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Eligible for ACVS MOC
Eligible for ACVS MOC

Contemporary Topics

Meeting Challenges Together: Transforming Veterinary Education for Students

Friday, October 24, 2025
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM  

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Recorded for On-Demand Eligible for ACVS MOC

This seminar covers key issues relevant to the development of surgeons through ACVS residency training programs. Lectures explore how quality assurance and program oversight can improve training, the use of competency-based educational models to promote better outcomes, and well-being and non-operative skills training as part of a holistic educational program to support success. Expert speakers and learners are invited to participate in an interactive panel discussion to explore complex topics like the surgical training pipeline and how to remediate struggling trainees.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the use of a competency based educational framework and how it could be applied to residency training programs
  • Identify ways quality assurance standards can drive program improvement
  • List areas of education beyond surgical topics that may be critical to the development of successful future surgeons

Presentations:

  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM  
    Pre-clinical Skills: The Building Blocks of Surgical Success

    Speaker: Alison Gardner, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal), DACVECC-LA (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM  
    Maximizing the Clinical Learning Experience to Foster Practice-Ready Veterinarians

    Speaker: Laura L. Nelson, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM  
    Beyond the Teaching Hospital: Partnerships in Surgical Education

    Speaker: Jennifer A. Schleining, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) – Texas A&M University

  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM  
    Building a Sustainable Surgical Faculty

    Speaker: Jan Hawkins, DVM, DACVS – North Carolina State University

  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM  
    Panel Discussion: Securing the Future of Surgical Education

    Speaker: Alison Gardner, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal), DACVECC-LA (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

    Speaker: Laura L. Nelson, DVM, MS, DACVS (Small Animal) (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

    Speaker: Jennifer A. Schleining, DVM, MS, DACVS (Large Animal) – Texas A&M University

    Speaker: Jan Hawkins, DVM, DACVS – North Carolina State University