Conference Schedule
Schedule:
For more program details, select the button above.
To download the Conference Program, click here.
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
- Steering Committee – Paul Avery (CSU)
- Faculty Development Initiative –
- Program Delivery and Evaluation – Scholarship Committee Andrew West (CSU)
- Student Assessment – Briedi Gillespie (WSU)
- Educator Well-Being – Karen Boudreaux (UC-Davis)
- Clinical Teaching – Tandi Ngwenyama (OSU)
- VETS Fundamentals –
- VETS Selective –
- Quantification of Teaching Effort and Effectiveness Initiative –Julie Dechant (UCD) & Diana Hassel (CSU)
- External Review of Teaching Initiative- Peggy Barr (WU)
- Membership Committee – Karen Boudreaux (UCD)
- 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