College of Veterinary Medicine
Strategic Plan
Mission
The College of Veterinary Medicine enhances animal and human health and well-being, and contributes to the economy of North Carolina and beyond through the education of veterinarians in basic biomedical and clinical sciences; research leadership and excellence in veterinary medicine and related biomedical fields; and service to the State of North Carolina through comprehensive veterinary medical services and outreach programs.
Comments:
The College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State offers the only DVM degree program in NC and is one of 31 veterinary colleges in the US and Canada. Professional and graduate education as well as research programs in the college are integrated into a broad mission of service and outreach through which the health and well-being of food animals, companion animals, and non domestic species are maintained and enhanced. Veterinary medicine is unique among the health professions in having direct responsibility for the health of all animals except humans, and in having significant responsibility for human health through medical research, control of zoonotic diseases, environmental medicine, and food safety. These activities strengthen the university's mission with emphasis on aiding the state through excellence in science and technology. Private support of the mission is accomplished through the NC Veterinary Medical Foundation, Inc.
Vision
Accomplishments of our students, graduates, faculty, and staff bring world class recognition for the College of Veterinary Medicine and NC State University.
Long Range Goals
Goal 1*. Create and sustain high quality learning experiences for an average of 284 professional degree students and graduate 70 new DVMs each year for the next five years. A community of scholars, including students and staff, working in excellent and well-equipped physical facilities will use curricular changes to increase active and lifelong learning, implement a state-of-the-art hospital information management system, develop additional innovative approaches to use university herds, flocks, and laboratory animals for learning by professional, graduate, and undergraduate students, and provide educational experiences of up to one year for a limited number of students from other colleges of veterinary medicine.
*Relates to university goals 1 & 5.
Measures of progress are:
- Number of new DVM graduates per year.
- 100% pass rate on national boards and clinical competency tests.
- 95% have jobs within 3 months of graduation.
- 75% of those seeking post-DVM education are successful.
- Private funds available for student scholarships are increased to $100,000 per year by the year 2000.
- CVM meets stated targets for student FTE's.
- Amount of tuition surcharge revenue is at least $110,000 per year.
- Contract revenue exceeds $80,000 per year.
- Interviews of students after the second and fourth years show high levels of student satisfaction.
- At least 85% of employers of our graduates will express satisfaction.
Strategic issues addressed are B4, B6, B7, B9, & B13.
Goal 2*. Research will generate new knowledge to solve problems in animal and human health, animal production, and environmental quality. Graduates (MS, Ph.D., and DVM/Ph.D.) will meet the needs of industry, academia, and government for scientists having broad research expertise at the molecular, cellular, systemic, and population levels. House officer graduates will have specialized competency in a clinical or related discipline. Areas of research priority for the next five years are:
- New and Emerging Infectious Diseases of Livestock & Companion Animals
- Safe Food from Animals
- Environmental Quality and Health
- Animal Well-Being and Productivity
- Comparative Biomedicine
We will reallocate space, staff, and operating funds to support nationally recognized and peer competitive research and graduate education programs or those having great potential to be so recognized consistent with the above priorities. We will work through the university planning process and our Foundation Board and commodity groups to increase our research capacity. We will increase research partnerships with scientists in the Research Triangle Park.
*Relates to university goals 1, 2, 6, 8, & 9
Measures of progress are:
- Meet targets for grant applications and extramural funding.
- Economic impacts of problems studied and/or solved.
- Success rates on specialty board examinations.
- Number of graduate students completing degrees will meet goals.
- 95% will have jobs within 3 months after degree completion.
- Publications in peer reviewed journals by faculty and trainees.
- Collaborations with Research Triangle scientists.
Strategic issues addressed are B1, B2, B5, B7, & B8.
Goal 3*. Economic productivity and societal well-being will be enhanced by the provision of veterinary services, transfer of research results, including technology transfer, and provision of continuing education to veterinarians, their clients, and commodity and allied organizations. The veterinary teaching hospital will maintain a case load of at least 15,000 per year for the next five years. CVM will provide continuing education using a variety of delivery systems, including short-term hands-on medical/surgical instruction, for veterinarians. Continuing education will be provided for owners of companion and recreation animals through programs with kennel clubs, breed associations, and the Carolina Performance Horse Program. We will identify individuals as liaisons from the CVM to various commodity and allied organizations and will develop innovative programs for technology transfer and continuing education for these clients.
*Relates to university goals 8 & 9.
Measures of progress are:
- Case load in the VTH.
- VTH revenue generated and percent collected.
- Number and variety of continuing education programs and feedback from participants (90% will be satisfied).
- Increased liaison activity and financial support from commodity and allied organizations.
- A continuing successful, as measured by attendance growth and revenue generated, joint North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association and CVM continuing education meeting held each fall.
- Client satisfaction will exceed 85% as measured by surveys.
Strategic issues addressed are B7, B9, & B10.
Goal 4*. The CVM student body, staff, and faculty will more closely reflect the diversity of society in North Carolina so that veterinary medicine can best meet the animal health needs of this diverse society. We will continue the highly successful summer workshop for rising 6th grade students, encourage summer research experiences for high school students, and support faculty interchanges with the public schools. Veterinary Expectations will continue to provide opportunities for minority college students to learn about careers in our profession and about our admissions process. All CVM employees will be fairly and equitably recognized and rewarded for their contributions. The college leadership will continue to recognize the value of all forms of diversity in highly successful teams by working through conflict while solving problems for a common goal.
CVM will promote faculty and staff success through team building processes, increased use of faculty and staff study leaves, merit salary adjustments and promotions and through reallocation of resources to improve operational efficiency. Private fund-raising efforts will increase and increased resources for faculty and staff will be available.
*Relates to university goals 7 & 10
Measures of progress are:
- The salaries of women and men in each of the professorial ranks will be compared annually and differences will be determined to be solely merit based.
- CVM will meet its diversity goals.
- Evaluation of salaries paid to new faculty will reveal no gender or ethnic origin basis for that salary.
- There will be a reduction in the number of staff leaving the college for employment in private sector positions with higher pay and better benefits for the same level of work.
- Staff will express satisfaction with the opportunities for career development advancement and recognition for performance.
- CVM will meet its development target goals.
- At least two faculty and two staff per year will take study leaves.
- Staff will be appropriately classified and participate as team members.
- Applications for the summer workshops will exceed 600 each year and students and their parents will be satisfied with this experience.
- An average of two minority high school students will participate in summer research experiences.
- Attendance at Veterinary Expectations will average 80 per year.
Strategic issues addressed are B3, B11, & B12.