Progress 09/01/03 to 08/31/07
Outputs
The overall goal of this project was to strengthen student recruitment and retention in areas related to food animal medicine, especially in sub-disciplines involving infectious diseases of food animals. The approach was to conduct research internships for undergraduate students from South Dakota State University, with three internships made available each summer. In return, an early career veterinary student at Kansas State was sent to the South Dakota Animal Disease Diagnostics and Research Laboratory. The program was well publicized, including the preparation and distribution of pamphlets, email contacts, university publications and word of mouth. The result was the placement of six South Dakota State Students and one North Dakota State student into research labs within the Veterinary College at Kansas State. The students participated in research projects conducted in the laboratories of Dr. Raymond Rowland, Dr. Carol Wyatt, Dr. Bruce Shultz at K-State and Dr.
Christopher Chase at South Dakota State. All students completed the entire internship. The experiences gained by the students included investigations into areas of veterinary virology, immunology and cell biology. The students also participated in other campus-wide undergraduate mentoring activities including a field trip to the space museum in Hutchinson, KS. One student has applied to veterinary college at Kansas State and intends to pursue an emphasis in food animal medicine. One student attended the Conference of Research Workers in Infectious Diseases (CRWAD), which was held in Chicago. The project received evaluations by the Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation.
PRODUCTS: The principal products were the support of summer research internships for undergraduate and veterinary students. Each student participated in a research laboratory, including the application of state-of -the-art scientific techniques, which were performed in the context of a research project. Another product was the dissemination of program activities in the form of press releases for the local and general print media. A program evaluation document was prepared by the Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation.
OUTCOMES: Undergraduate students obtained a research experience in a veterinary college that was not found at their home institution. Students were allowed and encouraged to practice critical thinking skills and take responsibility for contributing to a scientific objective. Interactions with other scientists and participation in scientific meetings created opportunities to develop and practice communication skills. The evaluation of student progress by a mentor formed the basis for written recommendations to support student applications to veterinary school and other programs.
DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: The projects activities were performed in conjunction with a larger consortium of undergraduate research summer programs at Kansas State. The project was disseminated to undergraduate students through the College of Agricultural Sciences at South Dakota State University and through the Department of Microbiology at North Dakota State University. Dissemination of information to Kansas State veterinary students was through college-wide emails. Presentations about the project were made to faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine and to the faculty in the Department of Microbiology at North Dakota. Trips were made to South Dakota State University and North Dakota State University to recruit undergraduate students. Presentations were made to a Department of Homeland Security site visit team who were evaluating a food animal proposal led by the University of Missouri. The activities of the project were publicized in the form of a press release prepared by
College of Veterinary Medicine.
FUTURE INITIATIVES: This is a termination report. There are no future initiatives planned for this project.
Impacts
Support of undergraduate students in the research lab will continue, including the development of other mentoring programs and increased awareness of research opportunities for undergraduates. Refinement of mentoring tools will continue. Working relationships between scientists and teachers at K-State veterinary program with undergraduate programs in South Dakota and North Dakota will be established.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/06 to 12/31/06
Outputs
The overall goal of this project is to strengthen student recruitment and retention in areas related to food animal medicine, especially in sub-disciplines involving infectious diseases of food animals. The approach is to conduct research internships for undergraduate students from South Dakota State University, with three internships made available each summer. In return, an early career veterinary student at Kansas State was sent to the South Dakota Animal Disease Diagnostics and Research Laboratory. The program was well publicized, including the preparation and distribution of pamphlets, email contacts, university publications and word of mouth. The result was the placement of six South Dakota State Students and one North Dakota State student into research labs within the Veterinary College at Kansas State. The students participated in research projects conducted in the laboratories of Dr. Raymond Rowland, Dr. Carol Wyatt and Dr. Bruce Shultz. All students
completed the entire internship. The experiences gained by the students included investigations into areas of veterinary virology, immunology and cell biology. The students also participated in other campus-wide undergraduate mentoring activities including a field trip to the space museum in Hutchinson, KS. One student has applied to veterinary college at Kansas State and intends to pursue an emphasis in food animal medicine. Only one veterinary student was placed in South Dakota and mentored by Dr. Christopher Chase. The student also attended the Conference of Research Workers in Infectious Diseases (CRWAD), which was held in Chicago. The project received evaluations by the Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation. The project has yet to meet the intended goal. A no-cost extension is being requested to support students during 2007
PRODUCTS: The principal products were the support of summer research internships for undergraduate and veterinary students. Each student participates in a research laboratory, including the application of state of the art scientific techniques, which are performed in the context of a research project. The activity culminates in the contribution to a scientific publication or presentation. Another product is the dissemination of program activities in the form of press releases for the local and general print media. A program evaluation document is prepared by the Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation.
OUTCOMES: Students obtain a research experience in a veterinary college that is not found at their home institutions. Students are allowed and encouraged to develop critical thinking skills and take responsibility for contributing to a scientific objective. Interactions with other scientists and participation in scientific meetings create opportunities to develop and practice communication skills. The evaluation of student progress by a mentor forms the basis for written recommendations to veterinary school and other programs. Two students are applying to veterinary school. After leaving the program, students continue to pursue other research internships.
DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: The projects activities are performed in conjunction with a larger consortium of undergraduate research summer programs at Kansas State. The project is disseminated to undergraduate students through the College of Agricultural Sciences at South Dakota State University and through the Department of Microbiology at North Dakota State University. Dissemination of information to Kansas State veterinary students is through college-wide emails. Presentations about the project were made to faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine and to the faculty in the Department of Microbiology at North Dakota. Trips were made to South Dakota State University and North Dakota State University to recruit undergraduate students. Presentations were made to a Department of Homeland Security site visit team who were evaluating a food animal proposal led by the University of Missouri. The activities of the project were publicized in the form of a press release prepared by
College of Veterinary Medicine.
FUTURE INITIATIVES: Future goals are to support students for the coming summer. A second goal is to expand the program by obtaining support from other non-governmental sources.
Impacts
Support of undergraduate students in the research lab will continue, including the development of other mentoring programs and increased awareness of research opportunities fir undergraduates. Refinement of mentoring tools will continue. Working relationships between scientists and teachers at K-State veterinary program with undergraduate programs in South Dakota and North Dakota will be established
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/05 to 12/31/05
Outputs
The overall goal of this project is to strengthen student recruitment and retention in areas related to food animal medicine, especially in sub-disciplines involving the infectious diseases of food animals. The ultimate goal is to increase the number of professionals involved in protecting our nations food supply from infectious diseases. The approach is to conduct internships for undergraduate students from South Dakota State University. In return, an early career veterinary student at Kansas State is sent to the South Dakota Animal Disease Diagnostics and Research Laboratory. The goals for the second year included 1) placing three South Dakota undergraduate students into food animal infectious disease research labs at Kansas State, and 2) placing a first or second year Kansas State Veterinary student into one of the diagnostic laboratories at the South Dakota State University Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory. The program was well publicized. The
result was the recruitment of three South Dakota State students into research labs within the Veterinary College at Kansas State. The students participated in research projects conducted in the laboratories of Dr. Raymond Rowland, Dr. Carol Wyatt and Dr. Bruce Shultz. The students successfully completed the entire internship. The experiences gained by the student included investigations into areas of veterinary virology, immunology and cell biology. The students also attended a field trip to a space museum in Hutchinson, KS. This was organized in conjunction with a consortium of Kansas State undergraduate research summer programs. One student has expressed the desire to return to Kansas State for a second summer. A KSU veterinary student spent the summer at the South Dakota Animal Disease Diagnostics and Research Laboratory. The veterinary student was mentored by Dr. Christopher Chase. The student also attended the Conference of Research Workers in Infectious Diseases (CRWAD), which
was held in Chicago. The accomplishments of the project meet the intended goals. The PI, along with other College of Veterinary Medicine met with the Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences faculty at North Dakota State University (NDSU) with the goal of recruiting undergraduate students. The PI also presented the program to a food animal Department of Homeland Security site visit held at the University of Missouri. An evaluation of the project was conducted by the Kansas State Office of Educational Innovation and Evaluation. This report will be helpful in planning next years activities.
Impacts
Infectious diseases combined with the threat of bioterrorism and concerns about food safety have highlighted an increased public demand for improved safeguarding of the nations food supply. The principal impact of this project is the development and application of an experiential learning template directed at increasing the number of Ph.D. and DVM professionals in food animal medicine. Another impact has been the establishment of working relationships between the KSU veterinary program and undergraduate programs at two Upper Midwest universities.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 10/01/03 to 09/30/04
Outputs
The overall goal of this project to strengthen student recruitment and retention in areas of food animal medicine, especially in sub-disciplines related to the infectious diseases of food animals. The approach is to offer internships for undergraduate students at South Dakota State and early career veterinary students at Kansas Sate. This experiential learning program provides students with opportunities to solve complex problems in the context of real-world situations. The goals for the first year included 1) placing three South Dakota undergraduate students into food animal infectious disease research labs, and 2) placing a first or second year Kansas State Veterinary student into one of the diagnostic laboratories at the South Dakota State University Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory. The program was well publicized, including the preparation of a pamphlet describing the program and a day long trip to South Dakota by the PI to meet with prospective
students and interested faculty. We accepted four South Dakota students into the program, but three declined the opportunity. The remaining, student, Sophie Nash, a sophomore, successfully completed her internship in the laboratory of Dr. Rowland, working on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Two veterinary students applied for the South Dakota internship. One student started the internship in South Dakota but terminated it early, without receiving a stipend. No cost overruns for the first year. These accomplishments fell short of our intended goals. The exact reasons are at present unclear. One possibility is that the pool of interested undergraduate students is smaller than anticipated. To overcome this deficiency, we are working with the Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences at North Dakota State University, with the goal of at least recruiting two students. In addition, we have initiated discussions with David M. Andrus, PhD, Professor and Head,
Department of Marketing, Kansas State University who will head a research team on the study entitled: Estimating FSVM Demand and Maintaining the Availability of Veterinarians for Careers in Food Supply Related Disciplines in the United States and Canada, sponsored in part by Bayer Animal Health and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). This partnership will help us better identify targets for recruitment. We hope with these efforts that we can increase the number of students in the program.
PRODUCTS: There are five principal products of the project. The first is the placement of South Dakota State undergraduate students into 12 week summer internships in Kansas State infectious disease research labs. Students, who are supported by a stipend, will have the opportunity to participate in at least one of twelve infectious disease research laboratories. The second is placement of Kansas State veterinary students into diagnostic research lab internships in the Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory in Veterinary Science at South Dakota State. Each summer, an early career veterinary student with an interest in pursuing a Ph.D. in an area related to food animal infectious disease will be chosen to spend a summer internship at the nationally recognized Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, in the Department of Veterinary Science. The third product is to provide additional stipend support for summer interns who enter an infectious disease professional
degree program. Interns who enter a Ph.D. degree program can receive support for research activities in the first year of graduate school. The fourth product is to provide funding for interns who present research findings at a national meeting. The last product is the development of evaluation tools that can be used to assess the success of these types of programs.
OUTCOMES: The principal outcome is the development of a template for increasing the number of Ph.D. and DVM students in food animal medicine. This template is designed to be funded by a variety of sources including the food animal industry. Another important outcome is the establishment of food animal research and educational collaborations between South Dakota State, Kansas State University and other rural universities with the goal of increasing the number of infectious disease professionals in food animal health. A final outcome is to strengthen undergraduate education and research at these institutions.
DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: Dissemination activities include publicizing the program on university web sites. Other dissemination activities include public presentations to interested groups. For example this last year we presented the project as part of the education component for a Homeland Security proposal on pre-harvest food safety. Another presentation was delivered to academicians and stakeholders from North Dakota who are interested in a program to send North Dakota students to the veterinary college at Kansas State University.
FUTURE INITIATIVES: The future goal of this project is to develop a self-sustaining program to improve food animal-related collaborative activities between institutions. These activities include increased numbers of students interested in pursuing careers in food animal medicine. A second initiative is to establish other joint education and research programs in other areas related to food animals.
Impacts
Infectious disease outbreaks, such as foot and mouth disease, combined with the threat of bioterrorism and concerns about food safety have highlighted an increased public demand for improved safeguarding of the national food supply. One measurable impact is the presence of well-established collaboration between South Dakota State and Kansas State University, two universities who are actively engaged in protecting the food supply. Another impact has been the recognition by other universities, such as North Dakota, of the value of this approach for recruiting students into food animal medicine. We anticipate that these collaborations will be extended to other food animal programs at other institutions. Another impact is increased opportunities for undergraduates to obtain an educational experience outside of their own institution.
Publications
- Pickrell, J, F Ohme, R Rowland et al., 2004. Real world problems: how medical students learn. presented at Fall Case Conference, Buffalo, NY.
- Rowland, R. 2004. Student Experiential learning in food animal infectious disease- Pamphlet prepared for the program.
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Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
This project is a joint proposal between South Dakota State University (SDSU), a predominately undergraduate institution, and Kansas State University (KSU). The principal objective is to provide the opportunity for undergraduate students in microbiology and pre-veterinary programs at SDSU to intern in food animal infectious disease research laboratories in the KSU College of Veterinary Medicine. In exchange, first year KSU veterinary students will participate in molecular diagnostic research projects in the Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL) in the Department of Veterinary Science at SDSU. This project was initiated in the Fall of 2003. There is no significant progress other than we are organizing students to participate in the first year’s activities. We are also preparing a website at both isntitutions.
Impacts
Recent infectious disease outbreaks, such as foot and mouth disease, combined with the threat of bioterrorism and concerns about food safety have highlighted an increased public demand for improved safeguarding of the nation’s food supply. This project establishes a collaboration between South Dakota State (SDSU) and Kansas State University (KSU) with the goal of increasing the number of infectious disease professionals in food animal health. The impacts are on undergraduates who seek career exposure in the area of large animal medicine. It also impacts the mentors who participate in the project, providing the opportunity to recruit talented graduate students. Finally, it impacts the collaboration between faculty and students at two universities.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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