Awards
The College Awards recognise the hard-work and dedication of exceptional general practitioners and rural hospital doctors.
Award nominations open
College award nominations are open until 6.00pm on Thursday 17 April 2025. The awards will be announced at GP25: Conference for General Practice in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
See the below categories and nomination forms. Please note, two letters of recommendation/endorsement are required.
If you have any questions please email awards@rnzcgp.org.nz. You can also view College Awards Committee Terms of Reference for more information.
College nominated awards
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Distinguished Fellowship
Awarded for outstanding service to the College or Division’s work, or the science or practice of medicine. Distinguished Fellows embody our motto 'cum scientia caritas' – with knowledge, compassion,’ and have made sustained contributions to general practice, medicine, or the health and wellbeing of the community. Note: To become a Distinguished Fellow, the nominee must have been a Fellow for at least five years. Distinguished Fellowship may be awarded posthumously.
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President's Service Medal
Recognises an outstanding contribution to the College or Division. For example: as a Faculty or Chapter committee member, medical educator, or long-standing employee.
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Community Service Medal
Recognises members who have made an outstanding contribution to general practice or rural hospital medicine through work in their own communities.
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Honorary Fellowship
Awarded to individuals of distinction who have made an outstanding contribution to general practice or the medical profession in general. These people do not need to be graduates of medicine.
Rural nominated award
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James Reid Award - Excellence and Innovation in Rural Health
For a rural medical practitioner or trainee (doctors and other medical professionals) who has demonstrated excellence and innovation in education or rural health research.
Memorial categories
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Eric Elder Medal - nomination required
The Eric Elder Medal is awarded in honour of Dr Eric Elder, who was an inspirational rural GP affectionately known as the grandfather of vocational training in New Zealand. The medal is generally awarded to a rural general practitioner.
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Amjad Hamid Medal
The Amjad Hamid Medal is awarded in honour of Dr Amjad Hamid who was killed in the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack. The medal recognises the top student of the University of Otago's GENA 728 paper, which is Cardiorespiratory Medicine in Rural Hospitals. Dr Hamid, a heart doctor, was a member of the College’s Division of Rural Hospital Medicine.
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Humphrey Rainey Medal
The Humphrey Rainey Prize for Excellence is awarded to the top candidate overall across the General Practice Education Programme (GPEP) clinical and written examination.
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Peter Anyon Medal
The Peter Anyon Memorial Address is given by a GPEP2 registrar at the College’s annual conference. The presentation is given in memory of Dr Peter Anyon, who is recognised as having made an important and valuable contribution to the vocational education of general practitioners.
