Carrie jo Anderson
107 Goldenwood Avenue ·
Brandon, fl · 33511
PERSONAL
STATEMENT
QUALIFICATIONS
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A decade
of clinical experience, five years of teaching in an AVMA-accredited veterinary
technology program, and five years of relevant volunteer work in my profession
and agricultural education.
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Extensive
familiarity with AVMA CVTEA Standards of Accreditation; I have participated in
site team evaluation visits as a faculty member and as a site team member.
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A diverse
educational background; my own education has taken place in traditional
face-to-face, distance learning, and extraordinary clinical rotation formats.
·
Experience
developing and organizing new curriculum and large scale projects for
face-to-face, hybrid, and distance learning courses within a veterinary
technology program.
·
Articulate,
balanced, self-assured, and collaborative when interviewing program directors,
college administrators, faculty, and advisory committees; I am able to visualize
program concerns from several perspectives.
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Ability to
excel in team settings, as I am comfortable taking the lead or simply offering
to facilitate consensus, based on the need and group dynamic.
EMPLOYMENT
Hillsborough Community
College
2009 - present
2009 - present
Tenured Professor;
Veterinary Technology Program
Veterinary Technology Program
·
I
have designed and currently teach 15 different veterinary technology courses
in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats; including small and large animal
nursing, nursing laboratories, animal clinical pathology laboratories, and
emergency medicine.
·
I
advise the veterinary technology club, which is a student chapter of the National
Association of Veterinary Technicians in America; I also organize club
participation in community events and projects related to veterinary medicine.
·
I
create and oversee service learning projects that integrate human and animal
health with community service during program courses such as small animal
breeds and behavior, clinical pathology lab, and animal emergency medicine.
·
I
supervise student clinical work experience courses, during which up to 50 HCC
students each semester gain clinical experience in area veterinary facilities;
rotations include shelter medicine, general practice, emergency medicine, and
specialty practice.
Florida Veterinary
Specialists
(now BluePearl Veterinary Partners)
2000 - 2009
(now BluePearl Veterinary Partners)
2000 - 2009
Surgical Technician, Emergency Services
Technician
· I provided advanced nursing care and monitoring to surgical, hospitalized, and intensive care unit patients in this elite veterinary specialty and critical care hospital. Nursing care and monitoring included anesthetic case management, laboratory and imaging diagnostic testing, and inpatient as well as intensive care unit case monitoring.
·
I
managed client communication and education for cases within my department.
·
I
coordinated surgical equipment handling and operating suite scheduling for a
department of three specialists, one resident, two interns, and technical
staff.
COMMUNITY AND
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
I have presented lectures
at:
·
Florida Veterinary Medical Association Annual
Conference in 2009, 2010, and 2014 on topics such as blood gas
analysis, hematology, small animal toxins, radiographic positioning,
multi-modal anesthesia, and anesthetic monitoring.
·
Western Veterinary Conference 2014 on topics including large animal blood gas
monitoring, zoonotic disease risk, and disaster planning.
·
Colonial Veterinary Conference 2011 on urinalysis, patient triage, toxins, and
veterinary disaster planning.
·
Great Smokies Veterinary Conference 2011 on topics such as veterinary client care,
anesthetic monitoring, advanced diagnostic imaging, and CPR.
·
Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference 2010 on client and patient advocacy, anesthesia
planning for neurologic and coagulopathic patients.
The Florida FFA Foundation awarded me an Honorary State Degree Award in 2013 in recognition of my service to
the organization and my coordination of the annual State FFA Career Development
Event since 2009.
I wrote chapters 1, 2, 4, and 15 in the latest edition of Sirois’ Workbook for Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology. I also contributed a chapter revision to Chapter 15, Surgical Nursing, in Sirois’ Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology 3rd Ed.
Since 2012, I have conducted veterinary assistant instructor training and dry labs for the annual Florida Association of Agricultural Educators’ Mid-Winter Conference.
I work to advance the profession of veterinary technology in Florida by currently serving as the President of the Florida Veterinary Technician Association.
EDUCATION and certifications
Florida State University
Master of Science, Instructional Systems
Anticipated completion Dec 2014
Florida Veterinary
Technician Association
Certified Veterinary
Technician, present
Florida State University
Bachelor of Science,
Interdisciplinary Social Science Concentration; Economics, 2012