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Shelter Medicine Sustainability from an Academic Perspective: Challenges and Issues

Published:2023-12-20 Issue:6 Volume:50 Page:611-617
ISSN:0748-321X
Container-title:Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Author:

McCobb Emily¹,Crawford P. Cynda²,Harrold Mycah L.³^ORCID,Levy Julie K.⁴^ORCID,Perkins Andrew⁵^ORCID,Reinhard Chelsea L.⁶^ORCID,Watson Brittany⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Anesthesia and Community Medicine in the Section of Community Medicine, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA USA

2. Shelter Medicine in Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32608 USA

3. Marketing at Anderson College of Business and Computing, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221 USA

4. Shelter Medicine Education in Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32608 USA

5. Marketing and International Business and Director of the Center for Behavioral Business Research, Carson College of Business, 5100 Dairy Road, Pullman, WA 99163 USA

6. Clinical Shelter Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 3900 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

7. Clinical Shelter Medicine, Academic Clinician (AC) track, Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 3900 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

Abstract

A meeting of veterinary school faculty and partners, many associated with shelter medicine and/or community medicine programming, was convened at the 2019 Shelter Medicine Veterinary Educators Conference in Pullman, WA, to discuss challenges with shelter medicine program sustainability and defining the future. The discussion was facilitated by an outside consultant and is summarized in this manuscript. The goal of the meeting was to identify challenges and issues concerning the needs and goals for shelter medicine curricula to have long-term success in academic training. Four themes were identified in the transcripts including external pressure from leadership and other stakeholders, funder expectations, time horizons, and perceptions of shelters and shelter veterinarians. Addressing these challenges will be critical to ensuring stability in academic training in shelter medicine, a critical tool for both learning outcomes for general graduates and specific for veterinarians pursuing shelter medicine as a career.

Publisher

University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)

Subject

General Veterinary,Education,General Medicine

Link

https://jvme.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jvme-2022-0080

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