Lisa Wogan

1 week ago | news.vin.com | Lisa Wogan

An effort by Colorado lawmakers to limit the scope of practice for what will be the country's first-ever midlevel veterinary practitioner has met with mixed results. While the veterinary workforce bill cleared both chambers in the General Assembly and is on its way to the governor's desk for a promised signature, many of its most restrictive provisions were watered down or eliminated along the way. The bill was a legislative response to Proposition 129.

3 weeks ago | news.vin.com | Edie Lau |Lisa Wogan

Elise Burns head shot cropped for article The founder of a veterinary relief company who confessed last fall to impersonating a veterinarian so she could join a closed social media group says that the company "has done our best to address the issue, take action and move forward." In an interview over Zoom this month, Elise Burns, CEO of Evette Staffing, told the VIN News Service that she has experienced no legal consequences from the admitted deception nor was she contacted by Meta, the owner...

1 month ago | news.vin.com | Lisa Wogan

The 79.4% national veterinary licensing exam pass rate achieved by the second-ever class of the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine falls just short of the minimum 80% specified in accreditation standards for veterinary schools in the United States. But the subpar test performance isn't the setback it might seem, according to the program dean. That's because the standards allow for an alternative method for computing a pass rate that falls below the minimum.

1 month ago | news.vin.com | Lisa Wogan

Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine in Alabama has laid off 10 employees during what its dean described as a "challenging time." The university confirmed the layoffs on Thursday after being contacted by a local television news station that had heard directly from employees about being let go with little notice.

2 months ago | news.vin.com | Lisa Wogan

A computer glitch felt ominous to a federal veterinarian last week. "I was having trouble logging on to work," she recalled. She clenched up, asking herself, "Is this it?" The "it" was being fired without notice from a job she loves. What turned out to be an innocent log-in snag was soon fixed, and she remains employed at the United States Department of Agriculture, but her anxiety lingers.