Medical Educational Scholarship Awards (MESA)

MESA is a comprehensive professional development program established in 2003 by the SGEA and supported by its member institutions.

The goal of the MESA is to encourage, recognize, and reward promising teaching scholars, achievements in educational scholarship, and distinguished careers in medical education scholarship within the active membership of the SGEA.

2007 Award Recipients

Promising Medical Educator Scholarship Award

Pradip Patel, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine
"PDA Use in Medical Education: A Pilot Study of Medical Student, Resident, and Patient Perceptions"
Co-authors: Ruth Greenberg, PhD, Karen Miller, PhD, Mary Carter, MD, PhD, and Craig Ziegler, MS

Outstanding Presentation Award

Co-Authors Heather Harrell, MD, and James Lynch, MD, University of Flordiay School of Medicine; Melissa Fischer and Erip Alper, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Adam Cifu, MD, and Krista Johnson, MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
"Incorporating Reflection into Medical Education: Strategies, Pitfalls and Future Directions"

2006 Award Recipients

Promising Medical Educator Scholarship Award

Mark Holden, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch
"You Thought You'd Seen It All: Ethical Dilemmas in Medical Education"
Co-authors: Alice Speer, MD and Cheryl Vaiani, MD, Branch at Galveston

Outstanding Presentation Award

Karen Szauter, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch
"Do Students Do What They Write and Write What They Do?"
Co-authors: Michael Ainsworth, MD, Mark Holden, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

2005 Award Recipients

Promising Medical Educator Scholarship Award

Beat Steiner, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
"Promoting Service Among Students"
Co-authors: Diane Calleson, PhD and Dain Vines, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Outstanding Presentation Award

John Pelly, PhD, Texas Tech University School of Medicine

"We've Given the Myers-Briggs To Our Students....Now What Do We Do with It?"
Co-authors: Georgette Dent, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and David Rudy, MD, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

2004 Award Recipients

Promising Medical Education Scholar Award

M. Marie Dent, Ph. D., Mercer University School of Medicine
"The Cultural Genogram: A Tool to Educate Culturally Competent Physicians"
Co-authors: Sylvia Shellenberger, Ph. D., Paul Seale, M.D., and Monique Davis-Smith, M.D. Mercer University School of Medicine

Outstanding Presentation Award

Ann Frye, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
"Using Systematic Curriculum Evaluation to Enhance and Promote Curriculum Quality"
Co-authors: Kyle Rarey Ph.D., University of Florida College of Medicine,
Mary T. Coleman, M. D., Susan S. Hall, and Jacqueline Krugler, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Andrew Payer, Ph. D., Florida State University College of Medicine