Overhauling your resume doesn’t need to be a daunting task, especially if you have the help of a professional. Erin Kennedy, president of Professional Resume Services, is joining the AVMA’s Veterinary Career Center to share suggestions on how you can upgrade, target and personalize your resume for better results. Whether you’re seeking a new job, [...]
Categories: Education and Student Matters, General, Veterinarian Resources
Like many people these days, I am trying to find new ways to save money. In an effort to cut down on the monthly grocery bill I have started making my own bread. When I first read about it I thought it would be way too hard and take way too much time. Like many [...]
Categories: AVMA Leadership, Future Leaders, General, Practice Management, Veterinarian Resources, Volunteering
Critical to our animal health and public health infrastructure is the need for research, including research on animal vaccines. One conference where veterinarians can gain cutting-edge scientific information on progress being made with vaccines is the Annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR), May 6-9, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. Held by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases [...]
Categories: Drugs and Vaccines, General, One Health, Scientific Issues
On January 7, the AVMA House of Delegates approved several revisions to the association’s Model Veterinary Practice Act, a document routinely used by state legislators and regulatory bodies for guidance on appropriate oversight of veterinary medicine. A special task force reviewed extensive comments from veterinarians, the public and AVMA entities before recommending the changes to [...]
Categories: Advocacy, Companion Animals, Disaster Preparedness, Drugs and Vaccines, Exotic Species, Fish, Food Animals, General, Horses, Policies and Governance, State Legislative Issues, Veterinary Technicians
Welcome to the first blogging effort by members of the AVMA Future Leaders Program (FLP)! For those not familiar with the program, the FLP is a new AVMA initiative to promote involvement and recruitment of potential leaders among AVMA members who have graduated from veterinary school within the past fifteen years. The current class is [...]
Categories: AVMA Leadership, Education and Student Matters, General, Volunteering
In today’s news, an FDA press release announces a revised Order of Prohibition on Extra Label Drug Use of Cephalosporins in the major food producing animal species – cattle, swine, chickens, and turkeys. If you’re a veterinarian working with livestock, you’re probably wondering how this affects you. This new FDA order is a modification of [...]
Categories: Animal Health, Food Animals, General, Veterinarian Resources
We occasionally get questions from members about how to follow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rules when it comes to administering drugs in practice. While not comprehensive, here are some good ways to ensure that you are following the FDA’s rules: 1. Select FDA-approved drugs for use in your practice whenever possible. Look [...]
Categories: Animal Health, Companion Animals, Drugs and Vaccines, Food Animals, General, Scientific Issues
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