Dr. Jane
January 23, 2023
The Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida (UF) College of Veterinary Medicine will be gifted a $510,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love. These funds are to address the growing shortage of shelter medicine veterinarians by ensuring shelter pets have access to timely, necessary veterinary care. According to an organizational release,1 the grant will support an accelerated internship …
A new program at Washington State University could alleviate some of the most pressing issues facing the veterinary profession, including staffing shortages and burnout from long hours, high workloads and stress. The problems plaguing the industry have been exacerbated in recent years, with pet ownership and service demands increasing at the same time clinics and hospitals are struggling with staff …
Dr. Jane
December 22, 2022
A proposal has been made that could bring more veterinarians to northern Ontario – and Wendy Landry says it can’t come quickly enough. In January, the University of Guelph and Lakehead University made a joint proposal to bring a new veterinary program to Thunder Bay, Ont. The proposal would bring a Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in Rural and Northern …
Dr. Jane
November 22, 2022
The BC Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training will investigate the possibility, following advocacy by two northern BC regional districts. Advocacy by two northern BC regional districts may result in the creation of a veterinary medicine program at the University of Northern BC in Prince George. In a letter to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and Regional District …
Dr. Jane
November 19, 2022
The BC Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training will investigate the possibility, following advocacy by two northern BC regional districts. Advocacy by two northern BC regional districts may result in the creation of a veterinary medicine program at the University of Northern BC in Prince George. In a letter to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and Regional District …
Dr. Jane
October 15, 2022
In 2020, the Athens Area Humane Society had plans to grow and was building a new facility. At the same time, the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine was exploring options to establish a shelter medicine program. Although the Humane Society and the university had partnered before—offering veterinary externships, conducting research on pet adoptions and providing service-learning experiences—a shelter …
Farmscape for October 5, 2022 A veterinarian with Prairie Livestock Veterinarians in Red Deer says her practice’s participation in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine Pharmhouse Summer Student Swine Experience Program has proved to be extremely rewarding. The Western College of Veterinary Medicine Pharmhouse Summer Student Swine Experience Program, which is now moving into its third year, provides first and …
Dr. Jane
September 23, 2022
This article brought to you courtesy of DoveLewis Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital – sponsored content Dove Lewis establishes a Veterinary Well-being Program for their staff to address rising concerns as veterinary professionals are 2.7 times more likely to die from suicide as the general population. In addition to concerns with student debt, the effects of burnout, understaffing, and demanding …
Dr. Jane
September 9, 2022
URBANA — A $15 million gift from Flex-N-Gate Corp. owner Shahid Khan and his family to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine — and a matching gift — are expected to transform the oncology program at the college’s veterinary teaching hospital. The Khan family, which also includes Khan’s wife, Ann Margaret Khan, and the couple’s children, Tony and …
Dr. Jane
September 1, 2022
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently announced 20 Veterinary Service Grants Program (VSGP) Awards, eight Education, Extension, and Training (EET) grants and 12 Rural Practice Enhancement (RPE) grants to help mitigate food animal veterinary service shortages in the United States. The goals of the VSGP are to support food animal veterinary medicine through EET funds for accredited …