Coaching, Feedback, and Appreciation: The Role for Each in Resident Training

Dr. Cornell is the associate dean for professional programs at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences. Dr. Cornell graduated from Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine and, after two years in private practice, returned to Purdue, where she completed an internship, small animal surgery residency, and PhD. She was a member of the faculty at the University of Georgia for 18 years prior to making the move to Texas A&M in 2016. Karen is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and has served on the Board of Regents for the same organization. She is a soft tissue surgeon with primary interests in professional skills training for veterinary professionals, teaching methodologies, and reconstructive surgery. She is a two-time recipient of the Carl Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 2011 she was named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, the highest award for teaching at UGA.

Dr. Schleining is a board-certified large animal surgeon and clinical educator at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She received her bachelor’s degree in animal science from South Dakota State University and her DVM from Iowa State University. Before completing a large animal surgery residency and master’s program in veterinary clinical science at Iowa State University, she completed an equine internship in Arizona, was an associate veterinarian in rural mixed animal practice in central South Dakota, and was a clinical fellow at Oregon State University. She spent 15 years on the faculty of Iowa State University before joining Texas A&M University in 2018. She is currently a clinical associate professor with interests in veterinary medical education, advancing surgical procedures and knowledge in large animals, and streamlining the schedules of her four children and veterinary classmate and husband, Frank. She’s still working on the streamlining part.