From Practice to the Classroom: Build Your Skills as a Veterinary Educator
Teaching in a veterinary college encompasses clinical excellence, student development, curriculum expectations, and faculty responsibilities. Navigating all of this well takes more than good intentions. It takes a community of educators willing to learn from one another. The Primary Care Veterinary Educators (PCVE) Symposium is where veterinary educators who deliver primary care veterinary education come together to share what is working, learn from one another, and invest in the craft of teaching.
📅 October 19–22, 2026
📍 University of Georgia
WHY ATTEND
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Practice
Return to your institution equipped with concrete tools and techniques you can apply immediately in the clinical teaching environment.
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Purpose
Reconnect with the meaning behind your role as an educator. Reflect on what drives your work and return to your institution with renewed commitment.
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Impact
Bring what you've learned back to your students, your colleagues, and your institution. Create change in your teaching and in your program.
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
Each year, the PCVE Symposium features presentations and networking opportunities to help small-animal primary care veterinary educators generate new ideas and develop more effective educational strategies, giving you concrete takeaways to bring back to your classroom.
What You Can Expect
- > Inspirational keynotes from Stacy Eckman, DVM, DABVP, of Texas A&M University and Joseph Bartges, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVN, of the University of Georgia
- > Opportunity to present your research poster
- > A focus on different program models at other institutions
- > Tour of the University of Georgia’s primary care program and facilities
- > “Swap Shops,” featuring predetermined small group, open discussions on key issues facing primary care veterinary educators
- > “Wild Card” sessions, where you can start your own group discussion
But the value of the PCVE Symposium extends beyond the meeting itself. When you attend this symposium, you will join a year-round community of peers who understand your work from the inside.
REGISTRATION FEES
Secure Your Spot
Sign up now to reserve your place at the PCVE Symposium.
Generous support from our sponsors covers the registration fee and hotel accommodations for one primary registrant. We encourage you to bring your colleagues along. The conversations, case studies, and best practices explored at the PCVE Symposium are most impactful when you and your colleagues experience them together, reflect as a group, and return ready to put new ideas into practice side by side.
Secondary and guest registrations include entrance to the welcome reception and networking dinners (see Agenda for times and locations).
Primary
Registration
FREE
Secondary Registration
$450.00
Guest
Registration
$50.00
SPONSORS
