Episodes
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Vet Tech Cafe - Garnetta Santiago Episode
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Hello Caffeinators, we hope you're well! We're bringing you our next episode with Garnetta Santiago, MA, LVT to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion in our field. If you heard our recent episode with Harold Davis (if not, why not? Download it now!), Garnetta was his recommendation for who we should interview next. Garnetta is currently the Manager of Academic and Professional Affairs for Zoetis, driving strategic engagement with Colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Technology programs throughout the US and Caribbean. She talked to us about her work and some of the different programs that are available for DEI training. We discussed the larger scope of where we're at currently on these issues, where we've come from, and areas where we can continue to improve. Many of the points she makes really made us think and it was wonderful to continue this conversation we started in 2020. We could've talked to Garnetta for hours, and we hope this was just the first episode with her so we can dive deeper into some of these points soon!
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Episode Links:
Pawsibilities Vet Med (DEI/mentoring): https://pawsibilitiesvetmed.com/
Black DVM Network: https://www.blackdvmnetwork.com/
Multicultural Vet Med Association: https://mcvma.org/
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Vet Tech Taproom Episode 17
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
In this episode of the Vet Tech Taproom, Dave and Jeff discuss the article we posted on our social media regarding the AVMA's discussion on the idea of letting non-veterinarians into their organization. We posted this article earlier this week and it got a lot of response from our Caffeinators. We have our opinions on what was discussed and we're sure you have yours. We encourage you to comment on this and continue the discussion!
Here's the article:
https://news.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=210&Id=10685148&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rasa_io&fbclid=IwAR049wlmDTFwqtD3e53q_JPAylwUAYH1gVa3efET2sLSY0c_SCCI2AjtQwE
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Vet Tech Cafe - Teri Kleist Episode
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Happy New Year, Caffeinators! There are episodes of the Vet Tech Cafe that we plan and plan and plan, and there are those that just come together and the conversation flows better than we could've imagined. Our next episode with Teri Kleist, CVT, VTS(Surgery) is more the latter. We "met" Teri two days before we recorded but the conversation was as though we'd known her the duration of our careers! As we aim to spotlight all of the VTS academies, we finally got to talk to Teri with an assist from Heidi Reuss-Lamky. Teri is a past President of NAVTA, has done all sorts of committee and organizational work in our field, but she's also a charter member of the AVST and that's where we focused our discussion. After 40 years, she retired from clinical practice in late 2021, but is still very active. We learned about the formation of AVST, the application process, and what a surgical technician does and we found it all very eye-opening. We know it's cold outside, but it's comfortable in here, we have lots of beverages to warm you up, so let us pour you something great and bring you into the discussion. We think you'll like this one!
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If you would like to help us cover our podcast expenses, we'd appreciate any support you give through Patreon. We do this podcast and our YouTube channel content to support the veterinary technicians out there and do not expect anything in return! We thank you for all you do. 🐾
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vettechcafe
Dog Days Consulting - https://dogdaysconsulting.com/
Episode Links:
Academy of Veterinary Surgical Technicians page: https://www.avst-vts.org/
Teri's Surgical Nursing Textbook: https://www.amazon.com/Surgical-Patient-Veterinary-Technicians-Nurses/dp/0470959762