Angela Punnett MD FRCPC

Biography

Dr. Angela Punnett is a clinician educator in the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at SickKids. She is Director of the Undergraduate Medical Education Program for Paediatrics and Associate Director of the Pediatric Haematology-Oncology Education Program at the University of Toronto. She is fortunate to work with an amazing team of educators and administrators and is actively involved in undergraduate teaching, curriculum development and assessment activities, and faculty development initiatives.

Quote from the Winner

Medical education is a reciprocal and synergistic process. I continue to be motivated and inspired by our students and their enthusiasm, creativity, and generosity.

About the Award

These awards are named after William Thomas Aikins, the first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine after its reorganization in1887. They are the Faculty’s most prestigious awards in the MD Program. They were established to recognize and formally reward outstanding teachers in the areas of Individual Teaching Performance (Foundations and Clerkship), Development and Use of Educational Innovations, and Course / Program Development and Coordination. Recipients of these awards have significantly contributed to high-quality undergraduate teaching by establishing and integrating new and effective methods of instruction into the curriculum.