About this role

The University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine (UA-CVM), located in Oro Valley, Arizona, invites applications for a faculty position with a primary focus on teaching veterinary surgery, anesthesia, and clinical management skills. We are seeking a veterinarian with clinical experience in small animal surgery to assist with the design and facilitation of active learning classroom sessions and labs for pre-clinical veterinary students. The UA-CVM curriculum is organized by organ-system blocks, and faculty in this position will collaborate with the organ-system course leaders to build clinically relevant surgical course content geared toward “day one-ready” veterinarians. Course involvement will include supporting small animal surgery portions of medical and surgical courses, supporting the Clinical Skills courses and providing support in sessions for other system courses. This position also has a research component that is focused on leading/ collaborating with other UA-CVM faculty on educational research.

See the official job posting on the UA Talent website- Req# 27195

Key Requirements

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 surgical sites to perform spays and neuters on local
shelter animals as they perform different surgical roles within designated teams.
Assist with the development and delivery of curriculum content to veterinary students within the UA-CVM vision of hands-on Immersive Simulation, Team-Based Learning and Peer Instruction pedagogy, in which students take substantial ownership of their learning, and didactic sessions are focused on the collaborative application of content.
Participate as a team member in the design, development, and delivery of the pre-clinical small animal and/or equine/large animal clinical skills curriculum.
Participate in the development and delivery of individual class sessions in other system courses and selectives.
Provide reasonable out-of-classroom availability to various cohorts of veterinary students for office hours and scheduled meetings to assist students with learning.
Engage in ongoing assessment and professional development aimed at the lifelong process of improving inclusive teaching and learning skills.
Leading/collaborating with other UA-CVM faculty members on educational research.
Engage in the CVM collegial community, the university community, and the larger global academic community through participation in shared governance, advisory committees, and academic/professional society meetings.