Shelter Medicine Education

There are many opportunities at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine for Shelter Medicine Education. Many of the lectures given by members of the shelter medicine program are archived here for downloading and in some instances on-line viewing.

• CLASS Each spring quarter the UC Davis school of Veterinary Medicine offers "Shelter Medicine 101," an elective introductory course to the field of shelter medicine open to freshman through junior veterinary students. In addition, all interested sheltering professionals are invited to come and listen to the lectures.  If you are not located close to us you can still view the lecture notes and the recommended reading material for each lecture by clicking on the link to the class.  We are very excited to announce that this year we will be offering a live on-line simulcast of the class as well as on-line recordings of all lectures that you may view from wherever you have a DSL or higher internet connection. 
  
• LECTURE TOPICS This section of our Education Site contains various lecture notes and recordings (when available) of lectures presented nationwide by members of the shelter medicine program.
  
• EVENTS Interested in attending one of the growing number of shelter medicine conferences offered across North America? Check out our listing of upcoming conferneces in your area.  If you would like to add a conference listing to our site please send your request to Mike Bannasch.
  
• LIBRARY CLUB   Occasionally, shelter medicine professionals from across the US meet on-line to discuss publications of particular interest to sheltering professionals.  Currently we do not have an on-line Library Club meeting scheduled. Stay tuned!  As soon as a new session is scheduled we will announce it on this site.
  
• RESIDENCY  A core mission of our program is to increase the number of veterinary specialist in Shelter Medicine. If you are interested in applying for a residency in shelter medicine we encourge you to vist this on-line resource to learn more about our training program.
  
• EXTERNSHIP As the numbers of veterinary students interested shelter medicine continues to grow so too does the need for shelters willing to provide real life shelter medicine experience.  We would like to develop this site as a resource for students from across the world to find shelters near them that are open to training 3rd and 4th year veterinary student externs.  If your shelter has an in-house medical program and you would like to offer shelter medicine externships please contact Mike Bannasch and we will add your shelter to the list.