Friday
Apr162021

Humanimal Trust's Inaugural Symposium

Check out this amazing, unique one health opportunity!

Humanimal Trust’s Inaugural Symposium, to be held virtually on One Medicine Day - Thursday 6th May 2021. Humanimal Trust is a UK based charity, which drives collaboration between vets, doctors and researchers to achieve equal and sustainable medical progress which benefits both human and animal health (One Medicine).

The Symposium, whose theme is ‘Stronger Together: How we can take One Medicine forward’ will bring together professionals from human and veterinary medicine and researchers from the allied health and scientific disciplines for a unique shared learning event. Its objective is to create a roadmap on how the One Medicine concept can be taken forward through greater collaboration between human and veterinary medicine.

The symposium is free to attend and is open to all medical/veterinary/research professionals and students. Full details on the Symposium including the full programme of sessions and speakers and how to register can be found at: https://www.humanimaltrust.org.uk/medical-professionals/one-medicine-symposium-2021

Thursday
Apr152021

April 2021 NAVLE Webinars

Attention third year veterinary students (and anyone prepping for the NAVLE!) - check out these great webinars this month presented by the International Council for Veterinary Assessment!  Thank you so much to Dr. Johnson Million for sharing this opportunity with our Student Initiatives Team!  

Wednesday
Apr142021

Sunny Skies and Snowy Vibes

What a beautiful view! Congrats to Lauren Gawel of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University for being selected as one of our photography winner this issue!   

Monday
Apr122021

VIN Topic Rounds

 

Are you missing out on clinical rotations because of COVID-19? The VIN Student Team has you covered with Tuesday Topic Rounds.  During the month of April, join Emilia Wong Gordon, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine) for 30 minute, case-based sessions on Shelter Medicine every Tuesday at 12ET. Everyone and all levels of experience are welcome. There will be time for Q&A and discussion following. The next session is An Outbreak of Unexplained Feline Vomiting and Diarrhea Associated with Novel Fechavirus on April 13, 2021 at 12 ET.

In this rounds:

  • Discuss differential diagnoses for an outbreak of enteric disease in an animal population.
  • Apply the fundamentals of outbreak investigation and management for an unknown pathogen.
  • Review sanitation and infection control procedures for viral diseases.

TO JOIN THE SESSION, LOG INTO THE VIN STUDENT CENTER AND CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON IN THE TOP RIGHT

The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is here to help you as a vet student – especially during this worldwide pandemic. Membership is always free as a student!

Sunday
Apr112021

He(art) Work!

Congrats to Rachel Amato from the University of Georgia for being one of our Creative Corner winners this issue!  What a neat way to combine medicine and art!