The Chiron Medal for excellence in teaching and training

This annual award recognises excellence in teaching and training delivered by a physician.

The award comprises of a medal which will be awarded at the upcoming St Andrews Day Symposium.

Eligibility

Candidates must be a teacher or trainer in a medical specialty and currently working in the UK.

Selection Criteria

The Chiron medal was created to recognise the role physicians play in providing excellent teaching and training.

Selection criteria includes, but is not limited to, the following -

Exceptional contribution to teaching and training (either in content or quality relative to formal role/time allocated in job plan)
Personal commitment to trainees and students
Empathy with students and trainees
Innovation in teaching methods
Proficiency in practical training and/or formal teaching

Nomination and selection procedure

Nominations for the 2026 Chiron Medal are now open. Deadline to nominate is Monday 29 June 2026.

Nominations:

Self-nomination for this award is not permitted.
Nominations can be submitted by Members or Fellows of the RCPE.

You can nominate by completing the online form found here - https://forms.office.com/e/dXg3iD6AGb - or by completing the manual form attached below and sending it to memberdev@rcpe.ac.uk

Selection is in two parts:

Short listing by the Trainees and Members' Committee of the College.
Final selection by a panel comprising two senior office bearers of the College and the Chair of the Trainees and Members' Committee, who recommend a candidate to Council.

Chiron Medal nomination form

2026 Chiron Medal Nomination Form

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Recent recipients

Dr Louise Wiblin
Dr Ailsa Howie
Prof Peter Maxwell
Prof Sara Marshall
Dr Andrew Storey
Dr Alison Brown
Dr Patrick Gibson
Dr Eirini Kasfiki
Dr Nadia Stock
Dr Nicola Zammitt

“Receiving the Chiron Medal was a great honour for me both personally and professionally. It was particularly gratifying on a personal level that I was nominated for this award by local trainees whom I had had the pleasure of training and on a professional level that as a nephrologist, practising and teaching in Northern Ireland, the Edinburgh College believed my activities to be worthy of this prestigious UK-wide training award. This provided valuable recognition of the practical experience of trainees and of the regional contribution to UK medical training".

Prof Peter Maxwell, the recipient of the inaugural (2012) Chiron Medal