April Kedrowicz
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Bio
Dr. Kedrowicz (Ph.D., University of Utah), coordinates the pre-clinical communication program for DVM students. Prior to her appointment at NC State, she was the founding Director of the CLEAR Program at the University of Utah, an integrated, discipline-specific engineering communication initiative. Dr. Kedrowicz’s experience includes faculty development, teacher training, instructional development, and assessment. Research interests include professional communication, health communication, and socialization and professional identity.
CERTIFICATIONS
PhD, Communication, University of Utah, 2005
MS, Corporate Communication, University of WI-Stevens Point, 1998
BS, Communication, University of WI-Stevens Point, 1996
Publications
- Antimicrobial stewardship education increases US veterinarians’ intention to avoid prescribing antimicrobial drugs for canine acute diarrhea, January 2025 , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2026)
- New graduates and academic veterinarians’ intentions to treat canine acute diarrhea align with antimicrobial stewardship guidelines, January 2025 , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2026)
- Utility of ChatGPT in generating accurate client handouts for common veterinary internal medicine diseases , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2026)
- A cross‐sectional study of conflict‐handling modes among first‐year veterinary students , Veterinary Record Open (2025)
- An examination of veterinarians’ negotiation of emotional labor , Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare (2025)
- CBVE Specialty: Expanding the CBVE Model into Post-Veterinary Graduate Training , Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2025)
- The impact of a research mentoring program on graduate trainees’ perceptions of mentoring competencies , Discover Education (2025)
- Veterinary Students Acknowledge the Importance of Competent Communication to Enhance Client Adherence to Antimicrobial Recommendations , Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2025)
- An Exploratory Qualitative Content Analysis of First-Year Veterinary Students’ Perspectives on Conflict , Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2024)
- Communicating in the clinic: Exploring the impact of communication labs on professional identity development , International Conference on Communication in Veterinary Medicine (2024)