Academic Review Program
Department of Clinical Sciences
Kansas State University
Applications for the Spring 2010 semester must be received by December 14, 2009.
The Department of Clinical Sciences (DCS) offers an Academic Review Program (ARP) that is designed to give foreign veterinary graduates the opportunity to hear current lecture material in the classroom and access resource material in our library. This program will facilitate preparation for the clinical training and/or licensure examination. Accepted participants will be able to attend core lecture courses offered to the 3rd year veterinary students in the fall and/or spring semester. Lectures for the fall semester include: Food Animal Medicine, Medicine II, Surgery I, and Zoological Medicine. Lectures for the spring semester include: Surgery II, Production Medicine, Medicine III, Zoonosis and Preventative Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, and Theriogenology. ARP participants will not be allowed to attend in laboratory classes. We will allow participants to decide whether or not they wish to participate in test taking. The Veterinary library is available for resource material and study area during normal operating hours and a fee of $10 will be required to obtain a visitor/non-university library ID. This ID will allow the participants to use the KSU libraries.
Participants enrolled in the academic review program will not receive college credit for their participation in the program. This program is offered by contractual agreement between the student and the Department of Clinical Sciences on a semester-by-semester basis. The Department reserves the right to not allow a student to continue in the program. The Department further reserves the right to discontinue the program at the end of any semester.
This program is not a clinical experience and it will not count for Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) Step 4 or Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence (PAVE) requirements. Acceptance into the Academic Review Program does not imply in any way that the student will be accepted into the ICY/PAVE/ECFVG Clinical Year Program at Kansas State University.
The participation fee is $2500 per
semester. ARP participants are not KSU students and are not eligible for student financial aid or student loans. Selected candidates are personally responsible for all financial aspects of participation in the program.
Participation fee must be paid to the Department in full prior to class attendance.
Participants are responsible to arrange their own housing. Housing is not provided as a part of the Academic Review Program; however, DCS will provide a list of housing opportunities available in Manhattan.
Participants in the program are required to obtain their own health insurance. The participant must provide documentation of medical insurance prior to acceptance in the program. The University provides no liability insurance and accepts no liability for the actions of these participants or the death or injury to these participants. Each participant will be required to accept and sign a liability release, a copy of which is attached and becomes a part of the contract.
Participants may have access to campus parking by purchasing a KSU parking permit.
The University does not provide participants access to other University facilities or services.
Participants must comply with the University's rules and regulations. If any participant does not comply with the established training protocols or causes disturbances to other aspects of the University's educational programs, such participants, upon recommendation of the college faculty and with concurrence of the Dean of Veterinary Medicine or his/her designated representative, will be discontinued from the program.
A checklist is provided with your application. All items listed on the checklist must be received at Kansas State before your application will be reviewed. Selection will be made on the following basis: Candidates must be graduates of a school of veterinary medicine, must show promise of being successful, and have positive recommendations and evaluations. Submit at least three letters of recommendation with signatures from veterinarians. Applications will be processed in the order they are received and the number of participants accepted into the program will be limited.
If you have questions, please contact Katherine Carlgren at (785) 532-4890.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
Dr. Bonnie Rush
Department of Clinical Sciences
111B Mosier Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506