Veterinary Schools use SAVMA Grant funds for creative educational opportunities

Check out some of the fantastic things veterinary schools have been doing with grant money from SAVMA committees lately:

The Atlantic Veterinary College used a grant from SAVMA's Education and Professional Development Committee (EPDC) to host an Oil Spill workshop:

The Oil Spill Rehabilitation Course offered by the AVC Aquatics & Marine Wildlife
Club this spring was a great success! Dr. Helene Van Doninck, a TriState Certified
trainer from the Cobequid Rehabilitation Center in Truro, NS spent two days
teaching eager students, technicians and faculty about the realities of oil spills and
methods in rehabilitation of oiled wildlife. This included a one-day wetlab using
bird cadavers, which allowed the students to practice the handling and clean-up
techniques learned in the previous days lectures. The cost of Dr. Van Doninck’s
accommodations while at the course was graciously covered by a grant received
from SAVMA and the Education and Licensure Grant.

Michigan State University used an EPDC grant to hold a special lunch meeting on antimicrobial resistance

On October 12, the One Health Club at Michigan State's CVM held a panel on antimicrobial resistance
over lunch. Our panel consisted of Dr. Coretta Patterson, a small animal internist, Dr. Ron Erskine, a
food animal veterinarian with special interest in dairy cattle, Dr. Bo Norby, a veterinarian with special
interest in epidemiology and bovine tuberculosis, and Dr. Anthony Ognjan, an infectious disease
specialist in human medicine. These speakers came to answer questions and discuss the unique
challenges of antimicrobial resistance in their specific area of medicine. We were very happy to
welcome members of every veterinary school class and students from the MSU medical school to attend
and participate in asking questions of this panel.

We received very positive feedback from both those who attended and members of the panel.
Everyone seemed to learn a lot, especially with the presence of a human medicine perspective. We
all concluded that in order to understand such a large scale problem as antimicrobial resistance, the
participation of all areas of medicine (veterinary, human, environmental, etc.) is required.

The One Health Club would like to thank SAVMA EPDC for providing us with the funds to carry out this
informative and constructive meeting. We hope to continue to explore this topic in further panels.

Keep up the good and creative work! Thanks to the EPDC for offering the Education and Licensure Grant and to AVC and MSU's students for putting SAVMA's funds to good use! Keep an eye on your email for upcoming grant opportunities from SAVMA.