The Master Clinician Award is Baylor's highest institution-wide honor for faculty contributions to patient care. Active faculty members who have made stellar and enduring contributions over the course of their careers to the clinical mission of the College may be considered for nomination.
Review Process
Application reviews are based on demonstrated clinical excellence and expertise, including local, regional or national reputation, consistently high quality of patient care, professionalism and communication, leadership, ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, students and administrators, clinical innovation, and continuous service to the Baylor community.
Eligibility:
To be eligible you must be an active full-time, part-time or voluntary associate professor with more than 20 years or more of clinical service or a professor who has 15 or more years of clinical service as a Baylor faculty member. Candidates must be nominated by their section chief, chair, medical director or center director.
Information to exclude:
Do not include any patient letters (current or historical letters, notes, cards or documents from patients or patients’ family members) regardless of redaction of personal information. It is, however, acceptable to include historical letters or documents from nurses, trainees, employees/staff that have been received in the past. Applicants and required to ensure and attest that such support letters do not contain references to patient information or identifiers. Also, redact information related to personal information of peers or colleagues.
Submission Documents and Scoring:
The following documents will need to be submitted to the online management system in PDF format:
- Nomination letter from section chief, chair, medical director or center director
- Curriculum Vitae (BCM format).
- Up to five letters of recommendation from providers, institutional leaders, consultants, administrators, and/or community leaders. Letters should reflect diverse viewpoints and describe clinical excellence from a variety of perspectives. Note: Do not include any patient of family letters regardless of redaction of patient identifiers.
To view scoring information, visit Master Clinician Scoring Sheet. For further information visit Frequently Asked Questions.