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Recent Graduates Join Free

Recent graduates receive free membership dues the year they graduate and receive a tiered discount for the following THREE years after graduation. *Must be licensed in NYS to qualify.

Recent graduates also receive discounted registration rates to the New York State Veterinary Conference at Cornell CVM for the first THREE years after graduation.

There are many additional benefits to NYSVMS membership including:

Subscription to bi-monthly print magazine Connections and weekly veterinary eNews
Discounted registration rates for NYS veterinary conference at Cornell and New York Vet conference
Access to online resources including hundreds of articles in knowledge base on various subjects and job search using career center.
A chance to advocate for legislative issues important to the profession
Attend Regional CE meetings and social gatherings held regularly across the state to meet colleagues, learn together and share your challenges together.

Committee For Leadership Advancement

The Committee for Leadership Advancement (CLA) was created to encourage recent graduates to become more involved in organized veterinary medicine and NYSVMS. CLA members meet as a committee, the day before quarterly Board meetings, and work on projects to address the needs of our national, state and regional organizations and veterinary students. Currently, CLA gives a presentation to students at Cornell CVM, on topics such as life after vet school and the latest issues that affect the practice of veterinary medicine. CLA also helps organize the Power of 10 leadership program.

Benefits to becoming a CLA member:

A chance to attend AVMA House of Delegates meeting and leadership conference in January in Chicago for the opportunity to meet with colleagues, school faculty, administrators, and consultants. (NYSVMS provides funds for one member to attend every year.)
Attend all 4 Board meetings (one night hotel is covered by NYSVMS), where you will receive updates on legislative and clinical practice issues. These meetings have inspired CLA members to become more active on both the state and regional level.
CLA members receive free yearly NYSVMS annual dues. (Regional dues are not included).

Requirements:

Must have graduated from veterinary school within the past 15 years and be a current member of NYSVMS.
Attend at least two CLA meeting in person and one by conference call each year.
An interest in giving back to our profession by educating ourselves, colleagues and students and a willingness to develop projects to serve new graduates, as well as NYSVMS.

If you are interested in joining CLA, email Stephanie Quirini at squirini@nysvms.org.

Power of 10

The Power of 10 program is a national initiative designed to cultivate leadership capacity in grads 15 years or less from veterinary school who are current NYSVMS members and provide learning experiences that will enrich the individual and benefit the individual’s practice, community and profession.

The program started in 2018 and offers NYSVMS members with 4 leadership development sessions. NYSVMS provides the experts and covers all meeting and travel expenses for participants to attend sessions. The topics were: compassion fatigue, setting boundaries, what to do when OPD knocks on your door, restructuring student debt, financial planning and contracts. A graduation ceremony is held at the December Board meeting. Each participant receives a certificate of completion, as well as a specially designed pin.

Applications for the Power of 10 class of 2022 are closed.
For more information, please contact Stephanie Quirini at squirini@nysvms.org.

Career Center

Find a job in veterinary medicine in New York State and nationally through the NYSVMS upgraded online career center which features classified advertisements. We partnered with the Veterinary Careers Network™ which hosts career positions for over 30 other regional veterinary medical associations, and many national organizations including AVMA. For more information, go to: https://www.nysvms.org/page/Careers.

MENTORING PROGRAM

The Committee for Leadership Advancement (CLA) has launched a mentorship program to match NYSVMS members who have graduated from veterinary school 5 years or less with experienced NYSVMS members. The purpose of this program is to help new graduates assimilate to their professional lives. This program is designed to be an informal mentoring process where the mentor provides coaching, listening, advice, sounding board reactions, or other help in an unstructured casual manner. We are looking for mentors to volunteer their time and mentees to sign up. NYSVMS worked with Naylor (who runs the Career Center) to create an online platform that is easy to use. The guidelines, roles and responsibilities are all included on the site. Both mentors and mentees create an online profile through the Naylor portal. If you are interested in learning more about this program, go to: https://careers.nysvms.org/eMentor/.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

NYSVMS has hundreds of articles about veterinary practice in New York State in the member knowledgebase. (member login required). Below is a sampling of frequently asked questions of interest to recent graduates.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Can New York's required controlled substance CE be taken online?

Our company offers a RACE accredited CE course. Can we offer it to NY veterinarians?

If CE credits were earned near the end of a registration period, can they be applied to the next registration period?

RABIES and RABIES CERTIFICATIONS

How do I find my county's rabies protocol?

If a vaccinated patient requires a booster but never receives it, does the patient need a 1- or 3-year shot the next time?

Need for patient examination prior to rabies vaccination

What if an animal is found to be unfit for rabies vaccination?

TELEMEDICINE

We want to offer ultrasonography to neighboring veterinarians using a telemedicine service. How do we make this beneficial to both veterinary hospitals and the patient?

Is telemedicine legal in the practice of veterinary medicine?