The 2025 nomination period has now ended. Recipients of the First Five Years of Family Practice Award will be announced mid-April. Thank you to all those who submitted a nomination!

The annual First Five Years of Family Practice Award celebrates the outstanding contributions of two early-career family physicians. One award will honour a family physician practicing in a rural community, while the other will recognize a family physician practising in an urban setting.

Criteria

The successful recipients:

  • Practise in comprehensive longitudinal family practice or works in an area that supports and values comprehensive, longitudinal family practice
  • Actively demonstrate the value of physician wellness
  • Are BCCFP members

The successful nominees may also demonstrate active involvement in or commitment to any of the following:

  • Leadership – such as committee membership at a local, provincial or national level
  • Community involvement, including volunteerism, activism, advocacy
  • Research or quality improvement
  • Teaching – this may be formal or informal and can include teaching patients, learners or colleagues
  • Policy development

Please note that BCCFP Board Directors are not eligible.