Dr. R. Franklin Trimm, professor of pediatrics at the University of
South Alabama, was recently selected as one of a small group of medical
educators from across the United States to receive the Parker J. Palmer
Courage to Teach Award.
Dr. Trimm will be presented the award at
the Annual Education Conference of the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in National Harbor, Md., in February
2014.
This award, given by ACGME, honors residency program
directors who find innovative ways to teach residents and to provide
quality health care while remaining connected to the initial impulse to
care for others in this environment.
“I am humbled and honored to
be a recipient of this award, which represents the values that have
made being involved in graduate medical education a very rewarding
journey,” said Dr. Trimm, who has directed the pediatric residency
training program at USA for the past 20 years.
Parker J. Palmer
is the author of the book The Courage to Teach and whose promotion of
the concept of "living divided no more" has proven relevant to teaching
in academic health centers.
“The supportive environment USA has
provided me has been vital to my involvement in innovative educational
activities and career development that are recognized with this award,”
said Dr. Trimm.
For additional information on the ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award
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