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	<description>News and updates on what the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is doing to advance the veterinary medical profession and protect the interests of veterinarians and the animals and humans they serve.</description>
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		<title>Join Us on the Hill</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/join-us-on-the-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve probably heard that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it takes a hill – as in Capitol Hill – to create, nurture and pass legislation, and the AVMA’s Governmental Relations Division is a key player in that process. You need look no further than the Veterinary Services Investment Act (VSIA) to <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/join-us-on-the-hill/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not a Laughing Matter</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/not-a-laughing-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you hear about the cat that came down with the flu? Such a line might be the start of a joke in some circles, but the fact that the novel 2009 H1N1 virus was confirmed in a cat in Iowa was serious business for veterinarians.
 When news broke Nov. 4 that the cat tested positive <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/not-a-laughing-matter/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Being There</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/being-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was looking for veterinary representation on its National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee, officials there turned to the AVMA to lend expertise in helping develop a “nationwide, robust and integrated” approach to enhance national security and public health surveillance.
 Dr. Heather Case, who at the time was an assistant director <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/being-there/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>I am AVMA</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/i-am-avma/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/i-am-avma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who exactly is the AVMA? You are, of course, and you have lots of stories to tell. That’s why we recently introduced “I am AVMA,” a campaign that allows our members to tell – in their own words – how AVMA membership benefits them and the profession.
 We tend to share the benefits of AVMA membership <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/i-am-avma/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Online Bonanza</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/an-online-bonanza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we launched AVMA@Work back in the fall of 2007, we did so because we had heard from many of our members that they wanted to know more about what the AVMA does for them. Apart from convention, insurance and our journals, you asked, what’s the bang for my membership buck?
Well, you didn’t stop there. <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/11/18/an-online-bonanza/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Chipping&#8217; In</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/chipping-in/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/chipping-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with a “more-information-is-better” theme, our Communications and Membership and Field Services divisions, with an assist from the AVMA Council on Veterinary Service, also recently updated our microchipping backgrounder and FAQ. There’s been a lot of great information coming out over the past few years that fills a lot of the gaps about what <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/chipping-in/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, the Good Life</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/oh-the-good-life/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/oh-the-good-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://atwork.avma.org/?p=393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You might recall that we included a mention in last month’s AVMA@Work about a new reference guide we created for the public that deals with zoonotic risks associated with hunting. It generated a lot of interest – so far, more than 400 of you have checked it out through the link we provided – and <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/oh-the-good-life/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>An even-better &#8216;Ed&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/an-even-better-ed/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/an-even-better-ed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AVMA@Work</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Continuing Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Convention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterinarian Resources]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://atwork.avma.org/?p=391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we launched AVMA Ed – our online continuing education service – back in December, we knew it would be popular, and we were committed to improving it along the way. Now, after more than 1,400 courses have been purchased since its inception, AVMA Ed will be even better thanks to improved audio and video <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/an-even-better-ed/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Scholarships</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/student-scholarships/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/student-scholarships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AVMA@Work</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Veterinary Medical Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education and Student Matters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why stop with the good news now? Thanks to a partnership between Pfizer Animal Health and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, hundreds of veterinary students attending AVMA-accredited veterinary schools will receive $2,500 scholarships annually through 2012.
 The scholarships are designed to address veterinary student debt, ease the shortage of food animal and rural veterinarians in the <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/student-scholarships/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good News on Health Insurance</title>
		<link>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/good-news-on-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/good-news-on-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not every day that we get good news regarding our health insurance. We often hear about rising premiums and deductibles, along with a shrinking pool of participating doctors and specialists.
 Well, not this time. Many AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust medical plan participants will receive a premium credit due to the insureds’ health-care <a STYLE="text-decoration:none" href="http://atwork.avma.org/2009/10/21/good-news-on-health-insurance/">[...] Read more </a>]]></description>
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