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	<title>AVMA@Work - American Veterinary Medical Association &#187; General</title>
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		<title>Specimen Shipments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you and your staff ever ship specimens for lab testing via air? If so, do you all have the proper training required by the U.S. Department of Transportation?
We’ve recently heard of a few instances where improperly packaged veterinary specimens prompted audits of veterinary shipping practices by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA performs the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadening Horizons</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, externships are an invaluable part of a veterinary student’s education. The externship experience offers hands-on opportunities not always available during vet school rotations, and it can open doors to new career choices. Simply put, the externship experience helps build knowledge – and it doesn’t hurt a student’s resumé either.
 The AVMA believes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pharmaceutical Disposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were all glad to hear of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in December that it does not plan to survey health-care facilities, including veterinary hospitals, on how they dispose of unused pharmaceuticals. While the EPA decision was good news for the profession, it doesn’t relieve us of the responsibility we have to protect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctors Are In</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/03/15/the-doctors-are-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Animal Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They come with questions – lots of questions. Why isn’t my dachshund able to keep her food down? Why is my poodle urinating so frequently, both outside and indoors? Could my two-month-old kitten be in heat?
Thanks to the recent collaboration between the AVMA and WebMD, pet owners visiting the WebMD Pet Health Exchange are finding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scanning the Environment</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/03/15/scanning-the-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who remember the television program ABC’s Wide of World of Sports, you might recall how the show opened with the introduction, “Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.” The program ran for more than 30 years, and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming to the Defense of Cats</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/02/18/coming-to-the-defense-of-cats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canine companions seem to have a paw up on our feline friends when it comes to visits to the veterinarian, leaving cats shortchanged and in need of some tender loving care. Cats, it appears, don’t get the same affection – or medical attention – from their owners as dogs do.
 So, in an effort to raise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Tech’-nically Speaking</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/02/18/%e2%80%98tech%e2%80%99-nically-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks in our Education and Research Division’s Center for Veterinary Medical Education Accreditation will be logging quite a few miles into the foreseeable future as they visit veterinary technician programs around the country that are either seeking first-time accreditation or reaccreditation of their vet-tech programs.
 This year, they’ll travel to 37 different programs, and they’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Their Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re proud of the fact that the AVMA has a long tradition of supporting our veterinary students and recent graduates. We support Student Chapters of the AVMA; we make regular visits to our colleges and schools of veterinary medicine; we serve as a resource to thousands of students; we host the Faculty Advisor Student Leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20/20 Vision</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/02/18/2020-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/02/18/2020-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crystal balls don’t work, no matter how long you stare into them, and, last I checked, no one’s improved much on time travel since H.G. Wells wrote “The Time Machine.” So, since we don’t have any fancy tools at our disposal, it’s still difficult to predict what the future may bring. But that doesn’t mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Changing Face of the Profession</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/02/18/the-changing-face-of-the-profession/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2010/02/18/the-changing-face-of-the-profession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A diverse veterinary profession is a strong veterinary profession, better positioned to meet the challenges that come our way and better equipped to meet the needs of all those we serve. In fact, excellence in our profession requires diversity. That’s why the AVMA is committed to helping build a more diverse veterinary workforce.
I think our [...]]]></description>
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