Education

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The editors of dvm360.com have announced that the second digital issue is now available for download inside the dvm360 iPad app. The first and only veterinary digital publication designed specifically for the iPad, the dvm360 app offers you everything you need to succeed in veterinary practice right on your iPad.

Blacksburg, Va. -- Police issued a lockdown of the entire Virginia Tech campus after a suspicious man was reported with a handgun.

Harrogate, Tenn. - Lincoln Memorial University will open a new veterinary college in the fall of 2012.

Atlanta, Ga. - Georgia lawmakers have reworked the state's previous student loan repayment program and established a board to purchase the loans of veterinary students that will practice food-animal medicine in Georgia.

An influx of new DVMs to satisfy a perceived workforce shortage could pose serious long-term economic problems, veterinary officials say.

Washington - The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted to restore funding to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN), but the Senate must follow suit if funds are appropriated for the program in the 2012 Department of Agriculture budget.

Schaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education will visit another five veterinary colleges and universities before the end of 2011.

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Washington -- The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) came under new leadership July 18 at its summer meeting when Dr. Gerhardt Schurig, dean of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, assumed the presidency.

St. Louis -- A new report describing the future of veterinary education has been adopted by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC).

dvm360.com announces the launch of the first and only veterinary digital publication available as an iPad app.

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This online on-demand course is a case-based review of feline pancreatitis. Each case will provide you with an approach to help answer questions about sick cats in your practice. (1 CE credit)

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Harrogate, Tenn. -- Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) is staffing up to fill key positions as it readies to open its new veterinary college next year.

Lansing, Mich. - Students entering the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University expect to sit in lectures and attend labs, but thanks to Robert Malinowski, DVM, the use of technology both in the classroom and out is enhancing courses and changing the way students are receiving information.

Schaumburg, Ill. ? The American Veterinary Medical Association?s (AVMA) accrediting body is scheduled to visit another five veterinary schools this year.

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Fort Collins, Colo. -- Dr. Lance Perryman, dean of Colorado State University's veterinary college is about to begin his last year at the helm of the school.

Your canine patients can transform your practice from calm to chaotic with one yip-and drive your team members from pleasant to harried. Consider these tips to tackle noise during your new construction or renovation.