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23 Sep

Posted at 20:12h in Veterinary Debt Initiative
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The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) and many others in the higher education community recently sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to support funding for student aid programs for graduate and professional students as it works toward reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). The groups wrote “decisions made by Congress in the past relative to student loans have made graduate and professional education more expensive for students, such as charging them higher interest rates on loans, and eliminating the in-school interest subsidy for graduate students.” The groups...

23 Sep

Posted at 20:10h in Veterinary Debt Initiative
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Researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released “Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit” which found student loans outpacing other household debt among most severely delinquent loans. Here’s commentary from Inside Higher Ed on the report: “A new report shows student loans outpacing other household debt among most severely delinquent loans…Defaulted student loans have surpassed all other types of household debt classified as "severely derogatory," including mortgage and credit card debt.” The article added, “Fed researchers defined severely derogatory debt as any kind of delinquent loan combined...

23 Sep

Posted at 20:06h in Veterinary Debt Initiative
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The Veterinary Debt Initiative (VDI) is committed to raising awareness and providing access to resources that enable pre-veterinary students, veterinary students and veterinarians to make highly informed financial decisions. Check out how VDI is leading efforts in the student debt crisis at these upcoming VDI-sponsored speaker events: AVMA Annual Economic Summit 10/22/19: Veterinary Debt Initiative Update Wellbeing Summit 11/19/19: The Collaborative Approach to the Veterinary Debt Initiative Veterinary Leadership Conference 1/9-1/12/20: time and location TBD ...

20 Sep

Posted at 21:24h in Veterinary News
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AVMA has produced a series of videos to address this important topic. Each video is approximately one and-a-half minutes long and focuses on one of three critical aspects of the suicide discussion: What should you do if someone tells you they’re thinking about suicide? What is the correct terminology for talking about suicide and does it matter? What does suicide contagion mean and what can be done to prevent it? To find out more about the videos (and perhaps incorporate them into your VMA’s wellbeing resources), QPR Suicide Prevention Training, and...

20 Sep

Posted at 19:59h in Veterinary News
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VMAE members who attended the VMAE | Summer Conference 2019 in Washington, DC had the opportunity to learn from Randy Hall (CEO of AspireVet.com) as he shared thoughts on creating a podcast series – through the lens of leading change.  Two recent podcasts from Randy build on the concept of leading change: Episode 15: Leading Change in Your Practice – Forward Booking (where he discusses how to get team buy-in for forward booking – and how this approach is universal for any behavior change) Episode 24: Leading Change in Your...

20 Sep

Posted at 19:53h in Veterinary News
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The VIN Foundation Student Debt Center is a mobile-friendly, comprehensive resource helping pre-veterinary students, veterinary students, veterinarians, and those who support them reduce their costs and manage student debt through school and beyond. It is made up of four sections:   Cost of Education Map – a comparison of veterinary school costs considering tuition, living expenses, and student loan interest My Student Loans – a tool to help make sense of the typically complex student loan portfolio Student Loan Repayment Simulator – an interactive program giving detailed repayment cost comparisons WikiDebt...

20 Sep

Posted at 19:40h in Veterinary News
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The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) “represents the experience and expertise of the responsible pet care community to legislative, regulatory and governing bodies in order to promote animal well-being and responsible pet ownership, foster environmental stewardship, and ensure the availability of healthy pets.”  PIJAC recently released its Economic Impact of U.S. Pet Industry report and infographic, noting that the industry generates over $221 billion in direct, indirect, and induced economic impact annually.  The report provides direct sales and economic impact data, in infographic format, for all 50 states –...

20 Sep

Posted at 19:29h in Veterinary News
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The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) recently received a national 2019 "Power of A" Silver Award for its DiVersity Matters program from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).  The AAVMC launched DiVersity Matters in 2005, partly in response to a widely acknowledged lack of diversity in veterinary medicine. DiVersity Matters works to help member institutions recruit and retain underrepresented persons as students, faculty and staff members. The program also works to share best practices and inspire and recognize programs in member institutions and develop broader awareness throughout...

20 Sep

Posted at 19:26h in Veterinary News
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Partners for Healthy Pets (PHP) has just published the AVMA-AAHA White Paper entitled “Forward Booking – How Forward Booking Leads to Better Patient Care.”  This White Paper provides an overview and gives guidance for healthcare teams to implement forward booking in their practices. It also reviews the results of the PHP-VMAE (Veterinary Medical Association Executives) initiative Ready. Set. Go! in which 45 PHP Associate Member organizations participated. Click here to read or download the White Paper; please consider highlighting it in your VMA communications to help your members discover how forward...