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Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center AAEVT Continuing Educational Event March 6-8, 2020 Amazing locations, fantastic speakers and great food kicked off the first of the AAEVT CE events for 2020!  About 30 of us gathered in the Santa Ynez Valley for a weekend of learning and camaraderie.  We started Friday night at Platinum Performance’s headquarters in Buellton, CA for a tour of the facilities as well as a lecture from one of their resident nutritional advisors capped off with drinks and an amazing spread of food by La Botte bistro!  Saturday...

Considering or already enrolled in our Online Certificate program? We have an AAEVT Online Certificate Academy Scholarship to help cover those costs! Eligibility requirements Applicants must be current AAEVT members in good standing and at the time of application and be currently enrolled in the AAEVT Online Certificate Academy program. Deadlines Spring Scholarship applications must be received no later than April 1 Fall Scholarship applications must be received no later than October 1 Application requirements Completed application form. Resume including previous and current employment, with dates, giving brief details of job titles and duties, including names of organization, association or practice...

There are many challenges facing our Industry today and we need your input on how the AAEVT can provide meaningful resources to you in this ever-changing landscape. We are inviting you to take part in a short survey (just 10 questions!) about your Membership and experience with the AAEVT. Take a Short Survey While your responses are anonymous, we will also be compiling this data and sharing it an overview with the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). By doing this we intend to improve upon our partnership with the AAEP and hope...

Merck Animal Health is partnering with EquiManagement to sponsor the 2020 Disease Du Jour podcast series for equine veterinarians, vet students, vet techs and industry professionals. The podcast was launched in 2019 and has received rave reviews for its content focused on education for the equine veterinary industry. “We are thrilled to have Merck Animal Health join us in this veterinary industry educational endeavor,” said Kimberly S. Brown, Group Publisher of the Equine Health Network. “It is exciting to have a partner as focused on veterinary education as we are to...

The Scope of Practice for Veterinary Technicians and Veterinary Technologist has been updated by the AAVSB. The American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) is a not-for-profit, 501(c) (3) association whose membership is comprised of 62 veterinary licensing boards from the United States and its Territories (U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico), and 9 provinces in Canada. The purpose of the AAVSB Practice Act Model is to provide a resource to its Member Boards, many of which regulate the practice of Veterinary Medicine as well as Veterinary Technology. In 2000, based upon the...

Authors: Galina M. Hayes PhD, Denise F. LaLonde‐Paul MPS, Jennifer L. Perret DVM, Andrea Steele MS, Marina McConkey DVM, William G. Lane DVM, Rosalind J. Kopp BS, Hannah K. Stone BA, Meredith Miller DVM, Andria Jones‐Bitton PhD First published:16 December 2019 - https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12916 Presented in abstract form at the 25th International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium, Washington, DC, September 2019. Supported by the President's Council of Cornell Women Affinito‐Stewart Grant. Abstract Objectives To investigate veterinary technician burnout and associations with frequency of self‐reported medical error, resilience, and depression and job‐related risk factors. Design Cross‐sectional observational study using an anonymous survey conducted between November 2017 and June...

It is an amazing experience and one you will get to participate in at our first event of 2020 - Alamo Pintado Regional Educational Event: Remember Your Why! Registration is open NOW and the event is only two months away: March 6-8, 2020 Our hosted for the weekend will be the renowned, state-of-the-art, Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Clinic. Lecture and hands-on lab topics to include: Advanced Diagnostic Imaging: MRI & CT - Dr. Carter Judy Post-surgery Water Recovery - Dr. Mark Rick ElectroChemotherapy - Dr. Wade Walke Sports Medicine - Dr. Phoebe...

We would like to introduce and Welcome Wister Costanza as our new Assistant Executive Director! Wiss will be assisting Deb Reeder and Katie Soobrian, while learning the ropes of what it takes to run this Organization. From Wiss: Assistant Executive Director I am excited to be accepting the position of Assistant Executive Director for this organization that I truly believe in.  As most of you know, I am a Charter Member (a member since the AAEVT's inception in 2004) and have had the good fortune to sit on the Board in a few different...

Here's what we're up to: The AAEVT Board has its first Board call for 2020 this week. We will be discussing: Trends affecting our profession How we can create Strategy to proactively be prepared for these changes Ways to increase involvement of our Regional Contacts with member recruitment and retention Updates, edits and improvements to our website and more! Deb Reeder, AAEVT Executive Director, and Wiss Costanza, Assistant Executive Director, just returned from the AVMA's Veterinary Leadership Council (VLC) & Veterinary Medical Association Executives (VMAE) joint workshop on Critical Issues Facing Boards,...

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