Teaching Awards

Teaching awards allow the UT Southwestern community to celebrate and promote educational excellence across the four schools, both in didactic and basic sciences curricula as well as in clinical training.

In 2005, in conjunction with the first annual Excellence in Education reception and award ceremony, the UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) introduced a series of teaching awards to honor our outstanding educators in all areas of our educational mission. Initially, awards included the Pre-Clinical Distinguished Educator Award, the Clinical Distinguished Educator Award, and the Socrates Awards.

With the addition of more schools and educators since then, SWAT now has multiple awards highlighting the achievements of our faculty members: The Outstanding Educator Awards recognize excellence in the four UT Southwestern schools, and the Distinguished Educator Awards honor educators whose contributions have impacted education over their entire career.