South Australian Doctor Wins National Award from Medical Students
28 July 2010
Dr Hugh Kildea, a General Practitioner from Minlaton and Medical School Clinical Skills Coordinator at the University of Adelaide, has been awarded the inaugural Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) National Teaching Award.\
The AMSANational Teaching Award was created to allow medical students to recognise and honour exceptional teachers on a national stage. The criteria for the award requires that the teacher be inspirational and demonstrate a clear commitment to the education of medical students.
Dr Kildea pioneered a revolutionary and Australian-first student tutoring rotation that emphasises the role of senior medical students and junior doctors in clinical skills tuition for junior medical students.
Dr Kildea has created a nationally recognised clinical skills program, with particular interest in introducing year 1 and 2 students to the world of clinical medicine using an innovative approach to teaching, including peer feedback, guideline oriented learning and early exposure to patients.
Furthermore, Dr Kildea is an avid supporter of rural health and its continued development.
AMSA President Ross Roberts-Thomson said that Dr Kildea’s commitment to medical education and teaching is exemplary.
“This is the highest honour that Australia’s medical students can bestow upon any teacher. Dr Kildea is an outstanding doctor and teacher, and thoroughly deserving of this award,” he said.
President of the Adelaide Medical Students’ Society Sam LaBroome said that to measure Dr Kildea’s impact on student learning based purely on his CV would fail to account for his immeasurable impact on the University’s student body outside of the classroom.
“His quick wit, light-hearted nature and genuine interest in students has seen him become not only well respected, but well loved by the entire student body.
“Adelaide’s medical students are extremely proud of Dr Kildea’s work and success,” said Mr LaBroome.
