Penn Vice Dean Honored for Leadership in Medical Education

Dr. Gail Morrison, Vice Dean for Education and Director of the Office of Academic Programs at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2006 Daniel C. Tosteson Award for Leadership in Medical Education from the Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research.

The Testeson Award honors educators who have brought about important improvements and innovations in medical education.

Dr. Morrison has led curriculum innovations at Penn's medical school for over 20 years. She designed and instituted Curriculum 2000® and Virtual Curriculum 2000®, an innovative approach to medical education meant to prepare physicians to practice medicine in changing technological, social, and institutional settings. Curriculum 2000® was introduced at Penn in 1998 and has led to marked gains in student performance. Other medical schools across the U.S. have since looked to Penn's program as a model of successful curriculum reform.

Dr. Morrison has also been a proponent for medical education improvement at the national level. She was one of the founding members of the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine and was recently made Chair of the AAMC's Medical Student Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee.

Source: "Dr. Gail Morrison Receives Award for Leadership in Medical Education" - news release, PENN Medicine, July 5, 2006