Assistant/Associate/Professor of Practice - GP Surgery

AzVMA; Oro Valley (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine (UA-CVM) in Oro Valley, Arizona, invites applications for a faculty position focused on teaching veterinary surgery, anesthesia, and clinical management skills. The role includes active learning classrooms and labs for pre-clinical students, with collaboration across organ-system blocks to build clinically relevant content.

Responsibilities include supporting small animal surgery portions of courses, Clinical Skills, and other system

Qualifications

• DVM or equivalent veterinary degree with clinical experience in small animal surgery.
• Experience in teaching and curriculum development for veterinary students.
• Experience with hands-on surgical labs and simulation.
• Ability to collaborate on educational research.

Responsibilities

• Participate in delivering pre-clinical small animal surgery simulation and live animal surgery experiences.
• Oversee and assist students during spays and neuters on local shelter animals.
• Develop and deliver curriculum content for UA-CVM hands-on Immersive Simulation, Team-Based Learning and Peer Instruction.
• Contribute to design, development, and delivery of pre-clinical small animal and/or equine/large animal clinical skills curriculum.
• Participate in developing and delivering sessions in other system courses and selectives.
• Provide office hours and meetings to assist students with learning.
• Engage in ongoing assessment and professional development to improve teaching skills.
• Collaborate with UA-CVM faculty on educational research and participate in governance and committees.

Skills

Small animal surgery

Teaching

Curriculum development

Clinical skills training

Education

DVM/VMD

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.