Wrap up: SAVMA updates clinical duty hour guidelines for students, and other veterinary news
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Good morning dvm360 readers and happy Friday! Did you know that for the first time, dvm360 released an exclusive episode of The Vet Blast Podcast? Our very first exclusive episode features none other than our very own chief veterinary officer Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, where he discusses how to build public influencer through social media. You can tune into the episode here!
Besides this extra episode drop, here is what else happened this week on dvm360.com:
- The Student American Veterinary Medical Association announced it has updated its “Duty Hour Guidelines” in recognition of the importance of students’ wellbeing, recommended that students do not surpass 80 hours a week of duty hours.
- Researchers at the University of Liège in Liège, Belgium, recently published a study amplifying already existing knowledge of malignant catarrhal fever that is now affecting ruminants and has become a serious threat to the commercial bison industry within the past few years.
- On this week’s regular episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, and David L. Dycus, DVM, MS, CCRP, DACVS-SA, discussed the ins and outs of canine elbow dysplasia.
- An article recently submitted by a dvm360 Strategic Alliance Partner, Florida Veterinary Advisors, discussed why veterinary professionals may be living from paycheck to paycheck, and how they can beat certain financial pitfalls.
- During his interview with dvm360, Craig Clifford, DVM, MS, DACVIM, gives a preview of his upcoming lecture at Fetch Kansas City where he will be discussing why phenotyping is a useful tool for canine patients with lymphoma.
- On this recent installment of Pet Poison Helpline’s Toxin Tails, Tiffany Day, a travel nurse, recalls the day her Labrador retriever mix Luna helped herself to Day’s allergy medication while she was out of the house running errands.
- And more news!
Want to hear and learn more from Dycus, Clifford, and Renee Schmid, DVM, DABT, DABVT, a senior veterinary toxicologist and director of veterinary services at Pet Poison Helpline? Lucky for you, they will all be speaking at the end of this month at Fetch Kansas City. Registration is still open so secure your spot here today!
