AVA Member Updates

With the year fast disappearing, the Victorian Division is excited to announce a conference day and dinner on Friday November 17th to be held at Melbourne Zoo. “Human Skills for Animal Experts” is an opportunity for all members of the veterinary team to develop their abilities that relate to how we work and interact with other people, including self-awareness and emotional intelligence, boundaries, and difficult conversations.

My 3-year term as the President of the AVA’s WA Division will conclude in early November. It has been a busy period for me, but a rewarding experience. It was a huge challenge to juggle the responsibilities of this role alongside my other work and family commitments, but I genuinely hope that I helped to make improvements to the profession over this time.

Discover the highlights from this year’s very successful Veterinary Business Group Summit.

This month’s message from AVA President, Dr Diana Barker.

Our award winners this year distinguished themselves through excellence in service and leadership, innovative and transformative practices, and unwavering commitment to accessible veterinary care.

A great opportunity for practices in all locations and practice areas to support students with valuable clinical experience while building your own mentoring and leadership skills.

Since the launch of our national graduate mentoring program in October 2015, we have connected over 1700 final year veterinary students about to transition into the profession with a mentor. This This year’s program kicked off on 1 September with 183 final year students signing up to take part.

Australia's Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Mark Schipp talks about Australia leading new collaborating centre in fight against health risks in wildlife.

Animal Welfare Victoria is inviting nominations from the rehoming and research and teaching sectors to form a working group.

Welcome to this addition of the South Australian Division Newsletter