“Improving Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Environment”
January 13-15, 2023
Sarasota, FL

This conference focused on the educational experience of students in the clinical context: what they are learning, creative approaches to teaching that allow faculty to take advantage of the clinical environment to promote learning and skills development, and students’ transition from formal educational settings to practice. Presenters addressed topics such as student-run clinics, teaching innovations in case-based learning and simulation, the concept of “practice readiness,” and feedback and evaluation in the clinical domain.

Keynotes:

“Maximizing student learning in the clinical environment”
James Nixon,
University of Minnesota Medical School

“Principles of assessing student learning: Focus on clinical skills”
Sarah Baillie, emeritus professor
Bristol Veterinary School

link to the program

“Professions, Professionals and Professional Identity Development”
August 10-12, 2022
Held remotely

This conference focused on the process of “becoming a veterinarian.” Presenters explored the barriers or enabling factors that support the process of professional identity formation among veterinary students, particularly those from minoritized populations, as they negotiate personal values, beliefs and identity with the tacit knowledge and socialization of the veterinary profession, through formal instruction, experiences, and informal sources.

Keynotes:

“The ‘Right Way’ to be a Veterinarian: Professional Identity Formation in Veterinary Medicine”
Rebecca Volpe
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

“Professional Identity Formation of Minoritized Students and Faculty”
Candace J. Chow
University of Utah School of Medicine

“Uncertainty Tolerance in Medical and Veterinary Professionals”
Jason Hancock
University of Exeter

“Helping Animals by Helping People”
Jonathan Wood
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University

“Understanding the Relationship Between Feedback, Affect, and Clinical Reasoning Skills”
Alejandra Ruiz-Segura
McGill University