Part-Time Anesthesia Educator – College of Veterinary Medicine

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Scope of position:Provide students with didactic and laboratory experiences in anesthesia to ensure that on day 1 of practice they are able to:

1. Safely and efficiently anesthetize a healthy small animal patient for a routine elective surgery according to AAHA guidelines for Anesthesia (2020) Pain Management (2022) and ACVAA monitoring guidelines (2025).

2. Correctly assess and assign patients to an ASA Physical Status Classification and recommend an appropriate anesthetic fluid and monitoring protocol for the patient.

and respond to common anesthetic complications including hypotension hypothermia common ECG abnormalities and hyper/hypocapnia.

Expectations:

• Attend VM3 live animal surgery and anesthesia laboratories.

• Be the anesthesia representative in the Surgical Anesthesia and Community Outreach program including attending group meetings on a weekly basis.

• Collaborate with anesthesia service faculty as necessary to ensure vertical integration of instructional materials.

Current anesthesia educational program at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine:

• VM1 VCS 7339 lectures on intubation and pain scoring

• VM2 - VCS 7398 2 credit didactic and laboratory course with associated skills assessment

• VCS 7393 and 7394 Surgery courses with an anesthesia component in instruction and laboratory activities including OSCE assessments

• VM3- VCS 7449 didactic and laboratory course taught in fall and spring semesters in which students have the opportunity to anesthetize and perform sterilization procedures on live animals

• VM4 Anesthesia clinical rotation and Community Outreach elective rotation

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• DVM

• Board certification ACVAA
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in clinical anesthesia

• Experience teaching students in a laboratory or clinical setting
  

Department/Program & College Description:

Iowa State University is classified as a Carnegie Foundation Doctoral/Research University-Extensive a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top public universities in the nation. Over 34000 students are enrolled and served by over 6100 faculty and staff (). Ames Iowa is a progressive community of 60000 located approximately 30 minutes north of Des Moines and recently voted second best most livable small city in the nation ().

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Start Date:September 17 2025

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