Teaching & Learning
Excellence in Education
Our educators foster innovative teaching and learning through scholarship, leadership, and collaboration.
Teaching & learning
At the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, we are committed to the success of our academic programs and supporting our faculty and graduate students who teach them. We offer excellence in learning through innovative undergraduate, graduate, and professional veterinary medical education programs.
Our college’s Teaching Academy, a scholarly community of educators, offers educational training and academic career preparation opportunities to graduate students, veterinary residents, and new faculty members.
Meet our educators
Teaching Academy
Fostering innovative teaching and learning for faculty, residents, and professional and graduate students across the collegeLearning programs and initiatives
Diagnostic Challenge
Students take what they learned in the classroom and apply it to a real medical case.
Infectious disease and microbial immunology postdoctoral program
Designed to prepare fellows to address critical knowledge gaps in zoonotic infectious diseases and emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
Residencies & Internships
Post-DVM education and training for teaching, research, and to prepare for board certification
Shelter Medicine
A learning opportunity for veterinary students in community-based, primary care facilities
Simulation-Based Education
Training the most competent veterinarians to improve care for animal patients
Students Targeted toward Advanced Research Studies
Earn an accelerated PhD degree in as little as 7 years.
Veterinary Assessment Laparoscopic Skills
Combines online learning and hands-on, side-by-side training with veterinarians.
Veterinary Continuing Education
Small and large animal continuing education for veterinary professionals
Veterinary Paraprofessional Certificate
The Veterinary Paraprofessional Certificate program combines online learning and hands-on, side-by-side training with veterinarians.
Veterinary Student Summer Research Fellowship
An engaging summer opportunity to introduce veterinary students to biomedical research
Education areas
- Biochemistry
- Genetics and cell biology
- Immunology and infectious diseases
- Integrative physiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Professional veterinary medical education
- Veterinary clinical and translational sciences
- Veterinary paraprofessional education
Teaching & learning stories
College & WSU teaching awards
- DVM Class of 2022 Zoetis, Wescott, and Pre-Clinical Teaching award recipients The DVM Class of 2022 voted for the recipients of the Zoetis Distinguished Teaching Award, the Wescott Awards for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, and the Pre-Clinical Teaching Awards.
- DVM Class of 2021 Zoetis, Wescott, Pre-Clinical Teaching, and Newbrey award recipients The DVM Class of 2021 voted for the recipients of the Zoetis Distinguished Teaching Award, the Wescott Awards for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, the Pre-Clinical Teaching Awards, and the Jerry Newbrey Teaching Awards. Zoetis Distinguished Teacher Award Richard Wescott Clinical Teaching Award Started in 1994 to honor Dr. Richard Wescott, a much-loved teacher and former […]
- Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award Dr. Erika Offerdahl is recognized for leadership in undergraduate science teaching and assessment.