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SCHOOL
OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Planning Document 2009
(Approved SVM General Faculty meeting May 5, 2009)
Preamble:
The Administration
of the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary
Medicine (LSU-SVM) embraces the strategic planning
process as we continue to fulfill our mission: The
mission of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is to
provide superior education in veterinary medicine and
related fields, to offer a wide range of superior
services to the general public and the veterinary
medical community, and to maintain a relevant, high
quality research program in basic and applied fields.
We believe that thorough and deliberate planning,
revisited at regular intervals, are integral to the
LSU-SVM achieving its goal of moving into the upper tier
of programs nationally, consistent with the University’s
Flagship Agenda.
The planning document that resulted from the 1998-99
planning initiative has been reviewed, revised and
subsequently ratified by the general faculty at
approximately two-year intervals since that time (this
iteration is 4 years from the last revision). The
process for revisiting and revising the Planning
Document in 2008-2009 was similar to that used in the
past. The initiative and coordination for review and
revision of the document was driven primarily by members
of the Dean’s Cabinet. Each strategic direction was then
reviewed by a wider group of interested and involved
faculty and staff who were invited to participate
including some faculty committees. Each of the
objectives and action plans were reviewed, and
additions, deletions and revisions made to address
current issues, concerns, and opportunities that would
enhance the quality and reputation of our programs. This
revised draft document has been reviewed again by the
Dean’s Cabinet and is now posted on the SVM website for
general faculty review. After consideration of
suggestions from the faculty at large, this plan will be
subsequently brought before the faculty at a General
Faculty Meeting for ratification in the spring of 2009.
We believe that the planning document provides an
effective road map for the LSU-SVM to follow as we
continue to address future directions and needs.
Continued focus on the six strategic directions will
improve the overall quality of the School, and help to
re-establish our compliance with the accreditation
standards set forth by the American Veterinary Medical
Association - Council on Education. From an
administrative standpoint, our continued challenges will
be to diversify the financial support base for the SVM
including: increases in state appropriation, expansion
of the extramurally funded research program, and
establishment of a comprehensive and aggressive
development program, to provide the necessary
infrastructure for quality educational, research and
service programs.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 1: Enhance
and diversify the funding base of the SVM to support
strategic prioritized endeavors.
Objective 1.1: Establish an easily understood,
well defined, and broadly accepted 3-year strategic plan
for the SVM.
Action Plan 1.1.1:
Engage a cross section of faculty, student, alumni,
professional, client, commodity, and industry leaders in
a strategic planning process facilitated by a
professional external facilitator.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Action Plan 1.1.2:
Disseminate the strategic plan for faculty, student,
alumni, professional, client, commodity, and industry
stakeholder discussion to gain broad knowledge and
understanding of the direction of SVM.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Objective 1.2:
Develop a network of supporters
in positions of leadership in all sectors that influence
government, industry and private support of the SVM.
Action Plan 1.2.1:
Maintain a current list of LSU
administrators, the Board of Supervisors, the Board of
Regents, state legislators, Governor’s office personnel,
federal legislators, industry leaders, and powerful
private citizens.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM, Dean. Constraints:
None
Action Plan 1.2.2:
Effectively communicate the aspirations of the SVM to
individuals in each of the above entities to cultivate
well informed “friends of the school.”
Responsible:
Dean, Administrators, Advancement Office of the SVM.
Constraints: None
Action Plan 1.2.3:
Maintain an effective Dean’s Leadership Council.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM, Dean. Constraints:
None
Objective 1.3:
Establish a tradition of annual
giving to the SVM among alumni and others.
Action Plan 1.3.1:
Identify and share compelling stories that convey the
use and impact of annual support.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Action Plan 1.3.2:
Develop compelling annual giving
strategies with due consideration to the message, number
and timing of contact attempts, interclass competition
among graduates, and stewardship of gifts.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None.
Action Plan 1.3.3:
Develop a compelling and successful annual faculty and
staff initiative. Responsible: Advancement Office
of the SVM, Key faculty members, Dean. Constraints:
None
Action Plan 1.3.4:
Foster a tradition of annual giving in undergraduate
veterinary students. Responsible: Advancement
Office of the SVM. Constraints: None.
Objective 1.4:
Establish optimal philanthropic
programs for the animal owning public.
Action Plan 1.4.1:
Establish and implement a plan for SVM clientele
philanthropy.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Action Plan 1.4.2:
Establish and implement a plan for alumni
clientele philanthropy.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Objective 1.5:
Establish the SVM major gifts
program.
Action Plan 1.5.1:
Develop and implement a system for identifying,
contacting, cultivating and soliciting major gift
prospects.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM, Dean. Constraints:
None
Action Plan 1.5.2:
Expand membership of the Dean’s Leadership Council, to a
minimum of 25 people with the goal of promoting the SVM
and identifying major donor prospects.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM, Dean. Constraints:
None
Action Plan 1.5.3:
Establish a planned giving program.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Objective 1.6:
Increase funding support for
all endowed scholarships so that they issue
$5,000/recipient/year.
Action Plan 1.6.1:
Advise donors to add to the endowed corpus of existing
endowed scholarships and promote establishment of
additional endowed scholarships that disperse $5,000
annually.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Action Plan 1.6.2:
Continue the Dean’s Scholarship
Endowment Initiative with a goal of dispersing
$5,000 annually from each endowed scholarship
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM, Dean.
Constraints: None
Objective 1.7:
Communicate the mission, goals,
and accomplishments of the SVM to internal and external
stakeholders.
Action Plan 1.7.1:
Establish optimal publication plans for La Vétèrinaire,
SVM Update, La Semaine, Santé de Cheval, and other
regular reports of the SVM.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None.
Action Plan 1.7.2:
Optimize e-communication and e-marketing for the SVM.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None
Action Plan 1.7.3:
Align the development section of the SVM website with
Advancement goals; make it intuitive and easy to use.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM. Constraints: None.
Action Plan 1.7.4:
Develop a logical and cost-efficient approach to alumni
engagement activities at significant professional
meetings.
Responsible:
Advancement Office of the SVM, Dean. Constraints:
None.
Action Plan 1.7.5:
Promote the SVM’s mission through public
programs, such as Open House, the Great Rover Road Run,
the International Exhibition on Animals in Art, and Pets
& Vets.
Responsible: Advancement Office of the SVM.
Constraints: None.
Objective 1.8:
Provide relevant continuing education to
members of the health professions and animal-owning
public.
Action Plan 1.8.1:
Review the effectiveness of these programs and annually
report the finding to the Dean.
Responsible:
Director of Continuing Education and SVM Continuing
Education Committee. Constraints: None.
Action Plan 1.8.2:
Offer an Annual Companion Animal Conference for
Veterinarians and Technicians, support all costs of one
day of continuing education at the Annual LVMA Equine
Committee Shreveport meeting, offer several specific
topic courses annually, and foster an annual SVM and
Agricultural Center food animal meeting.
Responsible:
Director of Continuing Education and SVM Continuing
Education Committee. Constraints: None.
Action Plan 1.8.3:
Host four (4) quarterly meetings of the Louisiana
Academy of Veterinary Practice meetings and others as
requested and needed to support the profession.
Responsible:
Director of Continuing Education and SVM Continuing
Education Committee. Constraints: None.
Action Plan 1.8.4:
Explore innovative uses of electronic education (pod
casts, webinars) to allow timely presentations which
would not require attendee travel.
Responsible:
Director of Continuing Education and SVM Continuing
Education Committee. Constraints: Available
technology, cost and demand.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2: Maintain a veterinary medical
educational program with an evolving professional
curriculum that includes self-directed learning, service
learning, and problem solving, designed to provide
graduates with the appropriate skills, knowledge,
aptitudes and attitudes necessary for a successful
career in veterinary medicine.
Objective 2.1:
Review the quality, delivery,
and professional relevance of the curriculum through
appropriate outcomes assessments.
Action Plan 2.1.1:
Begin a systematic review of the curriculum relative to
contemporary and future needs of the profession.
Responsible:
Courses and Curriculum Committee. Constraints:
None apparent.
Action Plan 2.1.2:
Develop and implement a system to collect data on
clinical competencies of phase 2 veterinary students.
Responsible:
Year 4 Committee, Associate Dean for Student and
Academic Affairs. Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 2.1.3:
Monitor the curriculum through yearly meetings with each
class of students and through a faculty forum in which
curricular concerns, results and implementations are
discussed.
Responsible:
Courses and Curriculum Committee. Constraints:
None apparent.
Action Plan 2.1.4:
Review the need and effects of having Ross and St.
George’s students participate in the Phase 2 curriculum.
Responsible:
Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs, Year 4
committee. Constraints: None apparent.
Objective 2.2:
Support an evolving
infrastructure necessary to facilitate student learning
and instruction by faculty.
Action Plan 2.2.1:
Evaluate the need for renovation and upgrade of teaching
laboratory space and equipment within the teaching
laboratories.
Responsible:
Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs,
Informational and Teaching Resources Development
Committee.
Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 2.2.2:
Upgrade microscopy capabilities and microscope
projection technologies in the histology/microscopic
anatomy teaching laboratory.
Responsible:
Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs.
Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 2.2.2:
Annually evaluate the adequacy of teaching space for
laboratory exercises, didactic and elective needs.
Responsible:
Informational and Teaching Resources Development
Committee,
and SVM Space Committee. Constraints: None
apparent.
Action Plan 2.2.3:
Annually evaluate library resources to include books,
periodicals, on-line resources, equipment and space to
adequately support student learning and instruction by
faculty.
Responsible:
Informational and Teaching Resources Development
Committee,
Director of Library Services and SVM Administration.
Constraints: None apparent.
Objective 2.3:
Foster faculty development in
support of instruction.
Action Plan 2.3.1:
Orient new faculty through meetings with the Office of
Student and Academic Affairs concerning curricular
issues and philosophy.
Responsible:
Department Heads. Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 2.3.2:
Develop a faculty committee whose function it is to
develop and oversee outcomes assessment opportunities
related to the professional program with a mission of
making outcomes assessment more a part of the culture of
instruction. Responsible: Faculty Policy
Committee, Associate Dean for Student and Academic
Affairs, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate
Studies. Constraints: None apparent.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 3: Improve Graduate Academic and
Graduate Professional Program quality to the level of
national recognition for training biomedical scientists
and clinical specialists.
Objective 3.1:
Increase the number of high quality graduate students to
the level consistent with or above our aspirant peer
veterinary colleges.
Action Plan 3.1.1:
Monitor the current graduate enrollment status and
graduate student stipend level of the SVM relative to
other veterinary colleges that are considered to be
leaders in this area.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, and Graduate Academic Studies Council
(GASC). Constraints: Recovery of suitable data
from the AAVMC.
Action Plan 3.1.2:
Establish growth capacity in numbers of graduate
students and non-graduate student residents.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, and GASC. Constraints: Recovery
of suitable data from the AAVMC.
Action Plan 3.1.3:
Identify an annual increment to increase the number and
level of stipend support for the Advanced Studies
program to become competitive with peer institutions by
internal reallocation of the SVM budget.
Responsible: SVM Administration. Constraints:
Opportunity for reallocation and level of state
appropriation for the SVM.
Action Plan 3.1.4:
Seek stipend support from extramural agencies by: 1)
continuing to encourage faculty to include graduate
stipends in research grants and contracts; 2) submitting
at least one training grant / year from the SVM; 3)
requiring graduate students with the help of their major
professors to apply for a NRSA or other fellowships; and
4) making efforts in all possible situations to add
minority student stipends to existing federal grants.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, Department Heads, faculty, and faculty
coalitions. Constraints: Success in
collaborations of successful scientists to obtain
awards.
Action Plan 3.1.5:
Seek stipend support and supplements from external
donations for endowments from individual or corporate
donors. Responsible: Advancement Office with the
assistance of Associate Dean for Research and Advanced
Studies, Department Heads. Constraints: Success
in identifying donors.
Action Plan 3.1.6:
Relative to DVM/PhD Program (to be developed by SVM GAS
Council)
Objective 3.2:
Increase the size and diversity of the applicant pool
for the Graduate Academic Program through program
promotion and awareness.
Action Plan 3.2.1:
Continue to regularly update, and improve web page
profiling of graduate training opportunities at the SVM
and Departmental levels.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, GASC, Department Heads, and Web
Masters. Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 3.2.2:
Continue to explore methods to increase awareness of the
opportunities in our graduate program for undergraduate
students of LSU and other universities in the State.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, Department Heads, Graduate Advisors,
GASC. Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 3.2.3.:
Continue to seek funding for a summer research program
for interested professional students in order to expand
on our existing NIH T35 grant.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies to coordinate. Constraints:
Success of existing programs.
Action Plan 3.2.4: Establish
a sub-committee of the GASC and others to identify a
strategy to recruit DVM’s to our graduate programs.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, GASC. Constraints: None
apparent.
Action Plan 3.2.5:
Identify a committee of dedicated faculty leaders to
develop strategies to improve recruitment of minority
students to the graduate studies programs with a focus
on the HBUC’s within the state.
Responsible: Departments, Associate Dean for
Research and Advanced Studies, and GASC. Constraints:
Availability of students.
Action Plan 3.2.6:
Determine the procedures and initiate the process of
changing the name of the SVM graduate degree program in
order to attract a broader range of quality students.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Graduate Studies, and GASC. Constraints: The
University process.
Action Plan 3.2.7:
Develop and initiate an outreach plan for biomedical
research and veterinary medicine utilizing the expertise
of faculty, graduate students and house officers in the
K through 12 systems particularly of East Baton Rouge,
West Baton Rouge, Livingston and Ascension Parishes.
Responsible: An Ad hoc Committee formed by the
Associate Dean for Research and Advanced Studies.
Constraints: Faculty participation.
Objective 3.3:
Maintain and improve the rigorous academic standards
for the umbrella graduate program in Veterinary Medical
Sciences.
Action Plan 3.3.1:
Revise and utilize the outcome assessment matrix
procedures for the SVM MS and PhD programs to be
published on the University Assessment Council web site
to assess student progress, place advanced studies
students, and to evaluate courses and departmental
programs.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and Advance
Studies and GASC. Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 3.3.2:
Continue and improve the communication of annual
feedback obtained from advanced studies students
regarding program improvement through open forums and
student surveys. Supply a synopsis of this information
to the Graduate Faculty on an annual basis.
Responsible: GASC, and Associate Dean for Research
and Advanced Studies. Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 3.3.3:
Regularly update and publish on departmental web sites
complete, clear, and concise guidelines for graduate
programs in each department that are consistent with
rules of the Graduate School and the philosophy of the
SVM umbrella program.
Responsible: GASC, Department Heads, Graduate
Advisors, Web Masters. Constraints: None
apparent.
Action Plan 3.3.4:
Regularly update and publish course offerings for the
coming year on departmental web sites.
Responsible: GASC, Department Heads, Graduate
Advisors, Web Masters. Constraints: None
apparent.
Action Plan 3.3.5:
Continue to seek additional support for the annual
graduate student awards program within the SVM in order
to recognize local excellence.
Responsible: GASC, Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies. Constraints: Availability of
funding.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 4: Achieve national prominence
through enhanced basic, applied and clinical research
productivity of the SVM’s faculty and staff.
Objective 4.1:
Document and regularly present in multiple formats the
research performance of the SVM in order to promote
national prominence.
Action Plan 4.1.1:
Accumulate and organize the data gathered in Action Plan
4.2.1 on an annual basis. This should be made available
to faculty and administrators for the production of
reports, grant applications and public relations pieces
important for the promotion of the SVM and SVM
Departments.
Responsible: SVM Administration, Department Heads.
Constraints: Funding for staff
Action Plan 4.1.2:
Standardize the format and content of SVM faculty web
sites to showcase their scholarly activity and
productivity in the form of published works.
Responsible: Deans Cabinet, Department Heads,
Faculty, Web Masters. Constraints: None apparent
Action Plan 4.1.3:
Improve and update on a regular monthly basis research
accomplishments on the SVM web site using the data
collected in Acton Plan 4.2.1.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research, SVM Web
Master, and Department Heads. Constraints: None
apparent
Action Plan 4.1.4:
Produce and distribute to influencers a quality annual
SVM Research Report illustrating SVM research activity
and exceptional accomplishments for the purposes of
public relations.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research, Public
Relations Office. Constraints: Funding
Objective 4.2:
Increase the overall level of faculty research
productivity.
Action Plan 4.2.1:
Establish performance criteria and guidelines for
faculty with research appointments in all departments.
Emphasis should be placed on publishing research in high
impact journals, securing extramural research funding
from sources which utilize rigorous peer review,
successful mentoring of graduate students and the
establishment of an extramurally funded research
program.
Responsible: SVM Administration, Dean’s Cabinet,
Department Heads, Research Committee. Constraints:
None apparent.
Action Plan 4.2.2:
Continue to provide adequate start-up funds to attract
new hires and enhance their competitiveness for
extramural funding.
Responsible: SVM Administration Constraints:
Funding
Action Plan 4.2.3:
Evaluate on a regular basis the efficacy and
cost-effectiveness of SVM central research facilities
and cost centers. Determine the need for others.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, Research Committee. Constraints:
None apparent.
Objective 4.3:
Increase the SVM lead and participation in
multi-disciplinary, and special emphasis research
programs.
Action Plan 4.3.1:
Clearly identify research focus areas of proven strength
within the SVM in order to establish special emphasis
research groups and external collaborations to promote
larger grant applications.
Responsible: Dean’s Cabinet, Associate Dean for
Research and Advanced Studies, Research Committee.
Constraints: Identification of Faculty Leaders
Action Plan 4.3.2:
Consider the research focus areas of the SVM when hiring
new faculty in all departments.
Responsible: Department Heads, SVM Administration
Constraints: None apparent
Action Plan 4.3.3:
Consider awarding a large portion of recurring SVM
competitive grant funds to a multidisciplinary or
special emphasis research group.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, Research Committee Constraints:
None Apparent
Action Plan 4.3.4:
Sponsor state-wide Biomedical Research discussion groups
and seminars in focus areas at the SVM or through the
SVM Access Grid.
Responsible: Interested faculty groups.
Constraints: None Apparent.
Action Plan 4.3.5:
Establish a Dean’s Distinguished Lectureship Series to
promote our identified focused areas.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced Studies, Research Committee. Constraints:
Availability of Funds
Objective 4.4:
Increase the base of research support through
extramural, faculty-generated funding.
Action Plan 4.4.1:
Establish a grant review protocol and identify potential
internal and external reviewers for all faculty to use
prior to submission of grant applications to funding
agencies.
Responsible: Associate Dean for Research and
Advanced studies, Research Committee Constraints:
Sufficient Faculty, Funding
Action Plan 4.4.2:
Continue to identify additional sources of intramural
funds and use those as seed monies to obtain preliminary
data to be used for larger grant applications to
extramural agencies. The distribution of these funds
should be reconsidered. As an example see Action Plan
4.3.3.
Responsible: SVM Administration, Research Committee,
Associate Dean for Research and Advanced Studies.
Constraints: Ability of funds.
Action Plan 4.4.3:
Identify potential donors to support research endeavors
for special emphasis programs or other specific needs.
Responsible: Director of Institutional Advancement,
Dean, with faculty input. Constraints: None.
Objective 4.5:
Continue and enhance support of infrastructure and
other resources to increase the competitiveness of
faculty and research programs.
Action Plan 4.5.1:
Continue acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment
through competitive extramural funding, private donors,
and internal reallocation. Performance indicators would
include submission of at least one equipment grant/year
from the SVM for new/replacement equipment.
Responsible: Department Heads, Faculty, and SVM
Administration. Constraints: Success of
proposals/initiatives.
Action Plan 4.5.2:
Improve the utilization of research space for active
programs by an annual evaluation of use by the space
committee. Investigate the potential of moving some SVM
functions off site.
Responsible: Space Committee, Dean’s Cabinet.
Constraints: Existing space limitations.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 5: Provide quality clinical,
consultation and diagnostic services to the various
public, professional and governmental sectors.
Objective 5.1:
Continue to refine and improve services of the
Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Clinics (VTH&C) and
Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (LADDL)
to meet the needs of students, animal owners, veterinary
medical practitioners and the animal industry.
Action Plan 5.1.1:
Survey clients and referring DVMs at four-year intervals
(next survey 2010) and use input to guide services
offered.
Responsible:
Hospital Director and LADDL Director. Constraints:
None apparent.
Action Plan 5.1.2:
Continue to evaluate fees being charged and services
being offered as compared to other SREB Schools as well
as local specialty practices.
Responsible:
Hospital Director and Service Chiefs. Constraints:
Available information for comparison.
Action Plan 5.1.3:
Continue the Emergency Services to increase the overall
caseload by encouraging all local practices in the
Greater Baton Rouge Area to use us as their emergency
service. The goal is maintain at least 2,400 emergency
cases annually (Large Animal and Small Animal).
Responsible:
Hospital Director, VTH & C Board Members, Faculty, and
House Officers. Constraints: Support of local
practices.
Action Plan 5.1.4:
Establish a small animal community practice to
supplement the caseload and expose students to more
“routine wellness” cases by 2010 by building on our
emergency caseload. The community practice is a logical
extension of the emergency service.
Responsible: Hospital Director, VTH & C Board
Members, Faculty and House Officers. Constraints: Support
of Faculty and available funds to add new faculty member
and technician.
Objective 5.2:
Improve facilities and equipment to provide clinical
services, teaching and research support found in
contemporary institutional practices.
Action Plan 5.2.1:
Replace the Medical Records System with a computerized,
paperless, easily retrievable system by 2010. This could
be accomplished through the expanded applications of
Cornerstone.
Responsible:
Hospital Director, Director of Hospital IT Services, and
SVM Administration. Constraints: Ability to
obtain necessary funding and ability to purchase a
working system.
Action Plan 5.2.2:
Make equipment needs known to the Director of
Institutional Advancement in order to identify potential
donors for direct sponsorship.
Responsible:
Hospital Director and VCS Department Head.
Constraints: None.
Action Plan 5.2.3:
Identify potential donors for capital improvement
projects including the Equine Reproduction Center, and
Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana.
Responsible:
Hospital Director, VCS Department Head, Director of
Institutional Advancement, and SVM Administration.
Constraints: None.
Objective 5.3:
Provide a qualified and motivated support staff
within the VTH&C in support of the teaching, service and
research missions of the School.
Action Plan 5.3.1:
Add additional support staff annually to the VTH&C staff
numbers to provide teaching/service to support the
faculty in the areas of oncology, radiation therapy,
anesthesia, intensive care, scintigraphy, emergency
medicine, MRI, small animal community practice, and
general treatment. Annual increases in the VTH&C fee
schedule (4-10%) will provide the support needed to fund
new staff.
Responsible:
Hospital Director and SVM Administration.
Constraints: Continued growth of VTH&C net income.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION 6: Ensure continuation and expansion
of cooperative programs that benefit local, national,
and international institutions and agencies and that
enrich veterinary professional and graduate education,
and research programs of the School of Veterinary
Medicine.
Objective 6.1:
Develop and
maintain cooperative agreements with animal and public
health agencies and academic institutions that currently
are cooperating or may wish to cooperate with Louisiana
State University School of Veterinary Medicine faculty.
Such agreements are to support faculty, staff and
student exchanges for educational and research purposes.
Action Plan
6.1.1:
Foster the ‘One Health’ goals of the AVMA and AAVMC by
developing and maintaining active animal health and
public health international linkages and exchange
programs for veterinary students, graduate students and
faculty with at least two veterinary colleges/animal
health/public health institutions on each continent:
Africa: University of Pretoria, South Africa;
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; University of Zambia.
Asia: Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic
Diseases, China; Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Europe: Maison d’ Alfort, France; University
College Dublin, Ireland. South America:
Brazil (see 7.1.2); University of Buenos Aires-INTA,
Argentina; University of West Indies, Trinidad;
University of Austral, Chile. Allow cooperative
agreements inactive for 5 years to lapse.
Responsible:
Director, Office of International Programs.
Constraints: None apparent
Action Plan
6.1.2:
Continue cooperation with the University of Minnesota,
Southern University and the LSUHSC School of Public
Health as partners in a US-Brazil student exchange
consortium program currently sponsored by the Foundation
for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education (FIPSE)
of the US Department of Education. Open participation of
other US veterinary colleges in cooperation with the
American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)
and expand the number of partner universities in Brazil
from two partners, the Federal University of Bahia and
Sao Paulo State University, to six partners through new
cooperative agreements with the Federal University of
Parana in Curitiba, the Federal Rural University of
Pernambuco in Recife, the University of Sao Paulo in Sao
Paulo and FIOCRUZ in Rio de Janeiro.
Responsible:
Office of International Programs. Constraints:
Pro-Active faculty and student interest in maintaining
active linkages with partner universities.
Objective 6.2:
Develop a
DVM-MPH companion degree program and graduate program
links between SVM and the LSU Health Sciences Center
School of Public Health (SPH) in New Orleans to enable
study toward the MPH degree by veterinary students and
graduate students.
Action Plan 6.2.1:
Utilize the ACCESS facility in SVM for distance learning
by veterinary students enrolled in on-line SPH courses
and for courses offered by SVM faculty to SPH students
in New Orleans (e.g., Geospatial Health and Environment)
Responsible:
Office of the Dean. Constraints: None apparent.
Action Plan 6.2.2:
Promote adjunct appointments of faculty between SVM and
SPH for faculty teaching in courses at the respective
partner institutions. Currently 3 SVM faculty members
and one SPH faculty member have adjunct faculty
appointments.
Responsible:
Office of the Dean, Department Heads. Constraints:
None apparent.
Action Plan 6.2.3:
Promote student interest in international study and
research opportunities through elective course offerings
within the veterinary curriculum, including the
‘Veterinary Medicine in International Development’
elective course, elective overseas summer and clinical
block credit, and field study/capstone studies by
veterinary students and graduate students working toward
an MPH degree at SPH.
Responsible:
Office of International Programs, Associate Dean for
Student and Academic Affairs, Courses and Curriculum
Committee. Constraints: Curriculum Committee
approval of new elective courses and programs.
Action Plan 6.2.4:
Increase funding opportunities for student and faculty
international veterinary medicine activities through the
SVM Dean’s travel grant program, student summer
scholarship programs (e.g. Morris Animal Foundation) and
federal education/research program grants (e.g., U.S.
Department of Education Foundation for the Improvement
of Post-Secondary Education). Seek endowments from
private individuals to fund student international
travel-study programs.
Responsible:
Office of International Programs, Office of
Institutional Advancement. Constraints: None
apparent.
Objective 6.3:
Develop an
International Veterinary Medicine and Public Health
Center at LSU.
Action Plan 6.3.1:
Develop a mission statement and funding plan through a
faculty task group and seek support by USDA, USAID,
Homeland Security and/or non-governmental agencies
focused on global food security and public health
issues.
Responsible: Office of International Programs,
Office of the Dean. Constraints: None apparent.
Objective 6.4:
Expand clinical rotation partnerships with other AVMA
accredited universities and foreign partner universities
and expand preclinical elective course offerings to
enable better defined elective ‘emphasis programs’ for
LSU veterinary students.
Action Plan 6.4.1:
Establish ‘emphasis program’ advisory committees
composed of clinical and preclinical faculty to define
pre-clinical and clinical elective program content and
to guide students in study plans (e.g., Production
Animal Medicine, LZEM, Public Health and Food Security).
Responsible:
Clinical/Preclinical Faculty,
Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs. Courses
and Curriculum Committee, Office of International
Programs. Constraints: None apparent.
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