How Web-Based Training Can Enhance Veterinary Education

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How Web-Based Training Can Enhance Veterinary
Education

• James A. Roth, DVM, PhD, Director
• Victoria Lenardon, DVM
• Jane Galyon, MS
• Institute for International Cooperation
• in Animal Biologics (IICAB)
• Center for food Security and Public Health
  (CFSPH)

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Institute for International Cooperation in Animal
Biologics

• An OIE Collaborating Center for the Diagnosis of
  Animal Diseases and Vaccine Evaluation in the
  Americas
• Offers the VeterinaryBiologics Training Program
  each year in May

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Center for Food Securityand Public Health

• The CFSPH works to increase national and
  international preparedness for diseases that
  threaten food production or public health
• Maintains an extensive library of animal health
  resources at www.cfsph.iastate.edu
• 25 million hits in 2012

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Websites www.cfsph.iastate.edu
English
Thai
Spanish
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Opportunity to Standardize Veterinary Education

• Through the Internet, standardized educational
  modules can be accessible to students and
  veterinarians in all nations
• Educational modules can be developed to meet OIE
  day 1 competencies and OIE standards for
  enhancing professional veterinary services

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Experience in Standardizing Education in US
Veterinary Colleges on Emerging and Exotic
Diseases of Animals

• Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals (EEDA)
  web-based course
• 2000-2002 Developed by three universities and
  the USDA
• 2002-2003 Offered at ISU and Minnesota
• 2004-2009 USDA provided funds for other schools
  to use the course used by 20 colleges in 2009

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EEDA

• 2011 USDA required 14 components of the course
  as part of Initial Accreditation Training to
  ensure standardized education for new graduates
• Now used by all US veterinary colleges and for
  continuing education for veterinarians
• Meets a number of the OIE Day 1 Competencies

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Course Content

• Role of veterinarian in animal disease outbreaks
• Routes of disease transmission
• Government response to foreign animal diseases
• Information on recent disease outbreaks and
  response
• Scenarios where users play the role of a
  veterinarian in an animal disease outbreak

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Enfermedades Transfronterizas de los Animales

• Translated into Spanish with USDA funding, beta
  tested in Chile, Dominican Republic, Panama and
  Peru in 2011
• Used in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El
  Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and by the Organismo
  Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria
  (OIRSA) in 2013 with funding from USDA and OIRSA

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Textbook
English
Spanish
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Experience in Developing and Delivering Training
for USDA Accredited Veterinarians in the US

• National Veterinary Accreditation Program
• Voluntary program
• Authorizes veterinarians to work with federal
  veterinarians and state animal health officials
  to protect and ensure animal health by
  preventing, controlling, and eradicating disease
  in animals
• 60,000 accredited veterinarians

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USDA NVAP

• 2010 Required APHIS-approved supplemental
  training every three years
• Assure trading partners that US veterinarians
  understand requirements
• ISU has developed the content (or worked with
  others) for 21 APHIS approved supplemental
  training lessons
• Most veterinarians complete their training
  online Others complete training by attending
  presentations by USDA staff at national meetings
  or order print or CD versions of the lessons

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www.cfsph.iastate.edu/NVAP/
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Spanish Language Versions of USDA NVAP Modules

• USDA provided funding for 15 supplemental
  training units to be translated into Spanish.
  These resources are available as editable
  documents that can be downloaded and modified to
  meet each countrys needs http//www.cfsph.iastate
  .edu/Educacion-Instruccion/acreditacion-veterinari
  a.php?langes
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Spanish Language Versions of USDA NVAP Modules
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Opportunity to Standardize Veterinary Education

• Regional Veterinary Harmonization Initiatives
• OIE Day 1 Competencies
• OIE Guidelines for a Model Core Veterinary
  Curriculum
• PVS Tool
• Standards for Veterinary Statutory Bodies
• Guidelines on Veterinary Legislation

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Online Learning Platform

• Leverage investment in development of resources
  in the US and elsewhere
• Create platform to share educational resources
  based on OIE Day 1 Competencies
• Ask institutions to contribute resources to the
  platform

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Online Learning Platform

• Build on current work in this hemisphere
• Develop new resources
• Make the resources available for use by
  veterinary colleges, government veterinary
  services and private veterinarians

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Questions?

• iicab_at_iastate.edu
• James A. Roth, DVM, PhD
• Maria Victoria Lenardon, DVM
• Jane Galyon, MS
• Iowa State University, Institute for
  International Cooperation in Animal Biologics,
  Ames Iowa USA

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IICAB-CFSPH Team