Calling all AFHTO Members to shine a light on your team’s accomplishments. Nominate an outstanding team or individual for a “Bright Lights” Award by July 12, 2016
The “Bright Lights” Awards recognize leadership, outstanding work and significant progress being made to improve the value delivered by interprofessional primary care teams across Ontario. This year, ALL award recipients will also receive an education grant valued at $3,000. “Bright Lights” Award recipients are:
- Innovators – making small changes for maximum impact to improve patient experience and outcomes
- Team Players – interprofessional teams, collaborators and relationship builders
- Demonstrating Impact – can show how their work is benefitting the health care system
Awards will be presented at the AFHTO 2016 Conference Awards Dinner on October 17, 2016. Not sure if your team’s achievements merit recognition? Never submitted a nomination before? Watch the webinar held on Friday, June 17, 2016 for an overview of what reviewers are looking for and tips for writing a nomination.
Award Categories
Eight awards in seven categories will be presented this year:
- Planning programs and fostering partnerships for healthier communities
- Optimizing access to interprofessional teams
- Strengthening collaboration within the interprofessional team
- Measuring performance to foster improvement in comprehensive care
- Coordinating care to create better transitions
- Leadership and governance in a changing environment
- Clinical innovations to address equity
Education grants will be given to award recipients in ALL categories thanks to the generous donations of our sponsors Merck Canada and Boehringer Ingelheim (TBC).
Shine a light on your team - Make a nomination today:
- Review the nomination categories in advance (see nomination guide pg. 3 for descriptions).
- Review the nomination evaluation criteria (see nomination guide pg. 2 for details).
- Complete the online nomination form and send all supporting materials before July 12, 2016.
- Submit supporting documents to info@afhto.ca:
- One to four high-quality photos of nominees in png. or jpg. format to be featured at the Awards Dinner.
- Signed statement to release photos for AFHTO use.
- Deadline to submit photos is July 29, 2016.
We look forward to seeing your nominations and recognizing ALL of the excellent work being done!