March 19, 2024
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care (PALTC) Medicine presented three awards recognizing excellence in PALTC media and writing during its PALTC24 Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX. Allison Villegas, PA-C, was the recipient of the Carey Cowles Award. Kevin Y. Chua, BSc, Huiqi Li, MSc, Wee-Shiong Lim, MMed, MHPE, and Woon-Puay Koh, MBBS (Hons), PhD, received the JAMDA Morley Award. And Barbara Zarowitz, PharmD, MSW, BCPS, CGP was the beneficiary of the John Gladstone Award for Media Excellence.
The Cowles Award recognizes the author of the most read/downloaded Caring for the Ages article of the year. It was established in memory of Carey Cowles, Caring’s managing editor for four years, who passed away in 2018. Ms. Villegas was recognized for her article, “Clearing Up Misconceptions About Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Long-Term Care.” Read more here.
The AMDA Morley Award recognizes the article published over the previous year considered to be most impactful in terms of relevance for practice and policy in post-acute and long-term care. It is named after John E. Morley, MB, MCh, who served as editor of JAMDA from 2006 to 2017. Dr. Chua and colleagues were acknowledged for the paper, “Consumption of Coffee, Tea, and Caffeine at Midlife, and the Risk of Physical Frailty in Late Life.” Find it here.
AMDA’s Board of Directors established the John Gladstone Award for Media Excellence to recognize and honor significant contributions to the PALTC clinical community in the form of a media project. Mr. Gladstone was AMDA’s website administrator until his death in 2022. Dr. Zarowitz was recognized for the AMDA On-The-Go podcast, Optimizing the Use of Gabapentin. Listen now.
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About the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is the only medical specialty society representing the community of over 50,000 medical directors, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other practitioners working in the various post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings. Dedicated to defining and improving quality, we advance our mission through timely professional development, evidence-based clinical guidance, and tireless advocacy on behalf of members, patients, families, and staff. Visit www.paltc.org for more information.