The Small Animal Clinical Nutrition Residency Program is a 2-year program designed to provide advanced clinical training in nutrition leading to ACVN board-certification. Residents are required to participate in patient care, daily rounds, consultations, seminars and clinical conferences. The residency also provides the opportunity to attend lectures and rounds at Boston and Worcester’s many neighboring human medical and nutrition centers. As part of the training program, the residents will participate in veterinary student training through clinical, laboratory, and didactic teaching. Residents in the Department of Clinical Sciences are required to teach students on clinical rotations, assess student performance through student grades and clinical competency tracking, and instruct students in clinical skills laboratories.
Training will occur at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton, MA, which is approximately 40 miles west of Boston. Nutrition residents will spend approximately 75{521180f15dd2027168675d163050da1d8b0b17eced28e0e8276c7111b943c8aa} of the time on clinics with an emphasis on clinical nutrition. Some weeks will include students participating on a clinical nutrition elective. Student teaching is an important goal during all on-clinic weeks. Time will be provided for scholarly activities including self-study and research. An opportunity for some elective time in other specialties (e.g. medicine, surgery, emergency/critical care, and cardiology, etc.) also is available. Residents are also encouraged to spend elective time with the Nutrition Support Service at area medical centers.
Appointments will be made for 12 months with annual renewal based on satisfactory completion of the previous year. A certificate of residency is awarded to the candidate upon successful completion of the training program.
Residents participate in the University benefits programs, including health and life insurance. Annual vacation, a travel allotment and professional liability insurance is provided.
Interviews are strongly encouraged. If a visit is not possible, a telephone interview can be arranged.
For further information contact Dr. Lisa Freeman, Director of Nutrition Residency Program, email lisa [dot] freeman [at] tufts [dot] edu.
The applicant should submit his or her application through AAVC’s Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program.
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