Residency Program in Equine Internal Medicine

Program Director

Samuel L. Jones, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Assistant Professor of Equine Medicine
(919) 513-6459

Faculty Directly Participating in the Residency Program

Babetta Breuhaus, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Equine Medicine

Jennifer Davis, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
Clinical Assistant Professor of Equine Medicine and Pharmacology

Sarah Y. Gardner, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Assistant Professor of Equine Medicine

Samuel L. Jones, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Assistant Professor of Equine Medicine

Malcolm C. Roberts, BVSc, PhD, FRCVS
Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Population Medicine

Geof Smith , DVM, MS, PhD
Associate Professor of Ruminant Medicine

Objectives

The NCSU-CVM Equine Internal Medicine Residency Program is intended to provide advanced clinical and investigative training in equine internal medicine. The duration of the program will be three years and conform to the requirements of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Large Animal) residency training program. The resident can work with their advisor to tailor the professional development time to emphasize a research track if an academic career is anticipated or a clinical track if a private practice career is anticipated. Elective rotations in other specialty areas (theriogenology, food animal medicine, etc) may be taken. Externships to obtain intensive training in specific areas of large animal internal medicine (neonatology, food animal medicine, etc) are also available.

Clinical Duty

Clinical duty consists of primary responsibility for patients admitted to the equine medicine service. This will consist of outpatients seen during daily receiving, emergency patients admitted to the service during the day, and emergency patients admitted at night and transferred to the service in the morning. A senior clinician will serve as co-clinician on all cases under the care of a resident.

Professional Development

Professional development consists of scholarly activities that develop clinical and writing skills, research activities, and study for the ACVIM board examination. A plan for each professional development block must be submitted and approved by the resident's advisor at least one month prior to the block.

Teaching Requirements

When on clinical duty, the residents must take an active role in student education aside from case management through topic discussions, assignments, and procedure supervision. The residents will also participate in teaching 1-2 labs for veterinary students. These labs are designed to teach examination and restraints techniques, diagnostic procedures, imaging, etc. in horses.

Required rounds

•  Equine medicine rounds, weekly, Tuesday at 8AM. These rounds are designed to provide topic reviews for ACVIM boards preparation and critical discussion of current literature related to equine medicine.

•  Large Animal Neurology rounds Tuesday at 8AM once monthly.

•  Case review rounds Wed 8AM. These rounds are designed to provide an opportunity to participate in hospital wide case discussions.

•  Optional: Critical Care/Cardiology rounds, weekly, Fri at 8AM (small animal hospital).

•  House Officer Seminars, weekly, Thursday at 8AM. Each resident will give one of these per year.

Research Projects

At least one original research project is required for each resident.

Manuscripts

Publication of at least one peer reviewed manuscript is required of each resident.

Meeting presentations

At least one presentation at a national or international meeting is expected of each resident. Ideally, this will be presentation of a research abstract.

Professional Development

This time is designated for study, research, and writing. Present a plan for each PD block to your advisor prior to each block. A written summary of your accomplishments must be presented to you advisor within one week of finishing the PD block.

Travel

Money is available from the department for travel to scientific meetings.

Committee and Evaluations

Each resident is evaluated by the equine faculty and staff at least twice a year. This information will be summarized and presented to the resident during a quarterly meeting with the resident committee consisting of their advisor, one other equine medicine faculty member, and a non-equine medicine faculty member. This committee will also review progress toward boards and completion or research projects and manuscripts. The resident will select the members for their committee by the second month of the residency.

Schedule

Year 1

16 blocks of equine medicine (including emergency duty as scheduled)

1 block of equine emergency (as primary resident on the service)

1 block of Radiology

1 block of Anesthesia

1 block of Clinical Pathology (the resident can elect to take this block year 2)

4 blocks of professional development

 

Year 2

16 blocks of equine medicine (including emergency duty as scheduled)

2 blocks of equine emergency (as primary resident on the service)

6 blocks of professional development

 

Year 3

14 blocks of equine medicine (including emergency duty as scheduled)

2 blocks of equine emergency (as primary resident on the service)

8 blocks of professional development