Ian Johnson MD MSc FRCPC

Associate Professor

Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education Award: Teaching Performance, Mentorship and Advocacy

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Biography

Dr. Johnson is a retired Public Health Physician who graduated from Dalhousie Medical School, completed a Masters Degree in Epidemiology at McMaster University, and completed specialty training in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Manitoba. Ian worked in public health for 10 years before moving to the University of Toronto where he taught public health to medical students. He then returned to work at Public Health Ontario. Since retirement, he has been volunteering as an Academic Advisor to the residents in the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Program.

Quote from the Winner

I really enjoy the residents on so many levels. Professionally, they help keep me up-to-date by asking great questions and pushing my knowledge of public health. Personally, they are wonderful friends and colleagues whom I enjoy seeing grow and develop into become competent and caring specialists in population health.

About the Award

This award, also established in 2003, recognizes outstanding contributions of faculty members who demonstrate excellence in teaching and serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees. The award may acknowledge continuous or long- term excellence in instruction, career counseling, promotion of collegiality, or role modeling for postgraduate trainees.