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Career & LifeBy The VeterinaryPracticeNow Desk3 min readSeptember 9, 2026
Missouri vet school offers clinical pathology residents a concurrent Master of Education degree
The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine partnered with the College of Education to let clinical pathology residents pursue a Master of Education degree during their residency.
The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine partnered with the College of Education and Human Development to let clinical pathology residents pursue a concurrent Master of Education degree during their residency. The university announced the partnership as part of its commitment to educational excellence.
What the partnership delivers
The program combines residency training in clinical pathology with formal coursework in learning theory, curriculum development, and teaching methods. Residents interested in academic careers can complete both the residency and the MEd concurrently, according to the university.
Sidney Bogue, DVM, MEd, DACVP, was the program's first participant. She completed both the residency and the MEd, then joined Missouri's clinical pathology faculty.
"I'd spent years as a student, myself, but I'd never really thought about how people learn," Bogue said in the announcement. "The MEd program introduced me to learning theory, curriculum development and the academic side of education, while my residency provided the scientific foundation and teaching experiences that brought those perspectives to life."
Laura Zangori, PhD, an associate professor of science education with the College of Education and Human Development, said the collaboration integrates educational expertise into specialized professional fields. "By bringing together veterinary science expertise and research-based approaches to teaching and learning, we can support veterinarians in expanding the teaching and mentorship skills they bring to the classroom and clinic," she said.
The gap this addresses
The MEd track gives residents structured training in how students learn before they're responsible for teaching.
Bogue said the residency taught her clinical pathology, and the MEd taught her how to teach it. "Together, they shaped the way I approach student learning and mentorship," she said.
The program targets residents planning academic careers. Bogue said she chose to stay at Missouri in part because of the program's culture around teaching. "I wanted to stay in an environment where teaching is valued and where people genuinely invest in one another's success," she said.
The immediate impact is narrow. Clinical pathology residents at one vet school now get formal teaching training. Whether structured pedagogy training for residents produces better clinical mentors would matter to any practice that hires from teaching hospitals or runs its own extern rotations.
Bogue's teaching approach centers on active learning. "Students learn best when they're involved," she said. "The more opportunities we can create for them to apply concepts, ask questions and work through cases, the more confident they'll become."
Practices that mentor new graduates or students are familiar with that confidence gap. Whether new graduates who learned from faculty with formal teaching training perform differently in their first months of practice remains an open question. The university has not published outcome data yet.
Our read on the model
This is one school, one specialty, and one graduate so far. It's not a model spreading across vet schools yet, and it doesn't change how most working DVMs train their own staff today.
The university is treating teaching as a skill that can be taught through formal coursework in education. The model's durability depends on whether it produces measurably better student outcomes or higher resident retention in academic roles.
For now, we'd note which vet schools are running formal teaching programs for their clinical faculty, particularly if you're hiring new graduates or deciding where to send students for externships. The quality of clinical teaching at a school matters when you're evaluating a new grad's readiness, and this is one concrete way a school can invest in it.
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