vetschool

In this episode, Blake sits down with a panel of BIPOC students in veterinary and pre-veterinary programs to discuss how race and diversity are handled at their respective schools and what can be done to improve it.

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The Okra Project: https://www.theokraproject.com/

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Leslie Rivers: https://www.instagram.com/cowsarecool3906/?hl=en

Ebonee Walker: https://www.instagram.com/__beaming/?hl=en

Our What Matters Blog is a platform for your voice, your story, your perspective.  Just like you, Saye Clement's heart has felt unsure - but veterinary professionals are thinkers and problem solvers.  Join us to hear Saye's thoughts and how she envisions the veterinary profession putting our diverse problem solving skills to work in order to make a change.  Collectively, we are strong!

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In this episode, Blake sits down with fellow UW-Madison class of 2023 student Kate Palmer to discuss life as a non-traditional student in veterinary medical school, including her path to veterinary medicine and life experiences that led her on that path.

Tierra Price, DVM, MPH will make you laugh, dance and cry- she is energetic, intelligent, passionate and wise.  Her wisdom comes from experience and the acknowledgement that "anything that is good requires change or growth and comes over time".  Join us as Tierra walks us through her journey of tagging along with her uncle the "dog catcher" to founding the much needed, incredibly important Black DVM Network. If you haven't had a chance to consider what being a minority in the veterinary profession can feel like, Tierra will simply and elegantly make it clear.  At Vet Med After Hours we believe that no one in vet med should feel alone, yet Tierra shows us that minorities feel just that - alone.  Thank you Tierra for creating Black DVM Network, and thank you for helping open the window into your world. It is people like you who bring goodness over time.

In this episode, Blake sits down with classmate Eddy Cruz, a DVM-PhD student, to discuss his journey to the program and his decision to pursue the dual degree.

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In this episode, Blake sits down with UW-Madison SAVMA chapter president to discuss all things SAVMA. Topics discussed include what is SAVMA, benefits of SAVMA membership, and SAVMA executive positions and their roles in a functioning SAVMA chapter.

In the very first episode of Tails From Vet School, Blake sits down with fellow UW-Madison veterinary medical students Carianne Brei and Dane Gallagher to discuss their first year of vet school. They recount a typical day in their lives as vet students, discuss challenges they faced, and give some helpful advice to incoming veterinary medical students. 

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 What Matters is how you feel and in this episode Jamie Holms eloquently shares her feelings through poetry.  Get a glimpse of what a dog struggling to survive may feel, how creating a friendship in the final moments of life feels and the fear of a dog fight.  We all feel things at different times but what we have in common is the experience of having those feelings.  Thank you, Jamie, for sharing your feelings with us.

2020 VMX Speaker of the Year Eric Garcia joins us during lockdown and it's just like he's across from you at the pub.  Eric "geeks out" with us over aviation, avengers, and how unplugging from the very media that supports his own career is the way to truly recharge.  Eric defines "noodling" as constantly thinking of how to do things better and this self-proclaimed geek is doing just that.  Eric makes the world of veterinary technology, veterinary learning, and social media a better place!

If you watched 2019 Great British Bake Off then we know you love Rosie! Rosie shares with us how she started as a horse vet but ended up in small animal emergency medicine while nationally competing baking cakes in a tent.  We find out how British veterinary schools differ from the US and how baking and veterinary medicine can be very much the same.  Rosie tells us that veterinarians are pretty amazing people who just need to realize that fact - well we think she is pretty amazing too!

You know you want to get your mind off the Corona virus - spend an hour cracking up with us instead of scrolling your feed! When is a 3 legged cat like a pogo stick? What should you be catching up on tv- you might not know if you don't listen.... We'll do more than share our crazy lives with you, we'll cover veterinary telemedicine, adjusting to the current "normal", and getting ready for the new normal when it comes.  Let Vet Med After Hours help set you up for post traumatic success

If you can really talk to your team about what’s happening to you it can make a huge difference in the end. That's what Brenda, founder of Vet Support and the Compassion Satisfaction Accredited Workplace program, wants you to know. You have to really invest in your team to boost their morale and engagement and in return you will have a dedicated, bought-in team that will provide better patient care. Training and support are the foundations of high level service and the way to get through both the good and tough times.

What Matters is our column of connections where listeners share their stories - you are not alone.  In this episode, we share the story "Gossip Girl" written by Carol Hurst, LVT.