The Cornell Veterinary Educators Academy provides innovative programming for educators and professionals in veterinary medicine and the health professions. Based upon a community of practice model, it provides opportunities for faculty and others interested in developing a sophisticated and shared framework for thinking about education, building networks with like-minded colleagues, sharing ideas, and learning from each other.

Programming from the Cornell Veterinary Educators Academy also provides opportunities for faculty to develop skills and scholarship related to teaching that will help them advance in their careers.

Offering bi-annual conferences, a Fellows program, and topical seminars comprising “Currents in Education,” the academy helps veterinary faculty, practitioners and trainees hone their teaching skills in traditional classroom and clinical environments.

Join us for our next conference:

“Educating Generalists for Adaptive Expertise”

On Cornell's Campus in Ithaca, NY. June 21-23, 2024.

The upcoming conference will explore factors within veterinary education that contribute to students’ development of adaptive expertise and inspire lifelong learning. Together, we will consider questions related to the development and dimensions of expertise, what approaches to organizing knowledge lead to greater flexibility in problem solving, and attributes of instructional programs that support learners’ ability to apply their knowledge to solve novel problems. Keynote speakers will address topics such as the development of expertise, students’ perceptions of their role in developing innovative practice, and the role of competency-based programs in supporting the development of adaptive expertise.