Upcoming Topics
Submissions can be sent to savma.editor@gmail.com
Your SAVMA ID number, name, and name of school must be included with your submission. If you do not know your number, contact your SAVMA delegate.
Please send your submission in as a MS Word Document and include which category it should be considered in. Photos are strongly encouraged. Photos should be attached as separate files rather than embedded into the document.
The deadline for submissions will be 11:59 pm February 13th, 2012
Our topics for this issue are listed below:
As always, there is prize money for the best entries in each category, a best overall submission, and a prize for the school with the most total submissions. You can enter as many categories as you would like!
Cases and Abstracts: Have you worked on a unique clinical case recently? Has your own pet been a puzzling case? There are many opportunities for summer research – have you been involved with laboratory, clinical, or field research? We’d love to hear about your work! Send us your case report or research abstract - pictures are highly encouraged!
The author of the best submission will receive $100; 2 honorable mention recipients are awarded $25 each.
Creative Corner: (your artwork, photos, poetry, and other artistic/creative works) we welcome all arts, limited only by your imagination, and not necessarily vet-school-related. Please title your piece, or if you wish, specify “Untitled.”
If submitting images, please limit yourself to a maximum of three. The creators of the two best submissions each receive a $50 prize.
Foot in Mouth Disease: Laughter is the best medicine, so share your funny experiences with us! In this category, anything goes.
The funniest submission will receive $100; 2 honorable mention recipients are awarded $25 each.
Life as a Vet Student:
1. Mentors- Mentors, Do you have one? How did you find them? Did they find you? Are they a necessary part of vet school and your veterinary career? Maybe you have an awesome mentor, maybe you ARE an awesome mentor, maybe you are searching for one… let us know your thoughts and experiences on the subject.
2. It's never to early to start thinking about (or avoid thinking about) the future! Third and fourth years this one is for you! Do you know exactly what you want to do after graduation? How did you arrive at that conclusion? Still searching for a plan? What path are you following to figure that out?
The author of the best submission will receive $100; 2 honorable mention recipients are awarded $25 each.
Trivia: Veterinarians are some pretty fantastic and brilliant people, but only one can claim to be a Nobel Prize winner. Who was he/she, when did he/she win, and what for? Happy fact hunting!
Two winners with the correct answers will be randomly selected and awarded $50.
Experiences: Throughout my first three years of vet school I was told that one of the most important things was how I spent my summers- and I spent one doing all vet related things and one doing very non vet related things- both of which I feel were summers well spent. What about you? What have been some of your most meaningful summer experiences (both vet related and non-vet related). Pictures welcome with your stories!
The author of the best submission will receive $100; 2 honorable mention recipients are awarded $25 each.
Forum:
We receive hundreds of emails each week, we study on computers (likely with earphones in our ears), some of us have fully computerized notes, we navigate with our GPS, communicate with Skype, and do just about everything on smartphones…. What do you think of all this technology in a vet student’s life? Making things easier or more complicated? Do you prefer to communicate and study electronically or would you be much happier unplugged?
The author of the best submission will receive $100; 2 honorable mention recipients are awarded $25 each.
Overall Awards:
The overall best submission will receive an additional $150.
The SCAVMA chapter with the most submissions will receive $250.
Thank you very much, I look forward to reading your submissions, and please let me know if you have any questions :)