As a graduate student in the College of Sciences at OSU, Dr. Connie White (Class of 1997) found the encouragement she needed to finally pursue her long-time dream of becoming a veterinarian. In return, throughout her career as a practicing veterinarian, and more recently as a guest lecturer at the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, […]
Archive for the ‘Faculty and Staff’ Category
A Desire To Pay It Forward Earns University Award For CVM Alum
Friday, October 5th, 2018Cardio Continuing Ed Offered
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018Dr. Nicole LeBlanc, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, will be presenting a continuing education seminar for veterinarians on Thursday, November 1, 2018, 7 pm – 8 pm in room 102 of Magruder Hall. A Heart to Heart About Cardiac Biomarkers will cover the use of cardiac biomarkers as a diagnostic tool for veterinarians, and as a […]
Student Gets Lots of Practice On Summer Practicum
Thursday, September 27th, 2018Eilea Delgadillo, Class of 2021, spent her summer placing catheters, drawing blood, and baking rattlesnake cookies. Wait, what? While spending the summer shadowing veterinarians at the Cinder Rock Veterinary Clinic in Redmond, Oregon, Delgadillo developed a community engagement project that tackled the growing problem of pet danger in the urban/desert interface. Central Oregon has a […]
Virtual Dissection Provides Fingertip Education
Thursday, September 27th, 2018The anatomy classroom at the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine recently went high tech thanks to the Coit Family Foundation who donated $80,000 for purchase of a Anatomage virtual dissection table. The table operates like a giant iPad: touch screens and menus bring up different views that can be swiped into new screens and rotated […]
Moving Forward By Going Backwards: Approaching Veterinary Education From a Different Angle
Tuesday, August 21st, 2018Typically, education begins with delivering information to students, who then output that information in the form of exams. Another approach is called Competency-Based Education (CBE) and it starts with the desired outputs then goes backwards to figure out what the inputs should be. Laura Molgaard, Associate Dean for Academic and Students Affairs at the University […]
Alums Choose A Path Less Travelled
Thursday, August 16th, 2018According to market research done by the AVMA in 2017, 65% of licensed veterinarians are working in private clinical practice. Another 8% are working for government agencies. Only half a percent work in the uniformed services. OSU alums Kristen Hinatsu and Jake Tidwell are in that small group, and living that famous recruiting slogan: ‘Its […]