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Presenters & Facilitators: 2006
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Presenters
Rick DeBowes, DVM, MS
Kathleen Ruby, PhD
Jeff Thoren, DVM
Suzanne Kurtz, PhD
Jennifer Brandt, PhD
Karen Cornell, DVM
Susan Seaman, EdD
Julia Brannan, DVM
Betsy Charles, DVM
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Facilitators
John and Fay Bachelder
Gilbert Burns, DVM, PhD
Carolyn Wyatt, PhD
Abbie Demeerleer
Kelly Farnsworth, DVM, MS
Margaret-Mary McEwan, BVSC
Leslie Sprunger, DVM, PhD
Graham Swinney ,BVSc, DVLS
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Gilbert A.
Burns is the Associate Dean of
Academic and Student Affairs, the Director of Admissions,
and an Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary
Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology (VAPP) in
the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State
University (WSU). He holds Ph.D. (Neuroanatomy) and DVM
degrees from Cornell University, as well as a B.A. in
psychology (magna cum laude) from Michigan State University
and physician’s assistant certification (PA-C) from the
University of Wisconsin. |
By the time he joined the CVM
faculty at WSU in 1992, Gil had functioned as a primary-care
physician’s assistant, a private practice veterinarian, and
an academic with research interests that include the
elucidation of the hindbrain neurocircuitry involved in the
control of food intake. While at WSU, Gil has been active in
scholarly research and publication, teaching (veterinary
anatomy, neuroscience, and leadership development courses)
and service (at the university, state and national level).
Most recently, he has participated in ongoing efforts to
enhance the personal growth, leadership, and communication
skills of veterinary medical students and has presented the
WSU-derived Emotional Competency Model at veterinary schools
and professional meetings in the United States and Canada.
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Jennifer Brandt is the Program
Director of Honoring the Bond at
the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
As director for the Honoring the Bond program at The Ohio
State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr.
Jennifer Brandt is leading the effort to provide veterinary
teams with the communication, interpersonal and teamwork
skills needed to promote quality veterinary care and
veterinary career success.
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Honoring the Bond services include professional development,
communication skills training and practice management
education. These courses provide applied learning
opportunities that foster veterinary teambuilding and
enhance veterinary team communication, while promoting a
culture of superior client service that enhances veterinary
client satisfaction and advances the clinical learning
model. Additional services include providing grief support
outreach services for pet owners and providing continuing
education and consultation for veterinary professionals.
Dr. Brandt was one of two faculty members in North America
asked to serve as a faculty trainer for the Bayer Institute
for Healthcare Communication’s Faculty Development Program
in 2004 and 2005. This is her second year as a Veterinary
Leadership Experience (VLE) faculty member. She also was
invited to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary
Medicine to teach an educational series on “Communication in
Veterinary Medicine.” Dr. Brandt has presented several
lectures at the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association’s
Midwest Veterinary Conference and at other conferences
around the nation.
Dr. Brandt previously served as a medical social worker,
educator and researcher specializing in work with survivors
of crime and trauma and bereavement facilitation. She
received her bachelor’s degree in social work from the
University of Indianapolis and her master’s and doctoral
degrees in social work from The Ohio State University. |
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Julia Brannan is a 2000 DVM graduate of the University of
Illinois where she started the CARE Helpline, a pet loss
support helpline.
Dr. Brannan received many awards in
veterinary school, including several human-animal bond
awards for her work in end-of-life issues and animal
behavior. Her most cherished award was being voted “Most
Compassionate” by her veterinary classmates at graduation. |
Dr. Brannan was on faculty at Colorado State University,
working with the Argus Institute and the Community Practice
Service until 2004. At Colorado State University she was the
first recipients of the Argus Institute’s Bond-Centered
Practitioner Certification and co-authored the Argus
Institute’s Guidelines for a Bond-Centered Practice. Her
love of teaching and desire to make a positive difference in
the profession has won her several awards and
acknowledgements for teaching and compassionate client and
patient care.
Dr. Brannan joined the staff of Washington State University,
this year, to pursue a PhD in the area of clinical
communication skills. With a previous history of being
Wilderness Education Association Outdoor Leadership
certified, she was drawn to Washington State University
because of their groundbreaking work in the area of
leadership in the profession of veterinary medicine.
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Betsy Charles is a 2003 graduate of Washington State
University College of Veterinary Medicine. She developed an
interest in lameness and equine imaging while working
closely with Dr. Bob Schneider, a pioneer in equine MRI. Her
senior thesis summarized an AQHA project investigating the
use of MRI in furthering our understanding of navicular
disease.
After graduation from veterinary school, she completed a
one-year internship at San Luis Rey Equine Hospital in
Bonsall, CA, a large referral hospital specializing in
equine medicine and surgery. During this internship, she
continued to pursue her interest in equine radiology by
working with Dr. Norm Rantanen. |
After a year in the field, she was given the opportunity to
narrow her focus and became the supervising veterinarian at
Equest Diagnostic Imaging Center, a clinic solely devoted to
equine imaging and lameness. This has allowed her to combine
her love for equine imaging with leadership as it applies to
veterinary medicine.
Her passion is to make a difference in equine veterinary
medicine for both horses and the practitioners who care for
them by becoming a leader in the field. To that end, she is
currently pursuing a master’s degree in organization
leadership from Biola University. This is her second year
facilitating at the VLE.
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Richard M. DeBowes is the
Professor of Surgery and Chair for the Department of
Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS) in the College of
Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University (WSU). He
also currently serves as special assistant to the dean for
leadership and professional development. Rick holds a
Masters Degree in Veterinary Surgery from Washington State
('82) and a DVM from the University of Illinois ('79) as
well as BS degrees from Illinois and Massachusetts. He is a
Diplomate of and Regent for the American College of
Veterinary Surgeons, a former chair of Clinical Sciences at
Kansas State University a member of the AVMA House of
Delegates, an active contributor to organized veterinary
medicine and a past president of several national veterinary
organizations including the American Association of
Veterinary Clinicians and the North American Veterinary
Conference.
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Although formally trained as an equine clinician/surgeon and
engaged for most of a 27year career as a veterinary clinical
educator and academic surgeon, Dr. DeBowes has spent much of
the past 6 years of his career focusing on changes in
student and program needs in Colleges of Veterinary Medicine
and specifically, how best to equip students with the skills
they need for success and continued professional growth.
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Abbie DeMeerleer is the
Assistant Director of Admissions and Recruitment Officer at
Washington State University. My
primary goal is to recruit students to enter the field of
veterinary medicine and to study at the Washington State
University College of Veterinary Medicine. I travel
throughout the western U.S. visiting various colleges and
universities to meet with prospective students, explain the
details of a professional DVM program and answer general
questions.
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States I will generally travel to are: Idaho,
Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming and
occasionally Oregon and maybe even California. I also travel
around Washington State to meet and recruit prospective
students, as well as talk to junior high and high school
students about careers in veterinary medicine.
When I’m not on the road, I am helping coordinate and give
tours of the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, serving as
a liaison between the admissions committee and students who
are involved in the admissions process, as well as
developing new recruitment materials and strategies. I am
also on the Leadership Team and help plan, coordinate and
facilitate the National Veterinary Leadership Experience and
WSU Student Leadership Experience, as well as assist with
the Leadership Development series.
My position is ever-evolving and always exciting! It pairs
my passion for helping people discover and achieve their
potential with my love of travel and meeting people.
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Kelly Farnsworth graduated from Washington State University in
1993. He completed an equine ambulatory internship at The Ohio
State University and completed an Equine Surgery residency and
Masters degree at the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center,
which is part of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine. Dr Farnsworth is a Diplomate of the
American College of Veterinary Surgeons. |
Dr.
Farnsworth is currently an Assistant Professor of Equine Surgery
at Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine.
His clinical and research efforts have been concentrated in
minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopy, and lower limb
lameness.
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Suzanne M. Kurtz was Professor
of Communication, joint appointed in the Faculties of
Education and Medicine, University of Calgary from 1976
through 2005. Effective January, 2006, she joined the
faculty of Washington State University’s College of
Veterinary Medicine, where she is Clinical Professor and
Director of Clinical Communication. Focusing her career on
improving communication practices in health care and
education and on developing curricula and methods for
teaching and learning communication skills, she has worked
with a variety of groups: medical and education students,
residents, practicing physicians, nurses, allied health
professionals, patient groups, veterinarians and students of
veterinary medicine, teachers, and administrators in health
and education. |
For 27 years she directed the undergraduate communication
curriculum in Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine and has
consulted nationally and internationally at all levels of
medical education regarding the specifics of setting up
effective communication programs for medical students,
residents, faculty and staff. In 1998 she began working with
colleagues in the Ontario Veterinary College to pioneer
communication programs for veterinary medicine. Currently
she is directing development of Washington State
University’s communication program for veterinarians and
veterinary students. She has served as advisor to the Bayer
Institute for Health Care Communication, Cancer Care
Ontario’s Communication Task Force, and Health Canada’s
Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative. She was appointed to the
task force that initially developed Calgary’s innovative
inquiry-based Master of Teaching program. Currently she is a
consulting member of the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada’s national CanMEDS Phase IV Communicator
Working Group, the Medical Council of Canada’s Executive
Committee for the National Strategy for Physician
Communication Skills Assessment and Enhancement, and Pfizer
Animal Health’s ‘Frank’ communication project. Working
across diverse cultural and disciplinary lines, she has
collaborated on communication program development, team
building, and conflict management in education, law and
business, and has served on several international
development projects related to health and education in
Nepal, Southeast Asia and South Africa.
Along with numerous articles, her publications include two
companion books co-authored with JD Silverman and J Draper
entitled Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in
Medicine and Skills for Communicating with Patients
(Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford, England and San Francisco –
originally published in 1998, the revised 2nd editions of
both books were published in 2005). An earlier book
co-authored with VM Riccardi was entitled Communication and
Counseling in Health Care (1983, Charles C. Thomas,
Springfield, Illinois). Her interest in communication in
medicine began in 1974 when she did her doctoral thesis
research on the relationship between the nonverbal
communication of physicians and patient satisfaction. Dr.
Kurtz has also published in the areas of participatory
education and participatory development. She collaborated
with A. Chuchat, MP Carunungan, KJ Foreman, and BJ Spronk on
a volume entitled Participatory Education in Cross-Cultural
Settings that reflects on a five-year development project
based in the Philippines, Thailand, and Canada (1997, for
the Dialogues on Development Series, published by the
Division of International Development, University of
Calgary, Alberta).
Educational degrees
PhD 1975, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
MA 1972, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
BA 1967, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania,
USA
Other interests: spending time with family and friends,
travel, music and almost any outdoor activity, especially
those that take place in the wilderness |
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Margaret Mary McEwen is a
Clinical Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology at Washington
State University. She received her Bachelor in Veterinary
Science from the University of Sydney, Australia and
performed a Residency at Cornell University. She is a member
of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists and a
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She is a
Diplomate in the ACVA.
She is interested in perioperative equine pain management.
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Susan J. Seaman is the education
specialist member of the WSU CVM VLE/SLE Leadership Team,
with Master’s, Education Specialist, and Doctor of Education
degrees in Educational Administration from the University of
Idaho.
As a teacher, Susan has been involved with district, state,
and regional leadership in the areas of curriculum,
instruction, and assessment development. A teaching
highlight was to receive the Presidential Award for
Mathematics and Science Teaching from the National Science
Foundation.
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As an administrator, Susan has implemented and evaluated a
variety of programs, policies, procedures, supervision, and
grants, has worked with state department of education
personnel and legislators, has planned professional
conferences, and has presented at state and regional
conferences, in addition to co-chairing an Idaho Achievement
Standards committee. An administrative highlight was to
receive the Educator of the Decade Award from the University
of Idaho Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. Additional leadership
training has been in Expeditionary Learning/Outward Bound,
including completing a Puget Sound Longboat Course and a New
York City Urban Expedition.
Susan also has experience with breeding and showing Arabian
horses and Irish setters. She donated a carrier mare and
affected colt to the WSU combined immunodeficiency (CID)
program and successfully test bred and registered her ISCA
Top Brood Matron/Top Litter producer as one of the first to
be certified as a non-carrier of progressive retinal atrophy
(PRA).
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Leslie Sprunger received a
B.S. in Biological Science from the University of Alaska,
Fairbanks (1983), a D.V.M. from Washington State University
(1987), and entered private practice as a small animal
veterinarian. Dr. Sprunger returned to academia to earn a
Ph.D. in Physiology (1995) from the University of Minnesota
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, where she was the
recipient of a Graduate School Fellowship, the Louise T.
Dosdall Fellowship for Women in Science, the Charles and
Dorothy Andrew Bird Award for Research, and a Howard Hughes
Medical Institute predoctoral fellowship.
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An NIH Clinical Investigator Development Award funded Dr.
Sprunger’s post-doctoral training in the University of
Minnesota Medical School Department of Physiology, and the
Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan
Medical School. Dr. Sprunger was appointed research faculty
at University of Michigan in 1999, and joined the Department
of VCAPP as Assistant Professor in July 2000.
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Kathleen L. Ruby is a licensed professional clinical
counselor with more than twenty years experience in the
counseling and educational fields. She has been the head of WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine
Counseling and Wellness
Department and on the veterinary school faculty for the
past seven years. In this capacity, she has counseled
veterinary students and faculty, served as a faculty member
teaching professional skills, and developed and conducted
programs and workshops related to professionalism,
communication skills, stress management, life balance, and
leadership within the college. |
Dr. Ruby also developed and supervises WSU’s
Pet Loss Support Hotline, and
trains students in client bereavement management. The
development of an integrated method teaching and reinforcing
life/professional success/ non-technical skills in
veterinary students is a central goal of her work.
She is a frequent speaker at state veterinary associations
and practice venues. With a background and training in
individual and organizational psychology, human development
and leadership, Dr. Ruby brings a unique mix of
people-skills, psychological insights, and programmatic
ideas to the profession of veterinary medicine. Her special
research interests include the psychology of high achieving
individuals and the development of emotional competence in
medical professionals. |
Facilitators |
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John & Fay Batchelder
John is the Executive Director and Fay is the Program
Director at Ross Point Camp and Conference Center in Post
Falls, Idaho. John and Fay Batchelder have been in the camp
and conference field for approximately 19 years, and
actively involved in team building and outdoor adventure for
17 years. John has a B.S. in Zoology. |
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Previous to camping they toured with an International Drama
Group performing plays and leading drama and communication
workshops. John traveled with the group for 6 years
traveling through the United States, Canada, Australia, and
New Zealand, and Fay was with the group for 3 ½ years. It
was there they met and were married.
They have three children, Zachary, Rachel, and Joel. They
love camping, climbing, skiing, motorcycles, music ….life!
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Graham Swinney |
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Jeff Thoren is the founder of Gifted
Leaders LLC. His personal mission is to bring joy and
fulfillment to individuals and to transform organizations
into renewed workplaces by emphasizing effective leadership
and nurturing a positive and inspiring team culture.
This passion for leadership and effective
organizational culture has developed over a 22-year
professional career including experience in both private
business as well as in the corporate world. Jeff has a
strong interest in encouraging human development,
particularly through one-to-one coaching relationships with
others. |
A graduate of Washington State University with a bachelor's
degree in Veterinary Science (1981) and a Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine Degree (1984), Dr. Thoren worked as an
associate veterinarian in small animal practice in western
Washington from 1984-87. In 1987, he left private practice
to serve as a Professional Service Representative with
Hill's Pet Nutrition. He stayed with Hill's until 1994 when
he joined Novartis Animal Health as the Regional Technical
Manager for the Pacific Sales Region before moving to
Greensboro , NC as Associate Manager of Professional
Services in 1995. He became Manager of Professional Services
in 1998.
From October 2000 through June 2005, Jeff served as the
Director of Professional Recruitment and Development for
Pet’s Choice, Inc., a family of 46 community veterinary
hospitals and specialty practices in five U.S. States. His
primary goal there was to help transform Pet’s Choice into
an employer of choice within the veterinary profession.
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Carolyn Wyatt is a licensed psychologist who joined
the Counseling and Wellness Deparment in the summer of 2005
after working for more than 20 years in her own private
psychology practice. Having grown up in a family of
veterinarians (father, uncle and brothers) she is familiar
with some of the rewards and challenges of the profession.
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Her primary role in the veterinary college is that of
counseling students about the wide range of issues and
problems they deal with in their school and personal lives.
She also conducts workshops and presentations that address
common student problems such as learning difficulties, study
skills, relationship and communication problems, and job
search strategies. |
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