualities such as, but not limited to: clinical applicability, coherence, accuracy, breadth of knowledge and appropriate referencing. Please note that the winner will be notified directly once the final selection has been made. All questions may be used in future COPE examinations. Submissions can be sent to: Dr. Mark Bosma, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, bosmam@cdha.nshealth.ca.

PRIX DE L’EXAMEN COPE POUR LES RÉSIDENTES ET RÉSIDENTS

Les coordonnateurs de la formation postdoctorale en psychiatrie (COPE) prix pour la meilleure série de questions à choix multiple à l’examen COPE soumises par un(e) résident(e) en psychiatrie au Canada

Critères de mise en candidature

  • Une série de cinq questions à choix multiples qui pourraient être utilisées dans un futur examen COPE. Chaque question devrait comporter quatre réponses possibles et seulement une réponse correcte.
  • Une déclaration à l’effet que toutes les questions sont originales et ont été élaborées et soumises par l’auteur(e).
  • Vous devez fournir la série originale de cinq questions en format électronique.
  • Toutes les questions devraient comporter les références appropriées permettant d’étayer la réponse correcte et, le cas échéant, décrire pourquoi les autres choix sont incorrects.
  • Les questions peuvent être présentées en anglais ou en français et seront traduites dans l’autre langue par un traducteur choisi par COPE.
  • Ce prix comprend une rétribution en argent au montant de 500 $ remise avec une plaque par le directeur du programme du (de la) gagnant(e).

COPE choisira la meilleure série de cinq questions. Les questions seront jugées en fonction de qualités telles que : leur applicabilité clinique, leur cohérence, leur exactitude, l’étendue des connaissances et les références adéquates. Veuillez noter que le (la) gagnant(e) en sera directement avisé(e) une fois la sélection finale faite. Toutes les questions pourront être utilisées lors de futurs examens COPE.

Les propositions peuvent être envoyées au Dr Mark Bosma, Département de psychiatrie, Université Dalhousie, à bosmam@nshealth.ca.

 

COPE SPECIAL FUND

Objective:

COPE is dedicated to enhancing and improving the quality of postgraduate residency training for all psychiatry residents across Canada. COPE strongly believes in encouraging resident leadership within novel educational initiatives that are specific to a program’s educational needs and interests. One of the ways COPE hopes to promote postgraduate residency training is through COPE’s Special Educational Fund. This fund is meant to encourage a broad range of educational activities related to postgraduate psychiatry training in Canada. The projects submitted for this fund should be led by residents and can also include program directors and educational leaders.

Description of guidelines and requirements:

  • There will be one $2,500 grant for the best educational proposals/projects each year.
  • Submissions will be reviewed by the COPE scientific subcommittee, and the most noteworthy submission will be selected.
  • Draft proposition: The submission’s merit will be assessed based on, but not limited to, its
    • innovative educational component (workshops and interactive events will carry more weight)
    • added value to psychiatry residency training
    • capacity to help programs attain the Royal College’s new standards of accreditation (such as educational training in the area of assessing and improving the quality of patient care, involving patient input in training programs, addressing hidden curriculum, etc.) or CBME, etc.
  • The COPE Research subcommittee will review all applications
  • The winning applicant(s) will be notified as soon as possible after which those applicants can move ahead in planning their local events.
  • The winning educational event(s) must first be paid by their home program. COPE will reimburse the winning applicants/institution following the submission of the following information:
    • The number of residents that attended the event
    • In general, the feedback received about the event
    • Recommendations as to what might be done differently to improve the event, should it be repeated in future.
  • There are no limits to the number of applicants per university. The most innovative initiatives will be awarded with available funding.

Application:

  • Applicant name:
  • Applicant year of training (if resident):
  • Applicant university:
  • Program director or delegate overseeing educational activity (if resident):
  • Title of educational activity:
  • Type of educational activity (for example: advanced training session with an expert speaker, CBME implementation project, etc.):
  • Detailed description of educational activity. 
    • Please include such information as the educational event’s learning objectives, the intended gaps this educational activity will fill, its scope (one cohort of residents or all psychiatry residents), any expected local benefits, the format to be used (workshop, role playing, etc.), the potential to turn this event into a research project (for example: pre-post survey) and how formal feedback on the event will be collected.
  • Anticipated benefit of the project to postgraduate training?
  • Projected cost of educational activity

Adjudication Process:

  • Applications will be reviewed by the COPE Research subcommittee

Deadline: Friday, September 15, 2023

Submissions can be sent to: Chrisoula Patoucheas chrisoula.patoucheas@mcgill.ca