CARING LIKE FAMILY AWARDS

Best Healthcare Professional Award

This award is granted to celebrate the distinguished Caring Like Family contributions of healthcare professionals in providing health care services in hospitals in the United Arab Emirates. This award includes three categories as follows:

Medical Category:

This category includes the physicians and dentists working in hospitals and medical centres.

Nursing Category:

This category includes nurses and midwifes working in hospitals and medical centres.

Allied Health Category:

This category includes pharmacist, physiotherapists, laboratory and radiology technologists, and other technical staff, etc.

Clinical Teacher Category:

This category includes academic teachers working in the medical, nursing, and allied health colleges and universities.

Healthcare Executive Category:

This category includes hospital administrators, quality, human resources, finance, health informatics, etc.

Gold Winners:

These professionals will receive:

Silver Winners:

These professionals will receive:

Bronze Winners:

These professionals will receive:
Following are the entry requirements for the organization to submit the initiative for award. Please don’t write the organization name or identity except in organization name and profile section to maintain confidentiality and transparency in the evaluation process. Provided information will be published on printed, electronic, and social media, etc. only for award winners:
  • Healthcare professionals continuously working in the United Arab Emirates for past 3 years are eligible to be nominated for Caring Like Family – SGH Award
  • Award nomination must be made by the organization (hospital or medical university) in which the healthcare professional is currently working. Individual nominations will not be entertained.
  • One account shall be created for an organization, multiple accounts from same organization will not be entertained.
  • Maximum nomination for each organization is one (1) candidate per category.
  • Candidates in medical, nursing, allied health, and clinical teacher categories must have license to practice the profession from any of the following:
    • Dubai Health Authority (DHA)
    • Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP)
    • Department of Health (DOH)
    • Sharjah Health Authority (SHA)
  • Application forms require an official signed and stamped nomination letter from the employer to be uploaded on the portal.
  • Nomination is done by filling out the nomination form electronically (no nomination forms through e-mails or any other method are accepted).
  • Click on “Enroll Now” to activate an account on the Caring Like Family by Saudi German Health UAE website www.sghawards.com
  • Nomination forms must be filled in English language. Nomination must address the following elements:
  • Scanned copies of the following documents must be attached with the nomination form:
    • Emirates ID
    • Good Standing Certificate from DHA, MOHAP, DOH, or SHA
    • Employment Certificate (proving the 3 years of practice in UAE)
    • Evidence supporting the healthcare professional’s candidacy can be attached such as:
      • Recommendation letters
      • Appreciation letters
      • Patient testimonials, etc.
  • Each nomination may have a maximum of 5 files of supporting documents with maximum size of 5MB each.
  • For video attachment(s), please upload the video to your drive and enter the drive link in the documents’ attachment page.
  • After creating the account, nomination form(s) can be saved as “In Process” for further editing before final submission, and only with status of “Submitted” will be considered.
  • Organization account user is the sole employer contact for all correspondence and is responsible for sharing candidate information with all evaluators.
  • After the nomination deadline, no other nomination forms will be automatically accepted.
  • All nomination forms are sorted in terms of completing the documents required to apply for the award.
  • Candidacy forms that meet the conditions are evaluated by the technical committees as a first stage of evaluation.
  • Nomination forms that meet the conditions are evaluated by the Judging committee as a second stage of evaluation.
  • Evaluation will be carried out using an electronic system for scoring points by technical committee and judging committee without knowing the identity of the candidates to ensure the credibility and transparency of the process.
  • All decisions of the judging committee regarding the winners will be final and their will be no process for reconsideration.
  • Top three (3) candidates from each category will be selected to receive the award (Gold, Silver, and Bronze).
  • Award winners will be announced during the Caring Like Family Awards Grand Ceremony to be held in Dubai September 2023.

Evaluation Criteria

Domain Evaluation Criteria Description
Distinguished Patient Care
Providing a health service that considers the patient’s needs under the slogan “Caring Like Family” while ensuring the patient and his family are fully aware of his health condition and any medical decision related to the patient.
Evidence-based Healthcare Practices
Providing evidence-based healthcare on published scientific literature evidence that enables health service providers to evaluate and improve the care provided to the patient.
Effective Communication
(a). Effective communication with the patient and his family that respects the patient’s culture and wishes.
(b). Communicating with all hospital staff to coordinate integrated medical care
Professional Commitment
(a). Commitment to the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and personal responsibility that deserve the trust that the patient and his family place in health service providers.
(b). Preserving the confidentiality of patient information and avoiding unintentional disclosure.
(c). Dealing in a positive way with controlling feelings and emotions and not showing them to those around him in a way that guarantees preserving the feelings of patients and their families
Flexibility, Agility and Adaptability
The health service provider must be able to adapt to sudden, rapid changes that may occur in society (such as the Corona pandemic) and be able to make decisions under any pressure.
Empathetic Care
(a). Providing health services with empathy and compassion without discrimination based on culture, race, religion, age, disability, social and economic status, or education.
(b). Dealing with patients, their families, and the work team in a manner appropriate to professional ethics.
(c). Actively listens to patients, their families, and the work team, and seeks to understand different points of view and ideas.
(d). Helps create a work environment full of empathy and compassion to reassure patients, their families, and members of the medical team.
Patient and Family Education
To be keen to educate the patient and his family about his health condition and what he should do and avoid during and after receiving the health service.
Teamwork
(a). Appreciates the role and contribution of each member of the medical and non- medical team.
(b). It contributes to enhancing the effectiveness of the work team in cooperation and information exchange.
(c). Gives priority to the needs of the patient and his family.
Innovation
(a). Providing innovative solutions that contribute to improving the medical service.
(b). Provide ideas and suggestions that work to maximize the available resources to improve the quality of medical service.
Social Responsibility
Ensuring the effective use of resources without waste, while spreading awareness of preserving them.