About

Primary Care Veterinary Educators (PCVE)

A primary care veterinary educator provides instruction and training in primary care.

PCVE Mission

To advance and inspire primary care veterinary educators worldwide.

For the purpose of defining the AAVMC specific PCVE community, it is currently limited to those educators on the faculty/staff of an AAVMC member institution, whose primary/major assignment is companion animal primary care education. The CVM is requested to identify individuals within their CVM who best represents this description.

For the purpose of PCVE symposium attendance, subsidized travel is provided to a single CVM representative in small animal companion animal primary care education.

Goals

  1. Enhance primary care education programs within the colleges of veterinary medicine
  2. Develop excellent primary care educators who prepare career ready future veterinarians
  3. Support retention, engagement, and wellbeing of primary care veterinary educators
  4. Facilitate collaboration between primary care veterinary educators and the profession

PCVE Leadership Team

Elizabeth Alvarez (Chair) – University of Wisconsin

Patrick Carney – Cornell University

Tiffany Durzi – University of Guelph

Mike Nappier – Virginia Tech

Nancy Welborn – Louisiana State University

Julie Wuerz – University of Florida

Jenni Green – University of Sydney

Alisa Hutchison – University of Missouri

Academic Affairs Committee Liaison

Gillian Angliss – Long Island University

AAVMC Staff Liaison

Caroline Cantner

Save the date: PCVE Symposium 

University of Georgia, Date TBD