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Who We Are
- Launched in 2008 to meet strategic goals in strengthening teaching programs
- Guiding principle: “Teaching is Job One”
- Part of the Southeastern Veterinary Educator Consortium (SEVEC)
Mission: Provide the resources, programs & leadership that support the highest quality of professionalism & instruction within the various educational missions of the college.
Participation: Built around voluntary & committed participation of core members, with individual sessions open to all faculty & staff. Modeled as a community of practice with the approach of a teaching academy. Goal: Ongoing professional development toward mastery, as opposed to recognition or exclusion. Participants point to the program as particularly useful in improving their teaching methods, materials or communication; their ability to assess students; and the learning environment in their classroom.The program has been highlighted in recruitment of new faculty members and is gaining attention as a model for other institutions.
November 2015: Master Teacher Program awarded the UT Gamma Sigma Delta chapter’s Team Award for its outstanding contribution to teaching in agriculture and related disciplines.
Summer/Fall 2024 Schedule (Thursday, 8:00–9:30 am, B224-Tickle Seminar Rm.)
Date | Topic | Speaker(s) |
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May 16 | Spectrum of Care, Competency-Based Veterinary Education and More: Update on AAVMC Initiative and Impact for UTCVM | Dr. India Lane (facilitator), UTCVM Academic Affairs |
July 18 | Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Medical Education | Dr. Eric Martin, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UTCVM |
August 1* | Building Inclusive Veterinary Education: Student Perspectives–Preliminary Findings of the Inclusive Vet Med Research Study (ZOOM only) | Dr. Pamela Linden, Veterinary Social Work, UTCVM |
August 15 | Just-in-Time Classroom & Teaching Fundamentals | India Lane, Misty Bailey, Alicia Robino, Lars Kragness, UTCVM Academic Affairs |
September 19 | Mentoring and Advising | Dr. Ernest Brothers, Assoc Dean, UTK Graduate School |
October 17 | To be determined | Eva Masters Ramsey, BSDH, MEd, Faculty Consultant, Teaching & Learning Innovation, UTK |
Education Funding Opportunities
Master Teacher Program Organizing Committee
Dr. India Lane, Dr. Misty Bailey, Dr. Denae LoBato
Upcoming Medical Education Meetings
- UTK Innovative Teaching & Learning Conference, Knoxville, TN
- AAVMC Annual Conference, Apr 10–12, 2025, Washington, DC
- International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) meeting, Jun 15–18, 2024, Minneapolis, MN
- SEVEC Veterinary Educator Boot Camp, Jul 14–16, University of Georgia CVM, Athens, GA
- Association of Veterinary Technician Educators (AVTE) Conference, Jul 26–28, 2024, Houston, TX
- AMEE (International Association for Health Professions Education) meeting, Aug 24–28, 2024, Basel, Switzerland
- Primary Care Veterinary Educators’ Symposium (PCVE), Oct 16–19, Columbus, OH
- International Conference on Communication in Veterinary Medicine (ICCVM), Nov 6–9, 2024, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada