Dispomed Ltd., a world leader in the supply of small animal anesthesia systems, recently donated an anesthetic machine to be used in the Veterinary Resource Room situated in AVC's Learning Commons. This machine will facilitate the learning of anesthesiology.
"This generous gift will be of great benefit to our students and a valuable teaching tool for AVC," says Dr. Lisa Miller, Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs. "Incorporating it into our Veterinary Resource Room...
The Senate Committee on the Enhancement of Teaching is pleased to announce that Susan Dawson, Associate Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at AVC, is the recipient of this year’s Janet Pottie Murray Award for Instructional Leadership. A winner of the Pfizer Carl J Norden Distinguished Teacher Award (2007) and the AVMA Basic Sciences Teaching Excellence Award (2000), Dr. Dawson has been a driving force behind the initiation and development of two first-year DVM...
Recently it was announced that Chelsie Estey of New Brunswick and a third-year veterinary student of the Atlantic Veterinary College, will benefit from the Veterinary Student Scholars Program. This grant program is funded through the Morris Animal Foundation and provides students with an opportunity to become involved in veterinary research that advances the health and welfare of both companion animals and wildlife.
A total of 65 students will receive funding from this program in 2009. Chelsie...
On Friday, May 8, the Atlantic Veterinary College’s annual White Coat Graduation and Awards Ceremony will take place at the Seaport Welcome Centre in Charlottetown, starting at 6:30 pm. At this ceremony, each graduating DVM student will be presented with their white lab coat, symbolizing their entry into the veterinary medicine profession.
The AVC White Coat Graduation Ceremony is a memorable, incredibly moving ceremony with graduating students, their families, the AVC community, and...
Dr. Brian Evans, Executive Vice President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Chief Veterinary Officer of Canada, hosted a lunch and learn session for AVC and UPEI students during a recent visit to the Atlantic Veterinary College. A popular speaker and true champion for DVM training, Dr. Evans spoke to students on the role of veterinary medicine in disease surveillance and monitoring, and the critical role veterinarians play in safeguarding animal health, human health, public health and...
Several Atlantic Veterinary College students and veterinarians from Atlantic Canada will travel to remote communities in Peru and Haiti in the coming months to deliver animal health services and training to animal care workers as part of an external rotation. "Animals in these regions are often a key resource in providing economic well-being for their owners," says Dr. Chris Riley, Professor of Health Management and Chief of Large Animal Surgery. "Students will perform spays,...
Dr. Leigh Lamont is an award winning teacher who inspires her students to look beyond the conventional. As an Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology in the Department of Companion Animals, she is known for keeping things current in the classroom and promoting research that can benefit veterinary patients.
Read more on pages 12-13 of AVC's 2008 Research Report to learn how Dr. Lamont is helping AVC deliver an outstanding quality educational program for its students, and contributing to advances...
House calls are now a part of some fourth-year DVM students’ training through the AVC’s Community Practice rotation.
“The rotation develops students’ in better understanding the principles and practices associated with preventive (wellness) health care, and the development and maintenance of long-term professional relationships with clients,” says Dr. Darcy Shaw, Chair of AVC’s Department of Companion Animals. “It also further establishes senior...
Three senior doctor of veterinary medicine students–Shelli Meleck of Nova Scotia, Jenn Burns of PEI and Erica Allen of New Brunswick–and Professor of Epidemiology and Ruminant Health Management, Dr. John VanLeeuwen, left for Kenya on January 23 as part of an AVC external rotation.
Throughout the next three weeks, the AVC group will live and learn alongside three veterinary students from Nairobi Veterinary School. Together, the students and Dr. VanLeeuwen will work with the Othaya...
Dr. Don Reynolds, Dean of AVC along with DVM students Chris McLaughlin, President of the class of 2012 and Joshua Smith, President of the class of 2011; and Dr. Lisa Miller, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, unveiled plans for the AVC Student Learning Commons during the Fall Awards and Recognition Night earlier this fall. The Student Learning Commons is currently under construction with scheduled completion for Fall 2009.
Dr. Wendy Duckett, Associate Professor in AVC’s Department of Health Management and Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teacher Award Recipient and , is bringing Interactive Classroom Response Technology to AVC. The new technology has been made possible through a Pfizer Grant for Innovation in Teaching Methodology awarded in November of 2006.
The technology is employed by providing each student in a lecture with a small radio frequency remote device. This device allows them to respond to...
AVC’s Humane Ethics Club and Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre will co-host an Animal Welfare in Practice conference on Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4, 2008 at AVC. The focus of the conference will be fish and lobster welfare.
The conference will feature presentations by experts on topics such as How Important is Pain to a Fish?, Emerging Issues in Lobster Welfare, and Welfare Trends in Global Aquaculture Practice.
The Animal Welfare in Practice conference is open to the...
The next seminar in AVC’s Seminar Series will take place on Friday, October 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge with guest speaker Dr. Chris Riley. Dr. Riley is a Large Animal Surgeon and Biomedical Researcher with AVC’s Department of Health Management. His presentation will be on "Developing Infrared Tests for Medicine."
Everyone is welcome.
AVC graduate, Dr. Bryan Langlois, Vice President and Medical Director of Humane League of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, visited AVC recently to deliver a series of lectures.
Dr. Langlois (DVM 2005) presented lectures on shelter medicine and two seminars, “A Few Good Vets: Cruelty, Prosecution and Being an Expert Witness” and “The Feline Marx Brothers - URI, Panleukopenia & Ringworm (New Ideas and Common Treatments)” to 1st year veterinary students.
Dr. Langlois...
At AVC, fourth year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students participate in a client communication rotation. This intensive one week experience uses a combination of role play, videotaped real client interactions, and the use of simulated clients to help students develop communication skills.
“Graduates need to be competent communicators their first day in practice and communication issues are amongst the most challenging problems new graduates will face,” says Dr. Darcy Shaw, Chair...
