Caffeinators, we hope you're having a wonderful holiday season! For our last episode of 2024, we have another incredible guest for you, from Scotland! Sam Fontaine, RVN, MSc, PGCAP, BSc, DipAVN(Med), FHEA, SFRET, recently came by the Vet Tech Cafe. She launched a Master's in Advanced Practice in Veterinary Nursing program in the UK, that is completely online and takes students from around the globe. It was fascinating to hear about the creation of the program and how adaptable it is to different career paths. We also spent some time talking about life as an RVN in Scotland and what that looks like-SPOILER ALERT-they face many of the same challenges we do in the United States, just as all of the other countries from which we've had previous guests face. It's really interesting to see where the future of post-graduate education for veterinary technicians may go!

Show Links:

https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/vet-nurse/

Videos on the Uni’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W6g8Bq69zs (PG cert course leaders discussing the first year of the program)

https://youtu.be/Hip9GrN6T9I (a short interview with Kat Carman, one of the recent US MSc graduates)

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Caffeinators, we've often said that while we want to be an autonomous profession, we are going to need the help of veterinarians to get us there. Colleen Gallagher, CVT, is going to be one of those veterinarians. This is a unique episode in that Colleen is a CVT in Massachusetts, but she's also a second year veterinary student at Tufts University. So we talked a lot about veterinary technician issues and the landscape of our profession with a future veterinarian! It was a fascinating discussion to see the profession from a couple different angles and Colleen is very passionate about title protection, scope of practice, and many other facets of the veterinary technician profession that will undoubtedly be to our benefit as she moves on in her career. It was really refreshing to hear a future veterinarian have these thoughts and ideas-definitely give it a listen!

Show Links:

AAHA Technician Utilization Guidelines: https://www.aaha.org/resources/2023-aaha-technician-utilization-guidelines/

AAHA "Stay, Please" Survey: https://www.aaha.org/resources/white-paper-factors-that-support-retentionand-drive-attrition-in-the-veterinary-profession/

NAVTA 2022 Demographic Survey: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11pmYzIouybfL55YsduRbaZ1TtMD1i2DB/view

NAVTA VNI 2022 Working Group Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o2g1-WckMsfpaigazgnz7YpKe1YP8k-y/view

The 3 Rs Collaborative (United States, formerly the North American 3 Rs Collaborative): https://3rc.org/

National Center for the 3 Rs (UK): https://nc3rs.org.uk/

ALAVTN, responsible for awarding VTS-LAM: https://www.alavtn.org/index.html

AALAS, responsible for awarding ALAT/LAT/LATG designations: https://www.aalas.org/

ACLAM, specialty college for lab animal veterinarians: https://www.aclam.org/

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Dave and Jeff wrap up their first HiVE event from Anaheim CA and discuss some past and future episodes. Lots of great contacts and future guests at this event!