Date & Time: Thursday, July 8 from 1-5 PM CST
Program Title: Systems-Based Approach to Vaccine Considerations
Program Description: Veterinary practitioners and consultants play critical and indispensable roles in the management and decision-making processes of large, complex production structures. The discipline of Systems Thinking offers an opportunity and methodology to understand the interrelated forces that impact complex systems overtime in ways that help to identify innovative and high-leverage solutions. This webinar will introduce the language and methodologies of Systems Thinking and how it can be applied within the veterinary profession, with targeted application to considering or designing vaccination protocols. Outcomes will be a deeper understanding of systems approaches in a way that allows the participants to understand the challenging and complex problems inherent to livestock production and better develop solutions that have impact for those challenges.
1:00-1:10 pm-Introductions and Welcome
1:10-2:10 pm-Introduction to Mental Models: How Our View of the World Can Affect How We Think about Vaccines
In this session you will discuss Systems Thinking concept mental models. You will also explore how mental models impact at a systems level our ability to think about and implement vaccination protocols that are in line with long-term fundamental solutions for the operations we work with.
John T. Groves, DVM
Dr. Groves has been in private practice for 28 years, including 20 as the owner of Livestock Veterinary Services in Eldon, Missouri, which is in the central part of the state. Dr. Groves has specialized in beef cattle production medicine focusing on large, progressive stocker operations with emphasis in optimizing production efficiency in all phases of management. Also, Dr. Groves works with several key registered and commercial cow herds. He earned a BS Agriculture University of Missouri (’88), as well as his DVM Degree from University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine (’92) where he earned the English Practitioner Award as the outstanding large animal veterinary school student. He is a graduate of the Beef Cattle Production Management Series from the University of Nebraska (‘04).
2:10-2:20 pm-Break
2:20-3:00 pm-Creative Tension in a Systems Approach
In this session you will explore the concept of Creative Tension. You will also apply creative tension within the context of developing vaccine protocols and discuss how to work with clients to create a shared vision and alignment of goals for the expectations and application of vaccines within production systems
Timothy J. Goldsmith, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Dr. Goldsmith has been a faculty member at the University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine since 2008 and is currently an Associate Professor. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001, and became board certified in the American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine in 2009. Professional experience prior to his current position was as a private practice large animal veterinarian focusing primarily on food animals, working with clients in MN, IA and WI. Current research and academic interest is related to topics in the areas of livestock production systems and emergency response planning. In addition Dr. Goldsmith focuses on the development and teaching of programs for veterinary students in the area of bovine production medicine and management, along with providing outreach and education to producers throughout Minnesota.
3:00-3:10 pm-Break
3:10-4:10 pm-Thinking Practice: Perspective Impacts Performance in Cattle Health Management
During this session you will examine how immunology and vaccinology interact with health in production systems. You will consider both the effects of vaccination on disease and the effects of disease on vaccination.
Brian Vander Ley, DVM, PhD, DACVPM
Brian Vander Ley completed his undergraduate studies at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa and went on to attend Iowa State University to earn both his DVM and PhD degrees. Dr. Vander Ley’s doctoral dissertation research was focused on population diagnostic tools for Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus. While completing his post-DVM education, Dr. Vander Ley also completed an internship with the Iowa State University Food Animal Medicine and Surgery Service and served as an emergency food animal clinician. Following his PhD, Dr. Vander Ley worked at the University of Missouri as an ambulatory food animal clinician. He taught field-based food animal medicine and surgery to veterinary students while serving clients with a wide array of livestock species. He also conducted research aimed at mitigating bovine respiratory disease. Currently, Dr. Vander Ley works at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center as a veterinary epidemiologist. He conducts research aimed at improving livestock health and well-being, serves as a veterinary beef extension specialist, and teaches veterinary and graduate students.
4:10-5:00 pm-Speaker Panel Q & A and Discussion
Discuss information presented throughout the day on Systems-Based Approach to Vaccine Considerations
Session Coordinator:
Timothy J. Goldsmith, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota