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Conference Schedule

The 2023 Summer Conference hosted by the Teaching Academy of the Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine is packed with exceptional opportunities and experiences. Outlined below is the schedule of the conference.

 Schedule:

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July 16, Sunday:

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST: Pre-Conference Workshop: Enhancing Clinical Teaching: Focus on Wellness, Active Learning, and Feedback

5:00 PM PST: Pre-Conference Social Event

July 17, Monday:

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM PST: Pre-Conference Workshop: VETS Selective – Team-Based Learning (TBL)

4:00 PM PST: New Member Welcome

5:00 PM PST: Conference Kick-off Event – Common Fields, 545 SW 3rd St, Corvallis

July 17, Tuesday:

8:00 am PST: Welcome –  Dean Tornquist (OSU)

8:15 am PST: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion  – Alberta Aversa (UA) 

8:45 am PST: RTA Committee Presentations

  1. Steering Committee – Paul Avery (CSU)
  2. Faculty Development Initiative –
    1. Program Delivery and Evaluation – Scholarship Committee Andrew West (CSU)
    2. Student Assessment – Briedi Gillespie (WSU)
    3. Educator Well-Being – Karen Boudreaux (UC-Davis)
    4. Clinical Teaching – Tandi Ngwenyama (OSU)
    5. VETS Fundamentals –
    6. VETS Selective –
  3. Quantification of Teaching Effort and Effectiveness Initiative –Julie Dechant (UCD) & Diana Hassel (CSU)
  4. External Review of Teaching Initiative-  Peggy Barr (WU)
  5. Membership Committee – Karen Boudreaux (UCD)
  6. Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Interest Group – Malika Kachani (WUHS)

10:00 am PST: Break

10:30 am PST: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ben Wiggins – “Making classroom culture work for your learning goals“

11:30 pm PST: Lunch & Guest Speaker – Dr. Andrew McCabe – The Future of Veterinary Medical Education

12:30 pm PST: Keynote Workshop – “Activating your classroom: Building an active learning format from your existing lecture materials” Session Co-chairs:

2:30 pm PST: Break

3:00 pm PST: Teaching Innovations

3:45 pm PST: Scholarship Session – Peer reviewed (podium presentations of accepted abstracts) – Session Chair: Maria Fahia (WUHS)

4:30 pm PST: Poster Session: 2-minute talk & poster presentation – Session Leader Jillian Haines (WSU)

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

6:00 PM  PST: Dinner Event 

July 19, Wednesday:

7:30 am PST: Hike/Walk

8:30 am PST: External Peer Review of Teaching Workshop – Session Chair: Maria Fahia (WUHS)

9:45 am PST: Break

10:00 am PST: Discussion of a New Working Group – Clinical Reasoning Repository Facilitator – Holly Bender (UA)

11:30 pm PST: Lunch

12:30 pm PST: Keynote Workshop – Guest Speaker: Ben Wiggins

2:30 pm PST: Break

3:00 pm PST: QTEE Workshop Session Co-Chairs: 

4:00 pm PST: Scholarship Session – Peer reviewed (podium presentations of accepted abstracts) – Session Chair: Maria Fahia (WUHS)

4:30 pm PST: Teaching Innovations

July 20, Thursday:

7:30 am PST: Yoga  – Lead by Dr. Marie Holowaychuk

8:30 am PST: Wellness Keynote Seminar – It’s Veterinary Practice, Not Perfect: Overcoming Perfectionism and Imposter Syndrome – Session Chair:

9:30 am PST: Break

10:00 am PST: Wellness Keynote Workshop: Restoring Resilience with Self-Compassion

11:30 am PST: Lunch

12:30 pm PST: DEI Workshop– Session Co-Chair:

1:30 pm PST: Break

2:00 pm PST: Scholarship – Peer reviewed (podium presentations of accepted abstracts) – Session Chair: Maria Fahia (WUHS)

2:30 pm PST: Teaching Innovations – Session Co-Chairs:

3:15 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