Episode 5: Answering Audience Questions- Advice for 4th Years and Beyond
Are you a 4th year veterinary student who needs last minute advice the night before your NAVLE? Or maybe you’re an early career practitioner looking for advice on how to move to a new job. This episode introduces Dr. Anna Routh, Small Animal & Exotics Veterinarian at Glenwood & Silt Veterinary Clinics. Dr. Routh is accompanied by your host Dr. Sam Johnson, owner of Glenwood and Silt Veterinary Clinics as well as Dr. Sydney Hayter, Mixed Animal Veterinarian and certified Equine Chiropractor. Together they have years of experience working in a variety of locations from small animal corporate medicine to equine referral hospitals in one of the equine industry’s biggest hubs: Ocala, FL. In this episode we answer audience questions including advice for 4th year veterinary students and recent graduates on how to choose a position that aligns with your personal goals and priorities.
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25 Aug 2025
Episode 4: Beyond the VMCAS- What You REALLY Need to get into Veterinary School
Are you interested in becoming a veterinarian but have no idea where to start? Or maybe you need some last minute advice for filling out your VMCAS application. This episode introduces Dr. Matthew Vonch, current Apprentice Veterinarian at Glenwood & Silt Veterinary Clinics and recent graduate of the University of Illinois. Dr. Vonch is accompanied by your host Dr. Sam Johnson, owner of Glenwood and Silt Veterinary Clinics as well as Dr. Hannah Mae, Veterinarian and founder of The Equinnection. In this episode we discuss the many steps to applying to veterinary school, tips & tricks on how to improve your application, as well as which pre-requisite classes are the most important to stay awake in.
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18 Jul 2025
Episode 3: Interviewing the Equitarian Initiative
Have you ever wanted to work with horses in a veterinary setting but felt like you just don’t have the background experience? Well these veterinarians are here to show you that anyone with the right mindset can be a successful horse doctor. This episode introduces Dr. Sam Johnson, owner of Glenwood and Silt Veterinary Clinics as well as Dr. Jay Merriam, retired equine veterinary surgeon and founder of The Equitarian Initiative, and is hosted by Dr. Hannah Mae, founder of The Equinnection. In this episode we dive into discussing doctors without borders, stories of practicing equine medicine in third world countries as well as how to escape burn out as an equine veterinarian!
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@equitarianinitiative@glenwoodveterinaryclinic@siltveterinaryclinic@theequinnection
@dr.hannahmae@pickleballvet
16 Jun 2025
Episode 2: Advice for New Grads
Veterinarians Hannah Mae, DVM, and Sydney Hayter, DVM, MPH, MS, CVMMP, offer advice to new veterinary school graduates, addressing their concerns and sharing insights from experienced professionals in this interview episode.
13 Nov 2024
Episode 1: The Veterinary Mid-Level Practitioner
Colorado has a new proposition on the ballot this fall: Proposition 129 calls for the creation of a veterinary mid-level practitioner, or Veterinary Professional Associate if you will.
Join Hannah Mae, DVM (@dr.hannahmae) and Sydney Hayter, DVM MPH MS CVMMP (@pagingdrhayter), two mixed animal rural practitioners as they discuss the pros and cons of this new proposed position.
In this podcast they discuss what the proposition consists of according to the voter’s guide, then delve into discussing both the parties that support the proposition and the parties against it.
Full of hot takes, this episode is not meant to offend supporting parties nor any associations mentioned. All of what is discussed is alleged, any information discussed is based on our best understanding of the information available to us.
There is a lot of information regarding this proposition and not all of it is discussed in this episode. For those curious, all supporting documents discussed within this episode as well as some bonus material is listed below.
Article from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA): https://www.avma.org/news/colorado-ballot-measure-calls-nonveterinarians-diagnose-do-surgery
Article from AVMA’s Keep Our Pets Safe Initiative: https://keepourpetssafe.com/#faqs
Colorado State University’s (CSU) 8 things to know article: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/vpa/
CSU’s PowerPoint with proposed curriculum & prerequisites: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/committees/dr._wayne_jenson_-_plan_b_masters_program_csu_.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0YLgNDE_SCknhQkztsX3lSBclqTL3AE-8ooXiNJHU3hS3JqPhQQIWpKNI_aem_dpjn8ComIi6tFNtYRtrtzw
AVMA’s article on how this proposition came to be: https://www.avma.org/news/how-colorado-became-ground-zero-veterinary-midlevel-practitioner-debate
Veterinary Information Network article on a mid level position: https://news.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=210&catId=620&Id=12253862
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