Society for Endocrinology - a world-leading authority on hormones

Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award

To celebrate an outstanding clinical practitioner who has made a significant contribution to the endocrine community and showed commitment to developing and delivering excellent innovative endocrine care for the benefit of patients.

Congratulations to the joint 2025 winners of the Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award, Professor Stephanie Baldeweg & Professor Barbara McGowan.

Previous Awardees

2023

2022

2021

The individual may have achieved within (though not limited to) the following areas:

Delivery of exceptional clinical care:

Ongoing commitment to patient care and well-being
Contribution to patient societies / groups
Examples of patient support and resources for patients
Delivery of pathways / care e.g. telemedicine, shared pathways with specialist nurses, seamless pathways from primary, secondary and tertiary care
Evidence of exceptional standard of care delivered e.g. patient feedback, local awards
Trials supporting clinical practice.

Development and leadership of exceptional clinical care:

Clinical trials that have led to service change / innovation
Development of cost-effective practice and seamless pathways
Innovating and establishing a new service with clear evidence of a positive outcome
Examples of governance used to reform services
National or local leadership roles within the Societies

Teaching and training:

Textbooks / training aids / on line resources to support training
Evidence of supporting endocrinology as a career choice
Support of endocrinology through the Society for Endocrinology
Networks or groups to enable sharing best practice
Contribution to health policy

The applicant could either show all round competence in all categories or particular exceptionality in one category.

Applications are welcomed from within tertiary and secondary care services from a full range of hospital sizes. Applications from consultants at non-teaching hospitals are especially encouraged.

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Deadline

The application deadline is 12 January 2025 23.59(GMT).

Value

The award winner will receive an honorarium of £750 and free travel, registration and accommodation (only paid if the winner is an Early-Career or Student Member of The Society) to attend the Society for Endocrinology BES conference, where they will share their achievement via a presentation. They will also be asked to input to an article for The Endocrinologist magazine.

Eligibility

• Current Society member
• Practising clinical practitioners who are in their mid-career, based in the UK

How to apply

Please complete the application form online. If you have any questions please contact: [email protected].

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Conditions relating to the grant/award

Candidates may not be Officers, Officers-elect or members of the Awards and Prizes Committee at the time of application or at the time of delivery of the lecture. Council members, as Trustees, are not able to receive the personal honorarium associated with the medal if they are in post at the time the lecture is given.
Clinical Endocrinology Journal Foundation and British Thyroid Association Pitt-Rivers Award winners are not eligible to be awarded a Society Medal in the same year.
Candidates cannot be awarded more than one of the Society awards per year.
Medallists should not be invited within 5 years of receiving another medal unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Check the membership requirements for each award.

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