How Web-Based Training Can Enhance Veterinary

Education James A. Roth, DVM, PhD, Director

Victoria Lenardon, DVMJane Galyon, MS

Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics (IICAB)

Center for food Security and Public Health (CFSPH)

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

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

Websites www.cfsph.iastate.edu English Thai

Spanish

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

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

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

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

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

Textbook

English Spanish

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

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

www.cfsph.iastate.edu/NVAP/

Center for Food Security and Public Health Iowa State University 2013

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 country’s needs http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Educacion-Instruccion/acreditacion-veterinaria.php?lang=es

 

Spanish Language Versions of USDA NVAP Modules

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

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

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

Questions?iicab@iastate.edu

James A. Roth, DVM, PhD; Maria Victoria Lenardon, DVM;

Jane Galyon, MSIowa State University, Institute for International Cooperation in Animal

Biologics, Ames Iowa USA

IICAB-CFSPH Team