This award is granted to the best proposal for clinical research, educational inquiry, quality improvement research or health services research designed to provide critically ill patients and their families with better care and better health. Dr. Buchanans proposal "Design and evaluation of a Competency-Based Critical Care Ultrasound Program for Critical Care Medicine, Faculty, Fellows and Nurse Practitioners" best embodied the education and research goals of this grant.
The funds for this competition were raised by ICU providers and families in the 2016 Edmonton Marathon Run for Our Lives fundraising efforts.