Dubai Healthcare City Authority Excellence Awards 2018

• State the rationale behind the initiative and how it demonstrates creativity, innovation or uniqueness.
• Description of how the initiative drew from existing knowledge and current best practice; this can include learning from previous adverse events or near misses within the facility or beyond.

• Clear evidence that the initiative has delivered added value to the facility and patients; where possible, this evidence should include financial savings to the facility and/or patients, and added value to patients through improved quality of care or experience.
• Quantitative evidence of added value such as surveys, statistics and/or health data must be supplied.

• Evidence that the initiative has directly contributed to the delivery of consistently high quality patient care; this should have a quantitative aspect and can include qualitative data such as patient feedback.
• Evidence that the initiative has directly improved patient safety; this should be quantitative and can cover any aspect of safe delivery of care such as reductions in medication administration errors, faster and more accurate triage, and a drop in adverse events.

• Evidence that the initiative is practical and can be replicated elsewhere or used in a wider context of similar settings.
• Evidence of a multidisciplinary approach with all relevant parties - managers, medics, nurses and patients – that demonstrate effective engagement.
  
  

Candidates will be assessed and scored based on the evidence of:

• Prominent achievements during his/her career (including previous prize/awards) that go beyond the scope and requirements of professional responsibilities.
• Personal effort by the professional towards these achievements and the extent of participation by others.
• Overcoming obstacles and difficulties to achieve his/her achievements.
• Sustaining the highest standards in clinical aspects of service delivery and demonstration of sustained commitment to patient care.
• Active participation in the design or/and implementation of public health programs.
• Applying principles of evidence-based clinical practice.
• Applying medical ethics in dealing with daily practice and acting with fairness and honesty.

Candidates will be assessed and scored on evidence of:

• Strong commitment to self-development through acquiring expertise and skills related to their profession.
• Development of additional skills such as specialized technical or managerial skills, communication and language skills that they can apply in their professional environment.
• Participation in clinical/medical research (including peer review publications, clinical trials, meta-analysis, published books/chapters).
• Presentation in a national/international conference or review related work (editorial board membership of an international journal, reviewer of a publication/grant, etc).

Candidates will be assessed and scored on evidence of:

• Creativity in planning new models for various aspects of clinical service and/or modernizing current facilities and improving resources.
• Extent of application of creative ideas / initiatives.
• Results and impact of innovation and initiatives.

Candidates will be assessed and scored on evidence of;

• Amount/level of volunteerism work carried out towards patients and the community through the work environment or personally through charity organizations.

Volunteerism initiatives will be assessed and scored on evidence of:

• Exceptional service to a population to alleviate human suffering and improve the quality of life (evidence of significant services such as medical and educational support to communities in need and special needs population, etc).
• Effective planning with clear goals and objectives to ensure maximum benefit to the target beneficiary/community and encouraging the wider community to contribute.
• Implementation of the volunteerism initiative effectively and efficiently.
• Challenges faced and the strategies used to overcome them to achieve positive results.

• Initiative(s) delivered had a positive outcome and added value to the targeted population /community.
• Quantitative data to support added value such as surveys and statistics.
• Supporting materials (pictures, videos, news articles, etc).

Candidates will be assessed on their achievements and their efforts to continuously develop themselves to improve their performance in a professional environment. 

• Most prominent and significant professional achievements gained throughout one's career and its impact to the society.
• Amount and nature of personal achievements outside the scope of work environment this may include awards, honorary degrees, publications, etc.
• Use of innovative methods and skills to accomplish achievements.
• Consistent development and advancement of one's skills and capabilities through various methods such as attending training workshops, relevant conferences, seminars and enrolling in certified courses.
• Contribution towards the improvement of healthcare through mentoring, knowledge sharing or membership of professional associations.

Candidates will be assessed on the challenges faced professionally and personally such as family commitments and raising children and different strategies to overcome them. 

• Nature of professional and personal challenges faced and the strategies used to overcome these to achieve positive results.
• The ability to demonstrate integrity and strike a balance between professional and personal focus and commitments.

Candidates will be assessed on the level of cooperation and efforts towards financial donations; contributions to community welfare; support towards women causes; and relief and aid programs relating to education and medical support among others.

• Amount/level of humanitarian and volunteerism work carried out by the woman (specially to help women causes/issues) through the work environment or personally through charity organizations.
• Participation in sponsoring health-related community activities.
• Engagement /involvement through social media to positively influence/ encourage social/ health issues important to women.

Candidates will be assessed and scored on evidence of:

• Most prominent and significant professional achievements gained throughout their early career and its impact to the society.
• Personal achievements gained outside the scope of the work environment; this can include awards, honorary degrees, publications, etc.
• Professional and personal challenges faced and the strategies used to overcome them to achieve positive results.
• Visionary leadership skills that have a positive impact on the workplace.

Candidates will be assessed and scored on evidence of;

• Consistent development and advancement of one's skills and capabilities through various methods such as attending training workshops, relevant conferences, seminars and enrolling in certified courses.
• Efforts by young professionals to further attain higher educational qualifications.
• Use of innovative methods and skills to accomplish professional and personal goals including technology based development.

Candidates will be assessed and scored on evidence of:

• Amount/level of humanitarian and volunteerism work carried out (especially relating to healthcare issues) through their work or personally through charity organizations.
• Engagement /involvement through social media to positively influence/ encourage social/health/professional issues of importance to the society.