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AVMA News
JANUARY 24, 2025
The AVMA Council on Education (COE) can now accredit distance learning programs following U.S. Department of Education approval. The COE is developing policies and gathering input to ensure quality standards are met for distance education at veterinary colleges.
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AVMA News
JANUARY 14, 2025
Discussion focused primarily veterinary colleges and the AVMA Council on Education. The AVMA House of Delegates took on the topic of accreditation during its Veterinary Information Forum, held January 10 during its winter session in Chicago.
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AVMA News
JANUARY 22, 2025
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 15 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for 2025.
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AVMA News
APRIL 1, 2024
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 13 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2024.
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AVMA News
JANUARY 2, 2024
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 10 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for 2024.
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AVMA News
OCTOBER 2, 2024
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to six schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2024.
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AVMA News
AUGUST 21, 2023
Department of Education is applying account adjustments to all income-driven repayment plan borrowers who have reached enough payments for forgiveness.
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AVMA News
MARCH 13, 2024
Department of Education (DOE) announced on February 21 that it will forgive $1.2 billion in loans for nearly 153,000 eligible borrowers. In addition, the deadline for student loan borrowers to recertify their income annually to remain in an IDR plan has been extended.
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AVMA News
JULY 9, 2024
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 11 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2024.
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AVMA News
APRIL 23, 2025
The AVMA Council on Education has developed policies, procedures, and accreditation standards to guide the use and quality assessment of veterinary education delivered through distance learning.
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AVMA News
APRIL 5, 2023
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 10 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2023.
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AVMA News
APRIL 3, 2025
The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 11 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2025, including a comprehensive site visit for Clemson University College of Veterinary Medicine in June.
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AVMA News
APRIL 10, 2025
Department of Education briefly paused enrolling and renewing participants in all income-driven repayment plans to comply with a federal courts injunction. While the online applications for these plans are now available, processing by educational loan servicers is pending system updates.
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AVMA News
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The lack of veterinary services in parts of rural America and for food animal producers has prompted veterinary colleges to be more deliberate in their efforts to recruit students eager to work in these areas of veterinary practice.
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AVMA News
JULY 3, 2023
The AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE) has scheduled site visits to six schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2023.
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AVMA News
JUNE 10, 2025
The AVMA is supporting its members on their professional journeys by offering career-focused online resources and in-person continuing education at AVMA Convention 2025 and the 40th World Veterinary Association Congress this July.
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AVMA News
JUNE 18, 2024
An updated resource from the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) is intended to further contribute to progress in the teaching of anatomy at veterinary colleges by promoting effective animal alternatives, supporting animal welfare and animal ethics, and the safety of veterinary students and the animals with which they learn. (..)
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AVMA News
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Mean starting salaries for veterinarians rose to just over $124,295 for graduates entering full-time employment in a year that also saw the mean debt-to-income ratio drop to 2004 levels, said Dr. Chris Doherty, AVMA’s assistant director for strategic business research and outreach, during the 2023 AVMA Business and Economic Forum, held virtually October (..)
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AVMA News
JUNE 27, 2023
In 2022, the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) awarded nearly $9 million to 89 veterinarians in exchange for working in U.S. Department of Agriculture–designated veterinary shortage areas. This June, Congress took up legislation that would end the federal tax on program awards.
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AVMA News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine of Rowan University is on track to receive provisional accreditation from the AVMA Council on Education when students matriculate next fall, allowing them to complete training and be eligible to sit for the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination.
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AVMA News
JUNE 21, 2024
AVMA Convention 2024, taking place June 21-25 in Austin, Texas, promises a wealth of networking and educational opportunities, including robust programming centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), from special events to informative panels to continuing education (CE) sessions.
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AVMA News
AUGUST 28, 2024
Kaitlyn Krebs, assistant clinical professor of primary care at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, urges all clinicians to educate themselves about honey bee medicine because there is a huge need for veterinarians to take care of bees.
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AVMA News
MAY 9, 2024
AVMA Convention 2024, taking place June 21-25 in Austin, Texas, promises a wealth of networking and educational opportunities, including robust programming centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), from special events to informative panels to continuing education (CE) sessions.
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AVMA News
JANUARY 20, 2025
Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, EdD, an education and psychology instructor, gave insights into resiliency and share tools for wellbeing during the keynote Everyday Resiliency: How to Master Working and Living Well on January 10 at the 2025 AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference in Chicago.
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AVMA News
MARCH 19, 2025
The American Association of Veterinary State Boards board of directors voted to discontinue the Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence for Veterinary Technicians in late February after its creation five years ago.
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AVMA News
APRIL 23, 2025
The AVMA Council on Education (COE) made a number of accreditation decisions at its March 1518 meeting at AVMA headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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AVMA News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Méndez University-Gurabo (UAGM-Gurabo) School of Veterinary Medicine received a letter of reasonable assurance from the AVMA Council on Education after it met on December 15, 2023.
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AVMA News
MARCH 6, 2024
The AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE) will have its hands full with 14 scheduled site visits for the remainder of this year. Among them are five consultative site visits to proposed veterinary programs vying for accreditation.
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AVMA News
JUNE 21, 2024
AVMA Convention 2024 offers a slate of educational sessions and events devoted to making the most of a career in veterinary medicine.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 24, 2015
I was upstate again this past weekend, collecting Desi from his week with his grandparents, and took a couple of hours early Sunday morning to visit my favorite Saugerties birding spot, the Great Vly. As is to be expected in late August there were many young birds around getting the hang of living life on their own.
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AVMA News
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Pascoe was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Alumni Excellence Award this year by the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia for his “unwavering commitment to advancing veterinary education, the veterinary profession globally, and academic leadership.”
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AVMA News
JANUARY 10, 2025
The AVMA Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA) had a busy year as it oversaw the accreditation of more than 200 veterinary technology programs, updated its standards, and published survey results giving the latest statistics on these programs.
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AVMA News
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The Positive Pet Care Guide is the result of an industry-wide working group, led by the AVMA and Mars Veterinary Health, aimed at strengthening the relationship between veterinary teams and pet owners through resources, education, and collaboration.
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AVMA News
MARCH 17, 2025
National Dog Bite Prevention Week will take place April 13-19 this year to educate the public on preventing dog bites and encourage responsible pet ownership.
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AVMA News
MARCH 6, 2024
This rate indicates passage of the test by the time of graduation for senior students from veterinary colleges accredited by the AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE). At the same time, the ultimate performance passing rate has been on the decline in the past four cycles.
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AVMA News
APRIL 28, 2025
The AVMA has introduced new guidelines specifically for large animal veterinary internships that emphasize education through mentorship, supervision, and structured clinical training across disciplines.
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AVMA News
MARCH 21, 2024
To help educate the public and reduce dog bites, the AVMA is once again sponsoring National Dog Bite Prevention Week, held this year from April 7-13.
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AVMA News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded over $111,000 to the nonprofit LifeStock International to promote two NIFA programs offering educational debt relief to veterinarians who commit to working in designated rural veterinary shortage areas, especially areas where food animal veterinary services are in short (..)
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AVMA News
MARCH 22, 2023
Another bill still under consideration would dilute the educational background required for veterinary technicians to qualify for licensure. The Arkansas state legislature recently adopted a law that will expand veterinary technician specialists’ (VTS) scope of practice.
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AVMA News
APRIL 9, 2025
Utahs first four-year veterinary college is one step closer to becoming accredited by the AVMA Council on Education.
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AVMA News
MARCH 12, 2025
Referral coordinators, clear guidelines, and client education can improve patient care. Increased specialty referrals highlight the need for better communication between GPs and specialists. Studies show collaborative care enhances outcomes and client satisfaction.
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AVMA News
MAY 15, 2024
AVMA Convention 2024 offers a slate of educational sessions and events devoted to making the most of a career in veterinary medicine.
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AVMA News
MARCH 30, 2023
To help educate the public and reduce dog bites, the AVMA is once again sponsoring National Dog Bite Prevention Week, held this year from April 9-15.
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AVMA News
JUNE 9, 2023
The program will celebrate its one-year anniversary at AVMA Convention 2023 this July in Denver along with designated DEI continuing education (CE) sessions. The Journey for Teams (JFT) program has had more than 11,000 users since its launch in 2022.
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