TY - JOUR
T1 - An inter-institutional collaboration to “make teaching matter”:Theteaching academy of the consortium ofwest region colleges of veterinary medicine
AU - Barr, Margaret C.
AU - Hines, Stephen A.
AU - Sprunger, Leslie K.
AU - Halsey, Rachel L.
AU - Watson, Johanna L.
AU - Mixter, Philip F.
AU - Hendrickson, Dean A.
AU - Schmidt, Peggy L.
AU - Chappell, Patrick E.
AU - Dowers, Kristy L.
AU - Clark, Terri
AU - Ilkiw, Jan E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Several factors were crucial to the early success of the emerging RTA (Box 1), including financial support from the college deans and industry along with some administrative resources from the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). Each dean committed an equal share of funding to the RTA’s initial budget. This commitment was renewed each year as the RTA demonstrated its ability to meet or exceed expectations. The Steering Committee determined that the bulk of the RTA budget would be dedicated to three main areas: (1) salary costs for a part-time Executive Coordinator to provide administrative support, (2) travel expenses for face-to-face meetings of committees and working groups, and (3) programmatic and travel expenses for biennial conferences (including support of a distinguished keynote speaker or educational workshop leader).
Funding Information:
Partial financial support for Consortium/RTA start-up was generously provided by Zoetis (formerly Pfizer Animal Health). The AAVMC has provided welcome organizational support for the RTA.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Veterinary medical education is a relatively small community with limited numbers of institutions, people, and resources widely dispersed geographically.The problems faced, however, are large-and not very different from the problems faced by (human) medical education. As part of an effort to share resources and build a community of practice around common issues, five colleges in the westernmost region of the United States came together to form a regional inter-institutional consortium.This article describes the processes by which the consortium was formed and the initiation of its first collaborative endeavor, an inter-institutional medical/biomedical teaching academy (the Regional Teaching Academy, or RTA).We report outcomes, including the successful launch of three RTA initiatives, and the strategies that have been considered key to the academy's success. These include strong support from the consortium deans, including an ongoing financial commitment, a dedicated part-time Executive Coordinator, regular face-to-face meetings that supplement virtual meetings, an organization-wide biennial conference, an effective organizational structure, and a core group of dedicated leaders and RTA Fellows. The western consortium and RTA share these processes, insights, and outcomes to provide a model upon which other colleges of veterinary medicine can build to further leverage inter-institutional collaboration.
AB - Veterinary medical education is a relatively small community with limited numbers of institutions, people, and resources widely dispersed geographically.The problems faced, however, are large-and not very different from the problems faced by (human) medical education. As part of an effort to share resources and build a community of practice around common issues, five colleges in the westernmost region of the United States came together to form a regional inter-institutional consortium.This article describes the processes by which the consortium was formed and the initiation of its first collaborative endeavor, an inter-institutional medical/biomedical teaching academy (the Regional Teaching Academy, or RTA).We report outcomes, including the successful launch of three RTA initiatives, and the strategies that have been considered key to the academy's success. These include strong support from the consortium deans, including an ongoing financial commitment, a dedicated part-time Executive Coordinator, regular face-to-face meetings that supplement virtual meetings, an organization-wide biennial conference, an effective organizational structure, and a core group of dedicated leaders and RTA Fellows. The western consortium and RTA share these processes, insights, and outcomes to provide a model upon which other colleges of veterinary medicine can build to further leverage inter-institutional collaboration.
KW - Educational methods
KW - Inter-institutional collaboration
KW - Leadership
KW - Outcomes
KW - Professional education
KW - Teaching academy
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U2 - 10.3138/JVME-2019-0102
DO - 10.3138/JVME-2019-0102
M3 - Article
C2 - 32730167
AN - SCOPUS:85096885026
VL - 47
SP - 570
EP - 578
JO - Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
JF - Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
SN - 0748-321X
IS - 5
ER -