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CAREER PATHWAYS COMMITTEE PURPOSE

The purpose of the Career Pathways Committee (CPC) is to develop and implement an outreach program to veterinary medical students and veterinarians outside the field of laboratory animal medicine. The goal is to increase the number of laboratory animal veterinarians in Biomedical Research.

 

CONSIDERING A CAREER IN LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE?

Veterinary and Pre-Veterinary Student Opportunities

 

• Travel Award - ACLAM sponsors 2 veterinary students interested in a career in Laboratory Animal Medicine to attend the Charles River Short Course. The next Short Course is June 21-24, 2010, in Newton, MA.
  
  For application information, please click here.
  
  For additionall information, please contact one of these CPC members:
  

  Bobby Brown
  brownbo@auburn.edu

  Micheal Hart
  reomwh@langate.gsu.edu

  Janet Welter
  welter@rarc.wisc.edu
  

 

• ACLAM Externships
  
  

  Prospective Externs

  Individuals interested in availing themselves to a 2-3 week exposure to this profession should contact the persons on the list of externships sponsored by ACLAM [PDF 26KB]. These contacts, on your behalf, can apply for monies from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine to support travel, lodging and education expenses. Externship experiences will vary by host institution, so we encourage you to shop for the program that best matches your interests.

  Prospective Host Institutions

  If you're interested in hosting an extern, the completed application is due on October 1st each year. Forms can be obtained from and should be returned        to:
  
  ACLAM Executive Director
  Dr. Melvin W. Balk
  96 Chester Street
  Chester, NH 03036
  Phone: (603) 887-2467

  E-Mail: mwbaclam@gsinet.net
  
  
• ASLAP list of Externships, Veterinary Student rotations, and Preceptorships can be found on the ASLAP web site.  ASLAP also funds a travel award to the AALAS national meeting.
  
  
• Questions -  Please contact one of these CPC Members:
  
  

  Bobby Brown
  brownbo@auburn.edu

  Micheal Hart
  reomwh@langate.gsu.edu

  Janet Welter
  welter@rarc.wisc.edu

   

Opportunities for Veterinarians

 

• Travel Award - ACLAM sponsors one Veterinary Practitioner interested in pursuing a career in Laboratory Animal Medicine by sending them to the National AALAS Meeting. The next meeting is October 10-14, 2010 in Atlanta, GA.
  
  For application information, please click here.
  
  
• Laboratory animal training programs for graduate veterinarians are available. Please see http://www.aclam.org/education/training/location.html
  
  For additional information, please contact one of these CPC members:
  

  Bobby Brown
  brownbo@auburn.edu

  Micheal Hart
  reomwh@langate.gsu.edu
  
  Buster Hawkins
  hawkinsJ@nih.gov

  Janet Welter
  welter@rarc.wisc.edu

 

ARE YOU A LABORATORY ANIMAL VETERINARIAN INTERESTED IN EDUCATING OTHERS ABOUT THE FIELD OF LABORATORY ANIMAL MEDICINE?

Power Point Presentation Templates

1. LAM Overview for Clinical Vets [5.35MB PPT] 
2. LAM Overview for Vet Students [5.39MB PPT]
3. Biomedical Research Career Opportunities for Veterinarians [10.9MB PPT]

Informational Templates/Pamphlets

• Template Questions for Profiles of ACLAM Diplomats for State VMA Newsletter [51KB PDF]
• AALAS Profiles in Laboratory Animal Science [322KB PDF]
• Template Paragraph for State VMA Newsletter [56KB PDF]
• ACLAM Pamphlet [K1.39MB PDF]
• ACLAM Brochure for Vet Students [405KB PDF]

ACLAM – ASLAP Joint Initiatives

Veterinary School Luncheon Series

ASLAP and ACLAM work together each year to provide a lecture or round table discussion focused on careers in laboratory animal medicine. Generally ACLAM covers the cost of food for these events. The goal of this program is to have an event at each veterinary school in the United States and Canada one time every 3 years. Since 2006, this program has supported events at Ontario Veterinary College, Purdue University, Oregon State University, Tufts University, University of Saskatchewan, University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin, Virginia Tech University of Maryland, University of Prince Edward Island and others. These programs rely heavily on the ASLAP Student Liaisons to facilitate setting up these programs.   For information or to volunteer please contact Alan Brady: agbrady@mdanderson.org

 

Merial NIH National Scholars Veterinary Symposium

The next Symposium will be held at the University of Georgia, August 5-8, 2010 and ACLAM will again sponsor a booth and several talks. For more information please see http://www.merialscholars.com/

SAVMA Symposium (Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association)

For information pertaining to this organization as well as the annual meeting, please see http://www.avma.org/savma/

SCVMA (Student Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting)

For information pertaining to this organization as well as the annual meeting, please see http://canadianveterinarians.net

Pre-Veterinary Symposium

 

For information pertaining to this organization as well as the annual meeting, please see http://www.apvma.us/

 

 

Committee Membership

• CPC Committee Members [178KB PDF] Updated 28 April 2010

MENTORING PROGRAM

 

ACLAM’s Mentoring Committee is committed to implementing and sustaining a mentoring program.  The overall program objective is to recruit veterinarians into laboratory animal medicine as a means of addressing the national shortage of laboratory animal veterinarians needed in Biomedical Research with a secondary objective of providing guidance and support to those already within the laboratory animal medicine specialty.

There are three target populations:

1)   Veterinarians and veterinary students interested in opportunities in laboratory animal medicine [career change]. See Resources for veterinary practitioners [PDF 47KB] or Resources for veterinary students [PDF 42KB]

2)   Veterinarians in the process of preparing to seek ACLAM certification [ACLAM board prep]. See Resources for ACLAM Board Preparation [PDF 61KB] or List of References [PDF 46KB]

3)   Veterinarians in laboratory animal medicine seeking guidance on career building and professional development within this field [career/professional development]. See Resources for Professional Development [PDF 43KB]

The program will function as follows:

• A listserv will be established to facilitate communication among the participants.
• Mentors and mentees will apply, describing their qualifications and objectives. 
• Applications will be reviewed by a coordinating committee and mentees will be matched with appropriate mentors.
• Mentoring coordinators will facilitate introductions between mentees and mentors as well as provide support as needed for mentee/mentor interactions.
• The Mentoring Coordinator will do a follow-up review of Mentor/Mentee pairs at least once every 3 to 6 months
• If any difficulties/awkwardness cannot be worked out between mentor/mentee such that either party finds that the match is not working, he/she should not hesitate to contact the Mentoring Committee (or Mentoring Coordinators) for a reassignment.
• Feedback will be solicited to support continuous improvement in the program.

Links:

Click here to see the characteristics and expectations for mentors [PDF 18KB]

Click here to see the characteristics and expectations for mentees [PDF 18KB]

Mentor registration form [PDF 307KB]

Mentee registration form [PDF 305KB]

Collaborating organizations:

Association of Primate Veterinarians
American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners
Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Medicine

American Association of Laboratory Animal Science

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