Assistant/Associate/Professor of Practice - GP Surgery

NCVMA; Oro Valley (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine in Oro Valley, AZ invites applications for a faculty position focused on teaching veterinary surgery, anesthesia and clinical management to pre-clinical students. The role includes designing and facilitating active learning classrooms and labs to enhance day-one readiness.

Responsibilities include supporting small animal surgery portions of courses, clinical skills coaching, and collaborating with organ-system leaders to build clinically

Qualifications

• Clinical experience in small animal surgery.
• Experience designing and facilitating active learning classrooms/sessions.
• Interest in veterinary education research and scholarly collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and co-develop pre-clinical small animal surgery content.
• Oversee hands-on spays/neuters in shelter settings as part of student experiences.
• Develop and deliver curriculum for pre-clinical surgical topics and other system courses.
• Provide office hours and mentorship to veterinary students.
• Engage in ongoing assessment and professional development in teaching methods.

Skills

Clinical surgery experience

Teaching/training experience

Educational design

Job description

The University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine(UA-CVM), located in Oro Valley, Arizona, invitesapplications for a faculty position with a primary focuson teaching veterinary surgery, anesthesia, and clinicalmanagement skills. We are seeking a veterinarian withclinical experience in small animal surgery to assist withthe design and facilitation of active learning classroomsessions and labs for pre-clinical veterinary students.The UA-CVM curriculum is organized by organ-systemblocks, and faculty in this position will collaborate withthe organ-system course leaders to build clinicallyrelevant surgical course content geared toward day one-ready veterinarians. Course involvement willinclude supporting small animal surgery portions ofmedical and surgical courses, supporting the ClinicalSkills courses and providing support in sessions forother system courses. This position also has a researchcomponent that is focused on leading/ collaboratingwith other UA-CVM faculty on educational research.

• Participate as a team member in the delivery of the pre-clinical small animal surgery simulation and live animal surgery hands on experiences.
• Oversee and assist students at various surgicalsites to perform spays and neuters on local shelter animals as they perform different surgical roles within designated teams.
• Assist with the development and delivery ofcurriculum content to veterinary students withinthe UA-CVM vision of hands-on ImmersiveSimulation, Team-Based Learning and PeerInstruction pedagogy, in which students takesubstantial ownership of their learning, anddidactic sessions are focused on thecollaborative application of content.
• Participate as a team member in the design,development, and delivery of the pre-clinicalsmall animal and/or equine/large animal clinicalskills curriculum.
• Participate in the development and delivery ofindividual class sessions in other systemcourses and selectives.
• Provide reasonable out-of-classroom availability to various cohorts of veterinary students foroffice hours and scheduled meetings to assiststudents with learning.
• Engage in ongoing assessment and professionaldevelopment aimed at the lifelong process ofimproving inclusive teaching and learning skills.
• Leading/collaborating with other UA-CVMfaculty members on educational research.
• Engage in the CVM collegial community, theuniversity community, and the larger globalacademic community through participation inshared governance, advisory committees, andacademic/professional society meetings.