Associate dean of education, Peggy Root Kustritz, DVM, PhD, DACT, MMedEd, Roxanne Larsen, PhD, and Christina Clarkson, DVM, PhD, were honored with awards in this summer’s COVID Educational Creations Contest sponsored by VetMedAcademy and Merck Veterinary Manual.

Root’s submission was entitled, “Communications in Small Animal Practice,” which documented a successful two-week communications rotation for DVM students where they practiced history-taking, presentation of common spiels, case management conversations with clients, difficult client and team member communications, and persuasive presentations. She received third place in the national competition.

Larsen and Clarkson received an honorable mention for their submission in the competition’s gross anatomy division.