The Teaching Academy of the Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine

July 12, Monday:

1:00 PM PST: Initiative & Committee Meetings

• BMP Committee pre-conference meeting: Zoom Link

4:00 PM PST: New Member Welcome

5:00 PM PST: Conference Kick-off Event– Kumospace – link

July 13, Tuesday:
Theme: Competency-Based Education & Assessment

8:00 am PST: Welcome – Maria Fahie & Dean Nelson (WU)

8:00 am PST: History and Vision – Steve Hines (WSU) & Peggy Barr (WUHS)

8:30 am PST: RTA Committee Presentations

1. Steering Committee – Christiane V. Löhr (OSU)
2. Faculty Development Initiative- Susan Matthew (WSU)
   1. Program Delivery and Evaluation – Scholarship Committee Andrew West (CSU)
   2. Student Assessment – Briedi Gillespie (WSU)
   3. Educator Well-Being – Laurie Fonken (CSU)
   4. Clinical Teaching – Tandi Ngwenyama (OSU)
   5. VETS Fundamentals – Samantha Gizerian (WSU)
   6. VETS Selective – Samantha Gizerian (WSU)
3. Quantification of Teaching Effort and Effectiveness Initiative –Julie Dechant (UCD)
4. Local Peer Observation Initiative – Diana Hassel (CSU)
5. External Review of Teaching Initiative- Steve Hines (WSU)
6. Membership Committee – Karen Boudreaux (UCD)
7. Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Interest Group – Malika Kachani (WUHS)

11:30 am PST: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karen Hauer

12:30 pm PST: Lunch

1:00 pm PST: Teaching Innovations Session Co-chairs: Barb Byrne (UCD) & Karen Boudreaux (UCD)

1. ”Use of frequent, low-stakes assessments as a tool for promoting retention and understanding in fully-online and hybrid courses.” – Presenter Ashley McGrew (Colorado State University)
2. “University of Arizona, College of Veterinary Medicine – Lessons from the first year of a flipped classroom veterinary curriculum.” – Presenters: Cynthia Faux and Jonathan Cox (University of Arizona)
3. ”Use of frequent, low-stakes assessments as a tool for promoting retention and understanding in fully-online and hybrid courses.” – Presenter Jessie Ziegler (University of California, Davis)
4. ”Kahoot! for gamification and classroom community.” – Presenter Sarah Guess (Washington State University)
5. ”Successful Small Group Student-Centered Problem-Based Learning in a Remote Setting” – Presenter David Kersey (Western University of Health Sciences)

2:00 pm PST: Wellness Laurie Fonken (CSU) & Karen Boudreaux (UCD)

3:30 pm PST: Break

4:00 pm PST: Poster Session: 2-minute talk & poster presentation – Session Leader Jillian Haines (WSU)

5:00 PM  – 6:30 PM PST: Poster Session/Social 

July 14, Wednesday:

8:00 am PST: Coffee Talk

8:30 am PST: Scholarship Session – Peer reviewed (podium presentations of accepted abstracts) – Session Chair: Maria Fahia (WUHS)

1. “I believe that resident training is…”: A qualitative analysis of faculty beliefs.” – Sarah Guess (Washington State University)
2. “Is there gender bias in veterinary student evaluations of teaching?” – Claire Jacobsen, Stephen Hines, and Leslie K. Sprunger (Washington State University)
3. ”Exploring the Mental Health of Veterinary Students Engaged in a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum.” – Thomas Marino (Western University of Health Sciences)
4. ”U-Behavior: A Novel Learning and Teaching Method that Transforms Student Learning Behaviors.” – Erica Suchman and Jennifer Mclean (Colorado State University)

9:30 am PST: Break

10:00 am PST: Keynote Workshop: AAVMC – Competency-Based Veterinary Education Facilitators – Drs. Jared Danielson & Jennie Hodgson

12:00 pm PST: Lunch

1:30 pm PST: Wellness – Guest Speaker: Kathy Gruver Session Chairs: Laurie Fonken (CSU)

2:30 pm PST: Break

3:00 pm PST: Clinical Teaching Workshop Session Co-Chairs: Paul Gordon-Ross (WUHS) & Tandi Ngwenyama (OSU)

4:30 pm PST: Wrap-up for the day

July 15, Thursday:

8:00 am PST: Coffee Talk 

8:30 am PST: Scholarship Session – Peer reviewed (podium presentations of accepted abstracts) – Session Chair: Maria Fahia (WUHS)

1. “Development and validation of a Universal Science Writing Rubric in order to facilitate assessment of STEM students in science communication competencies.” – Nicole Kelp (Colorado State University)
2. “Evaluation of a laparoscopic abdominal simulator assessment to test readiness for laparoscopic ovariectomy in live dogs” – Ohad Levi, Emily D. French, Dominique J. Griffon, Maria Fahie, and Paul Gordon-Ross (Western University of Health Sciences)
3. ”Evaluating Learning Resources Developed as a Result of the 2020 COVID-19 100% Online Transition in the 2021 Hybrid Learning Environment” – Presenter: Christianne Magee; Co-Authors: Jason Martin, and Andrea Linton (Colorado State University)
4. “Mixing remote, hybrid and traditional classroom delivery of an experiential learning unit in a veterinary medical” Christiane Loehr (Oregon State University)

9:30 am PST: Break

10:00 am PST: Keynote Workshop: AAVMC CBVE – Session #2 Facilitators: Kathy Salisbury, Kristin Chaney, & Susan Matthew

12:00 pm PST: Lunch

1:00 pm PST: Teaching Innovations – Session Co-Chairs: Barb Byrne (UCD)

1. “Competency-based veterinary education: Capturing patient encounters, procedure, diagnosis, competency attainment while engaging students in reflective practice during externship rotations in a distributive model.” – Presenters: Paul Gordon-Ross and Donna Shettko (Western University of Health Sciences)
2. “Implementation of virtual Team-Based Learning (TBL) sessions during the pandemic.” – Presenters: Kristy Dowers and Diane Hassel (Colorado State University)
3. “Lessons learned from transitioning an immersive weeklong simulation designed to improve clinical reasoning skills to an online platform” – Presenters: Rachel Halsey, Stephen Hines, and Jeff Abbot (Washington State University)
4. “Changing the ‘Game’ in Veterinary Medical Education” – Presenter: Jamie Perkins (University of Arizona)
5. “Use of PlayPosit, an interactive video platform to facilitate asynchronous content delivery and active learning.” – Presenter: Po-Yen Chou (University of California Davis)
6. “A hybrid, virtual, live clinical and competency-based Emergency and Critical Care rotation: using all the buzzwords to develop a new student rotation experience” – Presenter: Kelly Hall co-authors: Amanda Cavanagh, Kristin Zersen, and Julien Guillaumin (Colorado State University)
7. “A Conversation in Comparative Medicine: Veterinary Medical Education for Human Medical Students” – Presenter: Rachel Larson (Washington State University)
8. “Assessment of Critical Thinking Assignment for 4th year Core Surgery Students” – Presenter: Maria Fahie (Western University of Health Sciences)
9. “Using lessons from COVID to help transition students onto clinical rotations” – Presenter: Naomi Hoyer (Colorado State University)
10. “Drop-in meditation sessions for student exam-associated stress: what have we learned?” – Presenter: Gillian Angliss Glaser, co-author: Ana Alcaraz (Western University of Health Sciences)

3:00 pm PST: Conference Wrap-up & RTA Town Hall (everyone is encouraged to take part) – RTA Steering Committee – Christiane V. Löhr (OSU)

4:00 pm PST: Conference Conclusion & Thank you