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ACZM Ultrashort Course At IAAAM
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Saturday, May 8, 2010, 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM
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IAAAM Home Page
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Pamela D. Govett
Phone 909-706-3536
Email pamgovett@hotmail.com
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ACZM Ultra-Short Course |
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Required
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Payment In Advance Or At Event
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If there are insufficient registrants by 15 April the course will be canceled and registration refunds issued.
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| Registrant | Fee | Fee After 4/8/2010 | | Non-Diplomate | $ 125.00 | $ 150.00 |
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2010 American College of Zoological Medicine Ultra-short Course at IAAAM
Detailed Schedule and Registration
The American College of Zoological Medicine’s Education Committee is proud to sponsor a 1-day ultra-short course in conjunction with the International Association for Aquatic Animal Veterinarians 2010 Conference. The annual conference will take place in Vancouver, CANADA from May 8th – 12th, 2010. The ACZM Ultra-short Course will be held on Saturday, May 8th from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Please note that this is prior to the start of the main scientific program on Sunday May 9th.
Important topics in aquatic animal medicine will be presented in a series of mini-lectures, and the ACZM boards preparation process will be discussed, with practice exam sections.
Who Should Take this Course?
- Anyone interested in learning more about the American College of Zoological Medicine
- Those that are interested in seeking Diplomate status or are in the process of preparing for the examination
- Any individual who is interested in and would benefit from in-depth, up-to-date, literature-based review lectures on aquatic animal medicine
What to Expect at the 2010 IAAAM Ultra-short course:
This Ultra-short course will be administered and instructed by ACZM Diplomates with aquatic backgrounds, and will include two main sections:
Section ONE includes:
- Brief introduction of the history and mission of the ACZM
- Reasons for becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine
- How to become eligible to take the ACZM examination
- Study plan and test-taking strategies
- Literature review examples
- Mock exam sections
Anyone with an interest in becoming eligible or taking the ACZM examination is expected to
benefit from this section. This section is particularly useful for people who are not very familiar
with the ACZM and the Diplomate examination process.
Section TWO includes:
- Discussions with Diplomates on how to prepare solid study strategies and organization of topics
- Lectures with .pdf format notes covering specific aquatic animal medicine topics with a review of related current literature (minor changes to topics may occur):
o Fish anesthesia and surgery (Dr. Greg Lewbart, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine)
o Emerging pinniped health issues (Dr. Laurie Gage, US Department of Agriculture)
o Clinical pathology of marine mammals (Dr. Tom Reidarson, Sea World)
o Aquatic bird medicine (Dr. Pam Govett, Western University, College of Veterinary Medicine)
o Euthanasia guidelines for aquatics; water quality primer (Dr. Jodie Sherrill, Hopkins Marine Station)
Anyone interested in the above aquatic animal medicine topics, including current published
information, would be expected to benefit from this section.
The cost of the 2010 course is:
$125/person if registering before April 8th, 2010 OR
$150/person if after April 8th or if registering at the door
Your payment includes:
- ACZM information and mock tests (pdf format)
- Lecture and reference materials (pdf format)
- Refreshment breaks, and some good fun, eg, Canadian hospitality!
NOTE: If there are NOT enough registrants by April 15th, the course will be cancelled and any pending registrants notified and refunded.
Sign up now by clicking the Register Now button at the top of this page,
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Please contact Dr. Pam Govett (pgovett@westernu.edu) if you prefer to mail registration forms
with your checks included.
Should you have any questions, please contact:
Pam Govett at pgovett@westernu.edu OR
Greg Lewbart at Greg_Lewbart@ncsu.edu
Johanna (Jodie) Sherrill at Johanna.sherrill@stanfordalumni.org
Please do not hesitate to contact the course organizers prior to making your travel
arrangements.
The Ultra short-course is held approximately once per year in conjunction with AAZV, WDA, IAAAM or related organizations. For information on other ACZM training opportunities, please visit ACZM Home Page
IAAAM 2010 ACZM Ultra Short Course - Detailed Schedule*
8:00 – 8:30 Check-in and late registration
8:30 – 9:30 Welcome; History of the American College of Zoological Medicine; Reasons to be certified; Eligibility; Credentials and Application processes; Exam preparation; Exam structure and recent changes; Taking the exam (All instructors; Dr. Stephane Lair, DACZM)
9:30 – 10:15 Fish anesthesia and surgery (Lewbart)
10:15 – 10:30 Refreshment break #1
10:30 – 11:30 Emerging pinniped health issues (Gage)
11:30 – 12:00 Aquatic animal euthanasia; Water quality primer (Sherrill)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch break (everyone on their own; instructors available for informal chat sessions)
1:00 – 1:45 Literature review examples (All instructors)
(Note: participants will be emailed articles prior to the course in preparation for this section)
1:45 – 2:15 Mock essay exam (All instructors)
2:15 – 3:00 Clinical pathology of marine mammals (Reidarson)
3:00 – 3:15 Refreshment break #2
3:15 – 3:45 Mock slide exam (All instructors)
3:45 – 4:45 Aquatic bird medicine (Govett)
4:45 – 5:00 Wrap-up and Evaluations
*Note: Although unintended, this schedule is subject to change