Upon completion of the Cornell Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Internship Program in 2020, Dr. Wesley Cheung joined Toronto Humane Society (Canada) as Shelter Veterinarian. Shortly after this, he become a member of the Centre for Veterinary Education (CVE) at the University of Sydney in Australia, where he earned his degree in veterinary medicine years earlier. Dr. Cheung began working with other members of CVE to develop a formal program to bring education in shelter medicine to the wider veterinary community in Australia. The result is Dr. Cheung’s upcoming CVE WebinarPLUS presentation on the Evolution of Shelter Medicine: Introductory View, scheduled to take place on February 25th – March 4th.
“This talk was inspired by the fact that there is no formal shelter medicine training in Australia,” said Dr. Cheung. “It is a first step toward developing formal shelter medicine training in Australia and is a bird’s-eye-view of the most basic concepts of shelter medicine, how it differs to other fields of veterinary medicine, and its evolution to the modern day.” WebinarPLUS provides pre-recorded webinar presentations delivered by experts in the field of veterinary medicine. Presentations are accompanied by a week-long discussion forum on the topic that is moderated by your presenter.
Aside from this presentation, Dr. Cheung has also been (remotely) co-teaching Ontario Veterinary College students with another MSMP Shelter Medicine Internship Program alum, Dr. Dani Boes (2013 Cornell Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Intern), and members of the animal rescue community in Ontario. The students that signed up for this shelter medicine elective are not able to complete a rotation at a shelter on student placement, and shelter medicine is not part of the curriculum. Dr. Cheung and CVE collaborators formed a week-long elective for them, which runs once every semester. Each CVE member presents on a different topic each day, with Dr. Cheung presenting on infectious diseases and outbreak control.
We look forward to Dr. Cheung’s upcoming talk and hearing more about his future efforts to further the field of Shelter Medicine. Click the link below to learn more about his upcoming presentation and register for this event.
Evolution of Shelter Medicine: Introductory View
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 – Thursday, March 04, 2021
Click here to register: https://www.cve.edu.au/EventDetail?EventKey=CSWEB2102.
