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 A Tale of Two URI Outbreaks, Part 1: Evidence-based Therapeutic Selection on April 20, 2021 at 12 ET.

In this rounds:

• Briefly review feline URI, differentials for clinical disease, and the role of stress.
• Work through a diagnostic investigation for a primary bacterial agent, including interpretation of population-level PCR panel results.
• Review therapeutic recommendations, including consensus-based antibiotic selection guidelines.

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!

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It's a double winner day!  Our Caption This photo #1 winner from Volume 56, Issue 1 is Rebecca Gill of Cornell University!  We asked you to give us your captions, and you delivered!  Congrats to Alexandria Armeni of the University of Minnesota for her winning witty caption!

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The Vet Student Struggle

Thank you to Polly Weldon of the University of Florida for providing us with these all-too-relatable Foot in Mouth Disease submissions!  We definitely feel these on a personal level.

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

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!