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®AVMA
Who I am
Today’s Goals
• What is organized veterinary medicine?– Your Voice!– Provides Benefits!– Your Profession!
How it all works
We ARE Veterinary Medicine…We Are The AVMA!!!
A Great Profession…but small
• Over 1,000,000 lawyers in the U.S.– Over 30% are ABA members
• Around 1,000,000 physicians in the U.S.– Under 30% are AMA members
• Around 100,000 veterinarians in the U.S. – 83% are AVMA members
• SAVMA has over 12,000 members– Over 92% of U.S. and Caribbean students
AVMA working for you
• Advocacy
• Economic viability
• Recent graduate initiatives
Advocating for the Profession
• AVMA Governmental Relations Division– AVMA Student Legislative Fly-in– AVMA Congressional Advocacy Network– Federal Veterinary Medicine Loan
Repayment Program • Up to $25,000 each year for a three year
period• Visit http://nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp for the
details
“Veterinary medicine is a personally and financially rewarding
profession”
• New economic vision statement from AVMA• $5 million towards Strategic Economics
Initiatives – National Economics Strategy Reserve Fund– Veterinary Economic Strategy Committee– Veterinary Economics Division within AVMA– Economics communication strategy with a
web presence
Recent Graduate Initiatives
• 2011 Task Force on AVMA Programs for Students and Recent Graduates– Early Career Development Committee • Oversee AVMA’s recent graduate programs/
services and develop niche membership benefits• Online community for recent graduates
– Creation of a staff position dedicated to Recent Graduate members
AVMA Analytics FAQs
E-newsletters
Social media
AVMA Publications
• Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
• American Journal of Veterinary Research
• SAVMA members pay $40 instead of over $200
• Online version for subscribers
October 1, 2011 JAVMA
2011 AVMA Convention
2012 AVMA Convention
– Network with colleagues from around the country
– Participate and assist in great wet labs– Learn cutting edge research and medicine
FREE ADVANCED REGISTRATION FOR SAVMA MEMBERS, A $475 VALUE!
Veterinary Career Center
• Jobs– Search hundreds of openings 24-7– Post your resume– Let “Job Agent” alert YOU!
• Externships– Student Externship Locator!
• Career Resources– “A Working Diagnosis” gives tips to job-seekers
Vcc website
Student externship homepage
AVMA Governmental Relations Veterinary Student Externship
• www.externsonthehill.com • Ten $1,200 stipends• Lobby for your profession• Deadline is October 14, 2012• Spend 4 weeks in Washington D.C.• Contact the Governmental Relations
Division at 800.321.1473 or [email protected]
AVMA Student Externship Stipends
• Fifteen $1,000 stipends• Deadline is January 2013• Secure an externship and apply – Nonclinical veterinary medicine (CDC, USDA,
APHIS, research labs, wildlife and pharmaceutical companies)
– Food Supply Veterinary Practices– www.avma.org/savma “Events & Opportunities”
AVMA Headquarters Externship
• Five $1,200 stipends• Work with any division• Tailor your experience• Deadline is March 15, 2012• Spend 3-4 weeks at AVMA Headquarters in
Schaumburg, IL• www.avma.org/savma “Events & Opportunities”
Student American Veterinary Medical Association
• Networking• Resources• Benefits– Scholarships– Grants– Awards
Savma website
What is SAVMA
The vet gazette
Savma facebook
SAVMA Educational Symposium
• LSU
–March , 2013
• Interact with over 1,000 students from around the nation
• Compete in academic and athletic events• Attend lectures and participate in wet labs
International Opportunities
• Did you know all SAVMA members are also members of the International Veterinary Student Association (IVSA)– Free with SAVMA membership– Fosters international cooperation– Exchange opportunities
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SAVMA Awards, Competitions, and Scholarships
• www.avma.org/savma/SAVMA_Awards.asp• $250 Extracurricular Funding Grant• $250 Multicultural Diversity Awareness
Grant• $500 Underserved Area/Youth Interest
Stipends
AVMA PLIT
• Professional Liability Insurance• Are you going to do an externship? – Only $10 a year– Same amount of professional liability
coverage as your sponsoring PLIT-insured veterinarian
• www.avmaplit.com • 1-800-228-PLIT (7548)
AVMA GHLIT
• Personal, Health, Life, and Disability Insurance– Student exclusive plans available in the U.S.– Graduate Guarantee Offer• No pre-qualifications• Interest-free loan for 6 months• Lowest starting premiums for 18 months
– Best of all, AVMA GHLIT is YOURS and it is PORTABLE
– www.avmaghlit.org 1-800-621-6360
How can you get involved?
• Join your SCAVMA– Become an officer– Work on a committee– Network
• Participate in SAVMA– Become a SAVMA Delegate– Go to Symposium & Convention– Apply for an award
AVMA Contacts
• AVMA Staff– Dr. Derrick Hall, SAVMA Advisor
• [email protected] • 1-800-248-2862 ext. 6681
– Theresa De Carli, Program Coordinator• [email protected] • 1-800-248-2862 ext. 6693
• AVMA Vice President– Dr. Jan Strother– Students voice on the AVMA Executive Board
Questions??
