MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: (505) 272-2311
reflib@salud.unm.edu
Each year, the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center solicits nominations from SOM, CON, and COP faculty for its student awards. These awards recognize students who excel in various aspects of Biomedical Informatics, including teaching, information seeking and critical appraisal, and research. Recipients will each receive a $100 award.
To nominate a student, nominators should send a Letter of Recommendation to the award’s faculty contact (below) outlining why their nominee is deserving of this award. Letters may be sent on paper or as e-mail attachments. For the SOM Award for Excellence in Informatics and the CON Award for Excellence in Information Seeking and Critical Appraisal, nominators should also send an electronic copy of the student’s research paper. The awards will be presented at the Annual Medical Student Award Ceremony in May, the College of Nursing convocation for graduating BSN students, or the COP Graduation Banquet.
Nominations are due by March 31st.
This award is given to a graduating Senior medical student, nominated by a SOM faculty member, fellow, resident, or another graduating medical student for demonstrating continuous, life-long learning practices by evaluating and sharing information with the healthcare team and by educating patients about medications and procedures, choices in healthcare, and disease management.
Award Amount: $100
Contact: Brian Bunnett
This award is given by HSLIC faculty to a Phase I student nominated by a tutor or other SOM faculty member, fellow, or resident as best demonstrating skills in information seeking and information evaluation
Award Amount: $100
Contact: Jonathan Eldredge, PhD
This award is given to a graduating senior medical student, nominated by a SOM faculty member, fellow, or resident, for the student research project paper which best demonstrates the use of informatics in their research or best addresses an informatics issue.
Award Amount: $100
Contact: Jason Bengtson
This award is given to a graduating undergraduate senior nursing student, nominated by a CON faculty member for the student research analysis paper produced for N332 – Introduction to Nursing Research, which best demonstrates excellent skills in information seeking and information evaluation.
Award Amount: $100
Contact: Ingrid Hendrix
This award is given by HSLIC faculty to a fourth year Pharm.D. student – nominated by a COP faculty member or preceptor – who, throughout their academic career at the COP has demonstrated familiarity with a variety of information resources, skill in using resources to retrieve information, the ability to critically evaluate information, and the ability to integrate and communicate that information in a professional environment.
Award Amount: $100
Contact: Dick Carr