Archive for May, 2009
Veterinary Medicine: The Future Is Now
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009It’s easy to criticize those who are responsible for making the decisions that shape America’s future. I find myself doing this on occasion. But it turns out that the challenges facing our nation’s leaders are much more complex than we often make them out to be. Sometimes proposed policies that most rational Americans would support require […]
Why this matters
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009When you’re running late for work, your kids are sick, and your car is still making that funny sound, you probably don’t have time to worry about the impact of the H1N1 virus on U.S. jobs and trade affecting our nation’s multi-billion dollar pork industry, that’s why you have us. If you are an everyday […]
Back to Washington, D.C.
Friday, May 8th, 2009You can have your New York state of mind. Ain’t nothing wrong with those jazzy beats on the train they call the city of New Orleans. I don’t even mind that LA sun shining down every single day of the year. But there’s a feeling you get on the DC metro heading into the city […]
You better get here
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009The AVMA-GRD externship has markedly changed the way I view our profession. It answered many of my questions about the veterinary world beyond traditional private practice, but has left me with more questions than I originally started with. At every meeting, my introduction and future career goals changed because each veterinarian in D.C. would plant […]
This experience has changed me
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009This experience has changed me. I entered as a naïve veterinary student trying to change the world, and now I’m leaving as a somewhat less naïve student trying to change the world. Throughout my month on the Hill, I met with Senators and Congressmen, lobbied on behalf of AVMA, spoke with veterinarians in governmental agencies, […]
Here’s to an exciting and fast paced last week
Friday, May 1st, 2009The past two weeks at AVMA-GRD have been a whirlwind tour! It seems bittersweet that we have only one week to go until the end of our four-week externship. I am happy to see family soon but am sad to leave because I finally feel like I have a good understanding for the issues I […]