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Contemporary Topics

Competency, Quality, and Growth: Redefining Surgical Residency Education

Saturday, October 25, 2025
8:00 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:

  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM  
    Setting the Standard: Quality Assurance in Residency Programs

    Speaker: Philip J. Kieffer, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal) (he/him/his) – Evidensia Specialisthästsjukhuset Helsingborg

  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM  
    The Future of Veterinary Residency: A Competency-Based Approach

    Speaker: Jennifer L. Huck, DACVS (Small Animal) (she/her/hers) – The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center

  • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM  
    Dimensions of Wellbeing in Postgraduate Surgical Education

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

  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM  
    Foundations of Future Surgeons: The Critical Role of Non-Operative Training

    Speaker: David Upchurch, DVM, MS, MVetEd, DACVS (Small Animal) – Kansas State University

  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM  
    Panel Discussion: Key Conversations for Developing Tomorrow's Surgeons

    Speaker: Philip J. Kieffer, DVM, DACVS (Large Animal) (he/him/his) – Evidensia Specialisthästsjukhuset Helsingborg

    Speaker: David Upchurch, DVM, MS, MVetEd, DACVS (Small Animal) – Kansas State University

    Speaker: Eric J. Parente, DVM, DACVS – University of Pennsylvania

    Speaker: Jennifer L. Huck, DACVS (Small Animal) (she/her/hers) – The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center