Dying Breed: Veterinary Podcast

Episode 3: Interviewing the Equitarian Initiative

Have you ever wanted to work with horses in a veterinary setting but felt like you just don’t have the background experience? Well these veterinarians are here to show you that anyone with the right mindset can be a successful horse doctor. This episode introduces Dr. Sam Johnson, owner of Glenwood and Silt Veterinary Clinics as well as Dr. Jay Merriam, retired equine veterinary surgeon and founder of The Equitarian Initiative, and is hosted by Dr. Hannah Mae, founder of The Equinnection. In this episode we dive into discussing doctors without borders, stories of practicing equine medicine in third world countries as well as how to escape burn out as an equine veterinarian!
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Episode 2: Advice for New Grads

So you’ve graduated veterinary school, now what? You don’t really feel like a doctor yet but now you have clients asking you how long you’ve been practicing… Join Hannah Mae, DVM (@dr.hannahmae) and Sydney Hayter, DVM MPH MS CVMMP (@pagingdrhayter), two mixed animal rural practitioners answering questions sent in from new grad veterinarians as well as advice from other veterinary professionals. This episode couldn’t happen without you, the audience, so make sure to stay tuned on our instagrams and look out for write in Q&As that will be featured on our next podcast! Don’t have social media? Leave your advice for 4th year veterinary students below in the comments!

Episode 1: The Veterinary Mid-Level Practitioner

Colorado has a new proposition on the ballot this fall: Proposition 129 calls for the creation of a veterinary mid-level practitioner, or Veterinary Professional Associate if you will. 
Join Hannah Mae, DVM (@dr.hannahmae) and Sydney Hayter, DVM MPH MS CVMMP (@pagingdrhayter), two mixed animal rural practitioners as they discuss the pros and cons of this new proposed position.
In this podcast they discuss what the proposition consists of according to the voter’s guide, then delve into discussing both the parties that support the proposition and the parties against it. 
Full of hot takes, this episode is not meant to offend supporting parties nor any associations mentioned. All of what is discussed is alleged, any information discussed is based on our best understanding of the information available to us.
There is a lot of information regarding this proposition and not all of it is discussed in this episode. For those curious, all supporting documents discussed within this episode as well as some bonus material is listed below. 
Article from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA): https://www.avma.org/news/colorado-ballot-measure-calls-nonveterinarians-diagnose-do-surgery
Article from AVMA’s Keep Our Pets Safe Initiative: https://keepourpetssafe.com/#faqs 
Colorado State University’s (CSU) 8 things to know article: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/vpa/
CSU’s PowerPoint with proposed curriculum & prerequisites: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/committees/dr._wayne_jenson_-_plan_b_masters_program_csu_.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0YLgNDE_SCknhQkztsX3lSBclqTL3AE-8ooXiNJHU3hS3JqPhQQIWpKNI_aem_dpjn8ComIi6tFNtYRtrtzw
AVMA’s article on how this proposition came to be: https://www.avma.org/news/how-colorado-became-ground-zero-veterinary-midlevel-practitioner-debate
Veterinary Information Network article on a mid level position: https://news.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=210&catId=620&Id=12253862