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|Videos|March 21, 2022

Meet the Fetch Faculty Part 1: Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT

Downtown Charlotte, NC

In this interview, Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT, shares a sneak peek of her upcoming 5-part lecture 'The Pivotal Path' that she will be presenting with Sonja Olson, DVM, at next month's Fetch dvm360® conference.

During an interview with dvm360®, Fetch faculty Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT, explained what attendees can expect to learn from her upcoming lecture series she will deliver with Sonja Olson, DVM, entitled the 'The Pivotal Path.'

View the video below for the entire discussion. The following is a partial transcript.

Alyssa Mages, BS, CVT: It is a 5-part series called 'The Pivotal Path,' so we are going to walk it through from a microscopic level up to the macro level really taking a look and doing a deep dive of self-introspection to start and then getting to that point in all of our careers where we have to do a pivot and figure out where we are going.

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