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2012Annual Conference

Program Guide

March 7–11Westin Alexandria

Alexandria, VA

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Conference Program Overview

Friday, March 97:00 – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – Noon Assembly Meeting Edison EFG

8:00 AM – Noon Academic Affairs Committee Edison DABC

Noon – 1:30 PM Pfizer Teaching Award Luncheon Edison DABC

1:30 – 5:30 PM Educational Session I Edison DABC

6:30 – 8:30 PM President’s Reception and Poster Session Edison DABC

Wednesday, March 78:00 AM – 2:30 PM Board of Directors Meeting Wright

Thursday, March 87:00 – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 9:30 AM Advocacy Briefing Edison ABC

9:30 – Noon Research Committee Meeting Edison ABC

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Meetings with Congress Offsite

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Research Committee at NIH Offsite

5:00 – 7:00 PM Congressional Reception Offsite

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Sunday, March 117:00 – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – Noon Educational Session IV Edison DABC

8:00 AM – Noon The Partnership for Preventative Pet Healthcare Edison EFG

2:30 – 5:00 PM Career Fair Exhibit Hall Edison D

2:30 – 5:00 PM Career Fair Information Session I Edison ABC

2:30 – 5:00 PM Career Fair Information Session II Edison EFG

Saturday, March 107:00 – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – Noon Educational Session II Edison DABC

8:00 AM – Noon Admissions Workshop Edison EFG

Noon – 1:30 PM AAVMC Recognition Award Luncheon Edison DABC

1:30 – 5:30 PM Educational Session III Edison DABC

1:30 – 5:30 PM Admission Workshop Edison EFG

Conference Program Overview


Meeting of the AssemblyEdison Ballroom EFG

Friday, March 9

8:00 AM Call to Order Gerhardt Schurig President

8:00 – 8:05 Roll Call Stuart Reid Secretary

8:05 – 8:06 Consideration of Agenda Gerhardt Schurig

Reports8:06 – 8:10 Report of the Secretary (Approval of the Minutes)

Stuart Reid

8:10 – 8:20 President’s Report Gerhardt Schurig

8:20 – 8:35 Treasurer’s Report Peter Haynes Treasurer

8:35 – 8:55 Executive Director’s Report Bennie Osburn Interim Executive Director

Old Business None

Address to the Assembly8:55 – 9:05 New Directions for Veterinary Services at USDA

John Clifford, Deputy Administrator Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service — Veterinary Services U.S. Department of Agriculture

New Business9:05 – 9:25 Recommendation of the Board of Directors on AAVMC Dues Policy

Gerhardt Schurig

9:25 – 9:40 Break


9:40 – 10:05 AM Recommended Revisions to the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws by the Board of Directors Deborah Kochevar Chair, AAVMC Governance Committee

Rationale for Updates and Process

Changes to the Bylaws, Creation of New Manuals

Two Recommendations to the Assembly: Changes to the Articles of Incorporation and Changes to the Bylaws

10:05 – 10:15 Report on Actions Taken by the Board of Directors on March 7, 2012 Gerhardt Schurig

10:15 – 10:45 Report on the Results of the NAVMEC Baseline Survey Ken Andrews Consultant

10:45 – 11:20 New Business from the Floor

Addresses to the Assembly11:10 – 11:20 Chelsea Render, Policy Analyst, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and

Forestry, and former AAVMC Summer Congressional Fellow

11:20 – 11:30 Jeffrey Klausner, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Banfield, The Pet Hospital

11:30 – 11:40 Robert Holland, Assistant Director, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, NIFA/USDA

11:40 – 11:50 René Carlson, President, AVMA

Award 11:50 – Noon Presentation of the Senator John Melcher, DVM Leadership in Public Policy

Award to Lonnie King James Lloyd Chair, AAVMC Leadership Committee Senator John Melcher (via Telephone)

Noon Adjourn

Meeting of the AssemblyEdison Ballroom EFGFriday, March 9


Educational Session IEdison Ballroom DABCFriday, March 9

Leadership — Fostering an Environment of Innovation and Creativity: Improve Scholarship, Enhance Diversity, and Strengthen Development

Participants in this leadership seminar will gain information and knowledge on how to lead their faculty and staff in being innovative and creative in their daily work within their colleges. The facilitator will provide actionable tools and information that the audience can take back and readily apply. Three areas will be elaborated and discussed during the session.

Faculty

How do I prefer to innovate and create? How does innovation and creativity impact scholarship?

Development

How will a more innovative and creative faculty impact fundraising? How can improved scholarship strengthen development? How can I get potential donors who think and work differently than me to “hear me”?

Diversity

How can enhanced diversity improve scholarship? What is the current climate with respect to cultural competence and inclusion? How can we recognize the inherent strength that comes from embracing and truly valuing differences?

Upcoming MeetingsVeterinary Educator Collaborative Summer Symposium Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28, 2012 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

2012 Merial NIH National Veterinary Scholars Symposium 2–5 August 2012 Colorado State University

2012 AAVMC Summer Board of Directors and Assembly Meetings 4–6 August 2012 The Grand Hyatt San Diego in San Diego, CA Meeting of the Board of Directors Meeting of the Assembly Saturday and Sunday, August 4–5 Monday, August 6

2013 AAVMC Annual Conference 6–10 March 2013 Westin Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia


Journal ofVeterinaryMedicalEducation

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Admissions WorkshopEdison Ballroom EFGSaturday, March 10

8:00 – 8:30 AM Welcome Karen Hutton-Lopez Western University of Health Sciences

• Admissions Committee

• New Structure of Admissions Committee

• April 15 Deadline Policy Reminder

• Today’s Program

8:30 – 9:00 Applicant Pool Analysis Lisa Greenhill AAVMC

The AAVMC collects admissions data from the Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS). This brief update targets various aspects of the applicant pool, including trends, projections and their impact upon the annual admissions and matriculations cycles.

9:00 – 11:10 The Value of Evaluations

9:00 – 9:40 The ETS Personal Potential Index David Klieger Educational Testing Service

9:40 – 10:15 Are Letters of Recommendation Worth It? Lori Kogan Colorado State University

10:15 – 10:40 Break

10:40 – 11:10 A Look at AAVMC LORs (Letters of Recommendation) Tony Wynne AAVMC

This session consists of three segments that focus on the impact of applicant evaluations on the annual admissions process. PPI is an innovative, web-based tool that allows evaluators to provide applicant-specific information about designated attributes that graduate deans and faculty have identified as essential for graduate study. The PPI, in conjunction with test scores, undergraduate grades and letters of recommendation, is designed to show a complete picture of an applicant’s potential. The second presentation questions the value of evaluations based on the outcomes of an evaluation research project. This session concludes with an operational view of evaluations or letters of recommendation (LORs) from the perspective of applicants, evaluators and VMCAS.

11:10 – Noon North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium (NAVMEC) Implications to Admissions and Academic Affairs Mike Chaddock AAVMC



The NAVMEC report and recommendations were released in the late 2011. How will these recommendations impact admissions and academic affairs?

Noon – 1:30 PM AAVMC Recognition Lecture Luncheon and Admissions Collegial Exchange

• Table Discussions

• Open Discussions

• Mini-Interviews vs. Traditional Interviews

• Aligning Due Dates among Schools and E-Transcripts

• Checking Social Media Prior to Offering Admissions

• Application Process: Why Is It More Difficult to Retain Non-Residents?

• Benchmarking Admissions Offices

The recognition luncheon runs concurrently with the collegial exchange for the admissions constituency. The AAVMC encourages all meeting participants to attend this recognition luncheon. However, those that prefer to not attend the luncheon may join this collegial exercise that enables admissions directors, deans of academic affairs, recruiters and other stakeholders in veterinary recruitment and admissions to share best practices, discuss hot topics and develop solutions to global challenges.

1:30 – 2:15 Update: August 2011 Launch of the Revised GRE® Test Anne-Marie Stephenson Educational Testing Service

The revised GRE General Test was implemented in August 2011. The session will provide guidance on using GRE scores, including how to translate historical GRE score guidelines to the new scales and compare applicants with scores on different scales. Admissions representatives will receive important tools to help them understand scores on the GRE revised General Test.

2:15 – 3:15 Providing Veterinary Education: A Financial Perspective James Lloyd Michigan State University

Much discussion has transpired in recent years related to the rising cost of veterinary medical education and the increasing debt loads of graduating veterinarians. Underlying these trends are fundamental changes in the funding structure of higher education in general, and academic veterinary medicine specifically. Although the situation is clearly worrisome, viable repayment options exist for these escalating debt loads. In combination with recent income trends for veterinarians, these options provide a basis for cautious optimism for the future.

3:15 – 3:40 Break


Veterinary Educator Collaborative Summer Symposium

From Novices to Experts: Supporting Students’ Development of Professional Skills

Friday, July 27 and Saturday, July 28, 2012

Colorado State University—Fort Collins, Colorado

Please join your fellow veterinary faculty and educators for a weekend of professional development and networking. The conference will support and build on the standard of excellence established at the first two VEC meetings by offering an ongoing opportunity for participants to gather, share and discuss veterinary medical best practices.

We are still looking for a few outstanding presenters. Please contact Dr. Regina Schoenfeld at (970) 491-6008 or [email protected] for more information.

Hosted by the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Sponsored by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)

3:40 – 4:15 Applicant and Evaluator Feedback Shaba Lightfoot AAVMC

The AAVMC annually surveys applicants and evaluators. This session will share findings that have a direct impact upon the annual admissions cycle.

4:15 – 5:00 VMCAS 6.0: What’s Next? John Roane AAVMC

VMCAS has changed drastically since it was brought under AAVMC management in 1999. How has the service changed and what are the possibilities for its future?

5:00 – 5:30 PM Closing Discussions



Educational Session IIEdison Ballroom DABCSaturday, March 10

8:00 AM Shelter Medicine: The New Frontier for Veterinary Medical Education Annette Litster Purdue University

8:20 AM Michigan State University’s Practice-Based Ambulatory Program — Lessons Learned over the Last 16 Years Michelle Kopcha Michigan State University

8:40 AM Mississippi State University’s Flexible Experimental Curriculum Margaret Kern Mississippi State University

9:00 AM Academic Management of the Distributed Veterinary Learning Community at the University of Calgary Alastair Cribb University of Calgary

9:20 AM Student Learning beyond the College Walls — Monitoring and Assessing Paul Gordon-Ross Western University of Health Sciences

9:40 AM Break

10:00 AM Panel Discussion

Clinical Veterinary Medical Education: Beyond the White Walls

Additional Copies of the NAVMEC Roadmap for Veterinary Medical Education in the 21st Century are

available by request at the registration desk. Quantities are limited.


Educational Session III Edison Ballroom DABC

Saturday, March 10

1:30 – 2:30 PM NAVMECBennie Osburn, AAVMCMike Chaddock, AAVMC

On July 17, 2011, the AAVMC Board of Directors approved the NAVMEC report and authorized its widespread distribution to the academic veterinary medicine community and its stakeholders. The NAVMEC report contains 23 recommenda-tions that, when implemented, will help academic veterinary medicine reach the strategic goals stated in the NAVMEC report.

Many of the report’s 23 recommendations are already under way or being de-veloped by the CVMs, the AAVMC, testing/licensing entities, and accreditation agents. The AAVMC has just completed a baseline survey to collect recommenda-tion baseline data on metrics against which to measure the progress that CVMs, AAVMC, testing/licensing entities, and accreditation agents are making in attain-ing the recommendations.

Preliminary results of the baseline survey will be presented during this session.

2:30 – 3:30 PM 2011 AAVMC/AVMA College Climate Survey — Preliminary Results Lisa Greenhill, AAVMC Paige Carmichael, University of Georgia

In 2011, the AAVMC and AVMA conducted a landmark study of campus climate at each of the 28 U.S. schools and colleges of veterinary medicine. The AAVMC-AVMA DiVersity Matters Climate Survey provided individual institutions with fundamental data on veterinary student comfort and tolerance levels with respect to difference and student perceptions on institutional support and bullying behavior. This ses-sion will provide a national overview of preliminary findings from the survey and insights on lessons learned and new programmatic directions based on the data.

3:30 – 4:00 PM Employer Satisfaction — What Makes Veterinary Employers Happy? Jared Danielson, Iowa State University

ISUCVM graduates’ employers were surveyed regarding their employees’ perfor-mance one year following graduation. Employers rated their satisfaction with their new employees’ technical and non-technical skills. Technical skills included four subscales: data collection, data interpretation, planning, and taking action. Non-core skills included five subscales: people skills, ability to deal with legal issues, business skills, making referrals, and problem solving. The four technical skill areas explained 25% of the variance in overall satisfaction; taking action emerged as the only significant predictor. Non-core skills explained an additional 42% of the variance in overall satisfaction, with people skills and business skills contributing positively to the model, and making referrals contributing negatively to the model.

Spectrum of Veterinary Medical Education


Educational Session III Edison Ballroom DABCSaturday, March 10

There was a significant interaction between employer satisfaction with making referrals and other non-technical skills.

4:00 – 4:30 PM Lecture Capture — Faculty and Student Perceptions and Associated Learning Jared Danielson, Iowa State University

Since 2006, the ISUCVM has made captured lectures available to veterinary stu-dents. We sought to determine the relationships among instructor teaching ap-proach, course content type and instructor/student attitudes towards lecture capture, as well as the relationship between lecture capture use and learning. In 2010, all students and faculty were surveyed regarding their perception of lecture capture. The interactivity of class sessions was indirectly related to the likelihood that students would review a captured lecture. The factors that most affected stu-dents’ likelihood of accessing lectures were the speed of lecture delivery, amount of information included in handouts, availability of visual aids in captured lecture, and perceived relevance of the information presented. The relationships between lecture capture adoption and learning varied by discipline type.

4:30 – 5:30 PM NEXUS — Competency-Based Undergraduate Science Preparation of Future Health Professionals and Biological Scientists Marc Loudon, Purdue University

Outcome-based, pre-professional education is becoming a focus of the basic sci-ences in many universities and colleges. The question is, how should we transform our mathematics, chemistry, and physics courses at the freshman and sophomore level so that they are more relevant to the intended professions of our students? And, if we transform these courses, how do we know whether they have met the desired outcomes? The Howard Hughes Medical Institute last year funded a multi-university “Experiment Grant” to address exactly this issue. From this grant has arisen a consortium called “NEXUS” (National Experiment in Undergraduate Science Education). This talk will focus on the origins of NEXUS, what it hopes to accomplish, and what has been accomplished so far, with a focus on undergradu-ate chemistry, particularly organic chemistry, which is the particular interest of the speaker.


Educational Session IVEdison Ballroom DABCSunday, March 11

Educational Challenges and Opportunities in Food Supply Veterinary Medicine: Recruitment, Retention, and Educational Programs

8:00 AM Session I: Future Workforce Needs and Expectations from Private Practice Welcoming Remarks Glen Hofsis, University of Florida

8:15 AM Outlook for Future Workforce Needs for Food Supply Veterinarians Bennie Osburn, Interim Executive Director, AAVMC

8:45 AM Panel Discussion: Competencies Needed by Food Supply Medicine Graduates and Expected by Private Practice Employers Robert Smith, Veterinary Research and Consulting Services Arn Anderson, Academy of Rural Veterinarians

9:05 AM Question and Answer Session

9:15 AM Session II: Innovative Food Supply Educational Models Introduction Trevor Ames, University of Minnesota

9:17 AM Food Animal Educational Models—One Size Does Not Fit All! Dan Posey, Texas A&M University

9:32 AM Panel Topic Introduction Including Description of Teaching Farm Model as Regional Center of Emphasis

9:40 AM Panel Discussion: Creative Programs in Response to Shifting Demographics of Veterinary Students, Veterinary School Locations, and Food Animal Populations

Distributive Plus Model with Private Practitioners as Adjunct Faculty Members James Lloyd, Michigan State University

Great Plains Veterinary Education Center Dave Hardin, University of Nebraska

Center for Excellence in Swine Veterinary Medicine Education Locke Karriker, Iowa State University

Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center — Large Herd Dairy Production Medicine Training Consortium Terry Lehenbauer, University of California, Davis


Educational Session IVEdison Ballroom DABC

Sunday, March 11


10:30 AM Break

10:45 AM Session III: Expanding Beyond Food Supply Practice Careers George Saperstein, Tufts University

10:50 AM Emerging Public Practice Opportunities for Food Animal Medicine Graduates Valerie Ragan, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

11:05 AM Panel Discussion: What Skills and Knowledge Do Food Animal Medicine Students Need to Meet the Future Needs of Non-Fee-for-Service Employers? Domestic and International Needs in Public Practice Bernadette Dunham, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Global Needs in Developing and Marketing Animal and Human Health Products Rick Sibbel, Merck Animal Health Opportunities in the Department of Defense for Veterinarians with Food Supply Interest Gary Vroegindewey, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Opportunities for Veterinarians in Developing Standards for and Carrying Out Third Party Audits Sandy Stokes-Goff, Validus


11:55 AM Closing Comments George Saperstein Chair, AAVMC Academic Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Committee


Partnership for Preventive Pet HealthcareEdison EFGSunday, March 11

8:00 AM Welcome and Introductions Elizabeth Stone, University of Guelph

What is PPPH and What is the Imperative?

8:10 AM Trends in Companion Animal Primary Care Practice Michael Moyer, American Animal Hospital Association

8:30 AM Pet Health Industry Perspective on Changes in Primary Healthcare Janet Donlin, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.

8:50 AM Why the Partnership in Preventive Pet Healthcare? Ron DeHaven, American Veterinary Medical Association Chairman, Partnership for Preventive Pet Healthcare

9:10 AM Current Best Practices: Providing Learning Opportunities in Preventive Pet Healthcare Kelli Ferris, North Carolina State University Beth Johnson, University of Tennessee Amy Holford, University of Tennessee Peter Conlon, University of Guelph Beth Boynton, Western University of Health Sciences

10:15 AM Break

10:45 AM Challenges and Priorities: Deans’ Panel Elizabeth Stone, University of Guelph Glen Hoffsis, University of Florida Herb Whiteley, University of Illinois Sheila Allen, University of Georgia

11:30 AM Where Do We Go from Here?

The Role of Education in the Partnership for Preventive Pet Healthcare

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