2 weeks Ago
Dr Chris Kowalski has received Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust's February Exceptional People Individual Award. The award was given to Dr Kowalski for "providing an excellent standard of patient care," as well as his efforts in creating an "aspirational working environment". Dr Kowalski said: "Winning the Exceptional People Award for this month is a very welcome recognition of the work that I have been doing around promoting simulation as a learning method within the trust.
"I am grateful to everyone who has helped to enable this work and I look forward to building our simulation programme generally." Dr Kowalski was nominated for the award by core trainee in psychiatry and academic clinical fellow in medical education, Emma Flint. Ms Flint said: "Chris is an excellent, caring clinician and a knowledgeable, supportive mentor who consistently goes above and beyond to ensure the highest standards of care for his patients and training for his supervisees/fellows.
"This has included developing the simulation team within the trust, which has now been well-established for several years and has provided countless learning opportunities for undergraduates and postgraduates across many professions. "Chris not only embraces the trust values in his own work with children, adolescents, and their families, but also acts as an outstanding role model for other staff and students with respect to leading careers with these values in mind. "Both his patient care and his educational interventions are person-centred, evidence-based and holistic.
" Dr Kowalski is also the trust simulated learning lead for the Oxfordshire child and adolescent mental health service neurodevelopmental conditions pathway and medical education/simulation team. Tom Rose, fellow in medical education and simulation, said: "Chris is a fantastic supervisor, who always makes time for his trainees and their wellbeing, no matter how busy he is. "He has a huge wealth of knowledge and experience that he shares freely and is constantly supporting trainees to take opportunities to develop and grow.
"Chris is a great source of containment, guidance, and mentorship to everyone who works with him. "It’s really a pleasure and a privilege to be his colleague." Merry Patel, learning and development lead for simulation, added: “Personally, Chris has changed my career and retained me and my knowledge and expertise within the trust.
"I’m so much happier for the development opportunity of his supervision of my fellowship. "He inspires excellence in academic innovation and professional development within Oxford Health. "He encourages bigger picture thinking to extend learning through experiential learning of simulation training.
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