Fall 2022 Be The Model® Snippets
Article by: Allison Burk
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BE THE MODEL® STRATEGIC PLAN: ADVANCING EDUCATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS
Outcomes-based curriculum launches with the start of fall semester
The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s outcomes-based curriculum was launched at the start of the fall semester with the class of 2026. Students participated in a jump-start course on August 8 to learn core concepts that would help them navigate their fall courses and then attended a three-day orientation.
The first-year students will take six courses this fall – four threads that will run throughout the first three years (communication, professional identity development, clinical skills, and integrated problem solving), and two are didactic content delivered in a block design (healthy animals and healthy populations).
The content of the didactic courses is integrated so that it weaves together many disciplines, allowing faculty and staff from several disciplines and content areas to work together on the delivery.
At the center of the curriculum update are the Veterinary Clinical and Professional Skills Center and the recently opened Frank Stanton Veterinary Spectrum of Care Clinic, which provides the students a place to experience the clinical environment from day one of their programs and allows them to apply the skills they have learned from other courses. This hands-on educational experience ensures they will be career-ready upon graduating, with the competence and confidence to practice broadly across the spectrum of care.
In addition to changes in how students are taught, the college is changing how they are assessed. All students in year one will now be graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory in their program. This shift reflects an effort to minimize competition for GPA and percentage grades and to encourage their support of one another as colleagues. This also aligns with the college’s philosophy that having students learn when they meet, exceed, or not meet the standard will grow their professional development and encourage lifelong learning.
BE THE MODEL® STRATEGIC PLAN: OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Welcoming alumni, friends and family home for our 2022 Homecoming
Homecoming Weekend was a huge success! Alumni, family, and friends of the college spent the weekend touring the campus, networking with current students, attending the town hall, and enjoying our traditional game day tailgate.
The college recognized the 2022 Distinguished Alumni and Honorary Distinguished Alumni and welcomed the Class of 1997 for its 25th Reunion and the Class of 1972 for its 50th Reunion.
Thanks to everyone who attended!
BE THE MODEL® STRATEGIC PLAN: CULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PEOPLE
College awarded full accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education
On May 4, 2022, Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine was awarded full accreditation with no deficiencies by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (COE).
The college received many positive comments from the site team during the AVMA COE site visit in March of 2022, and the final report from the accreditation committee pointed out many of the same areas. Our college is consistently recognized for our attention to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging that benefits faculty, staff, students, prospective students, and the profession; leadership in developing an updated curriculum that addresses the latest Competency-Based Veterinary Education (CBVE) model and includes enhanced assessment methods in the final year program, and efforts to adapt and change our clinical spaces to provide unique learning opportunities.
We have much to be proud of, including our people, our program, and our facilities. We are so grateful to our College of Veterinary Medicine community for their contributions and the roles they played in this collective accomplishment.
BE THE MODEL® STRATEGIC PLAN: ADVANCING EDUCATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences names new chair
Angela Marolf, DVM, Diplomate ACVR, has been named the new chair of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, effective October 1.
Marolf joined the college from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, where she was a professor of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. In her nearly 14-year faculty career, she has embraced clinical service, student and resident training, and primary clinical and collaborative research. She served as section head of the diagnostic imaging service, managing a roughly $3.7 million annual budget and overseeing personnel and other leadership responsibilities. Marolf is also a leading expert in advanced imaging of the canine and feline pancreas, particularly pancreatitis.
Marolf’s experience as a clinician provides a keen awareness of the challenges and opportunities our clinical sciences faculty face managing a busy caseload while balancing their many other responsibilities. She is the first woman to be named a department chair in the college since its founding in 1885 and is enthusiastic about supporting clinical faculty, staff, and house officers in all of their roles, including advancing education and research while promoting well-being and work/life balance or integration.
The college would like to thank the immediate past chair of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Rich Bednarski, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVA, for his leadership over the last three years and his many contributions over his over three-decade career, and congratulate him on his retirement, effective October 31, 2022.
BE THE MODEL® STRATEGIC PLAN: ADVANCING EDUCATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS
College appoints Dr. Eric Green as the inaugural Excellence in Veterinary Care Diagnostic Imaging Professorship
Eric Green, DVM, Diplomate ACVR, professor and head of Diagnostic Imaging in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Ohio State’s Veterinary Medical Center, was appointed the inaugural Excellence in Veterinary Care Diagnostic Imaging Professorship in the College of Veterinary Medicine. This is the tenth endowed faculty position established in the college, effective July 1, 2022.
Green was selected because of his innovation, leadership, impact on diagnostic imaging, dedication to providing exceptional patient care, contributions to research and discovery, and commitment to preparing the next generation of veterinarians and veterinary specialists.
Since joining the college, Dr. Green has been awarded more than nine teaching-related awards, a clear indicator of his teaching excellence and commitment to training competent and confident veterinarians. The radiation oncology residency program he established is one of only ten residency programs in the world. Under his leadership, the Diagnostic Imaging Service and the college’s clinical research efforts in this area have greatly expanded.
The college would like to extend our gratitude to the donor who made this possible, who wishes to remain anonymous, for their generous support of our people and programs.
BE THE MODEL® STRATEGIC PLAN: VETERINARY HEALTH SYSTEM OF CHOICE
Construction slated to begin in December for new equine performance evaluation arena
The College of Veterinary Medicine is scheduled to begin construction of the Ralph Rogan Equine Performance Evaluation Arena adjacent to the Galbreath Equine Center in December 2022. The 12,000 square feet (about twice the area of a basketball court) of multipurpose space will include an indoor arena to facilitate under-saddle evaluations, new clinical space to conduct lameness and performance evaluations, advanced diagnostics and minor procedures, a large learning conference room for students, a unique ‘neuro hill’ for neurological evaluation and a waiting room for clients that has access to an observation area in the arena. The new arena will house the Equine Sports Medicine Program and provide an excellent indoor space to offer clients outpatient sports medicine and regenerative medicine services.
This much-anticipated facility will complement the existing facilities at Ohio State’s Veterinary Medical Center and support the team of equine specialists (Surgery and Sports Medicine, Internal Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging, Cardiology, and Podiatry Services) at Ohio State dedicated to comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the performance horse.
The arena honors Ralph Rogan, an American Saddlebred Horse enthusiast who spent more than 30 years as an executive at Procter and Gamble at the turn of the 20th century and is made possible by the generosity of a dear friend and longtime client of the Veterinary Medical Center who wishes to remain anonymous. Completion is slated for July 2023.