NATIONAL MEDICAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

The National Medical Excellence Awards is a national-level award to recognise outstanding clinicians and healthcare professionals who made outstanding contributions in advancing healthcare, improving the standards of patient safety, driving research and education, and developing better health in the community, which ultimately improve people's lives. . First awarded in 2008, there are currently six categories of awards:

• National Outstanding Clinician Award
  The National Outstanding Clinician award recognises individuals with at least 15 years of experience as a practising clinician in the local public or private healthcare establishment or community care organisations. They are recognised as master clinicians in their own fields of specialty and have made exceptional contributions to clinical work in advancing the safety and quality of patient care, including supporting and facilitating research in the hospital, community or other healthcare-related settings. The recipients have successfully introduced effective and/or novel treatment methods, resulting in higher quality and standard of healthcare delivery.

• National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award
  The National Outstanding Clinician Scientist award recognises individuals with at least 15 years of experience as a practising clinician and are involved in research work in the local public or private healthcare establishment or community care organisations. Their contributions through research work have resulted in novel understanding of diseases with potential positive outcome on healthcare delivery in the hospital, community or other healthcare-related settings.

• National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award
  The National Outstanding Clinician Mentor award recognises individuals with at least 15 years of mentorship experience in the local public or private healthcare establishment or community care organisations. They are well-respected senior clinicians who are exemplary role models by perpetuating lifelong values and contributing substantially to the guidance and training of young clinicians and clinician scientists via mentorship or by virtue of academic positions.

• National Outstanding Clinician Educator Award
  The National Outstanding Clinician Educator award recognises individuals with at least 15 years of experience as a clinical educator in the local public or private healthcare establishment or community care organisations. They are well-respected clinicians who have contributed substantially to the postgraduate education of clinicians and/or clinician scientists.

• National Clinical Excellence Team Award
  The National Clinical Excellence Team Award recognises teams that have undertaken clinical quality/practice improvement projects that contributed significantly to bridging the gap between knowledge and practice. Such projects would have a strong research element in knowledge translation process, resulting in improved standard of care, better health outcomes, higher efficiency and/or more effective patient centred services in the hospital or other healthcare-related settings. The teams should demonstrate their achievements through successful implementation of their projects, which are novel, benefited many patients and are above and beyond the institutions’ routine responsibility.

• National Community Care Excellence Team Award
  The National Community Care Excellence Team Award recognises teams that have undertaken quality/practice improvement projects/initiatives which contributed significantly to improving community health and raised awareness of preventive health in the community care setting. The teams should demonstrate their achievements through successful implementation of the projects/initiatives, which are novel, significantly contributed to preventive health and/or better community/public health in collaboration with community care organisations, public healthcare institutions, agencies and stakeholders to foster a network of support for the community.

The National Community Care Excellence Team Award was introduced this year to recognise teams that have contributed significantly to improving community health and raised awareness of preventive health in the community care setting. In addition, the eligibility and criteria of the other award categories have been expanded to better recognise the contributions of healthcare professionals in preventive health and community care.

The highlight of the NMEA is the awards ceremony, where the clinical leadership and community gather to celebrate the winners.  NMRC Office partners with a healthcare cluster each year to organise the evening gala. 

Information on the 2024 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2023 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2022 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2021 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2020 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2019 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2018 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2017 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2016 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2015 winners and the event is available here.
Information on the 2014 winners and the event is available here.