Students Volunteer to Help Train Future Equine Practitioners

On Jan. 22, the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (SCAAEP) hosted a workshop that attracted 250 participants from 22 veterinary schools around the nation.
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On Jan. 22, the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) Student Chapter of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (SCAAEP) hosted a workshop that attracted 250 participants from 22 veterinary schools around the nation. This year’s sponsorship and participation has been the highest on record since the workshop’s launch in 1995.

The workshop is run by the CVM SCAAEP and is put on with the help of student, faculty, and staff volunteers at the CVM.

There are 21 hands-on labs, which range from emergency response to equine dentistry, that the attendees have the option to participate in. Each lab in the workshop is funded by national and local sponsors. Every sponsor gets the opportunity to contribute to the job fair, which is open to the participants after the activities are complete.

“I felt like this year’s workshop went very well,” notes Brittany Durham, wet lab coordinator and a third-year veterinary student at the CVM. “We had an overwhelming response from second and third year student volunteers, as well as from clinician, resident, intern, and technician volunteers

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