Survey indicates addressing workplace environment, work-life balance, and flexibility are key to attracting and retaining veterinarians in academia.

Objective: Referencing growing concerns over the recruitment and retention of faculty in academic veterinary medicine, the authors hypothesized that among surveyed veterinary residents and early-career faculty, work-life balance and workplace climate and culture are stronger motivators than financial considerations, regardless of demographic factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, and area of specialization.

Sample: 541 participants were included in data analysis.

Methods: A mixed methods approach was utilized, incorporating both quantitative data and qualitative, free-text responses to better understand veterinary career choices by contextualizing factors associated with academic medicine.

An imminent need for veterinary medical educators: are we facing a crisis?

A potential emerging shortage of veterinary medical educators requires the profession to acknowledge and understand the factors leading to this outcome. Expanding class sizes within existing schools and colleges of veterinary medicine and the expected expansion of new programs seeking AVMA-Council of Education accreditation have heightened the need to address an impending shortage of veterinary medical educators. A solution-oriented approach that accurately projects educator workforce needs and identifies factors contributing to the shortage requires effective collaboration across various partnering organizations to develop innovations in pedagogy and educational delivery methods.

The Genotype and Phenotypes in Families (GPF) platform manages the large and complex data at SFARI.

The exploration of genotypic variants impacting phenotypes is a cornerstone in genetics research. The emergence of vast collections containing deeply genotyped and phenotyped families has made it possible to pursue the search for variants associated with complex diseases. However, managing these large-scale datasets requires specialized computational tools tailored to organize and analyze the extensive data.

Error reporting in a large animal veterinary teaching hospital identifies medication errors occur most often in the prescribing phase of therapy.

Objective: To identify the rate at which medication errors occurred over a 2-year period in a large animal veterinary teaching hospital and describe the types of errors that occurred.

Sample: 226 medication errors over 6,155 large animal visits occurred during the study period. Multiple errors may have affected the same patient.

Under pressure: What individual characteristics lead to performance of high-quality chest compressions during CPR practice sessions?

Aim: Despite well-established protocols for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, performance during real-life cardiac arrests can be suboptimal. Understanding personal characteristics which could influence performance of high-quality chest compressions could provide insight into the practice-performance gap. This study examined chest compression performance, while employing feedback and introducing code team sounds as an anxiety-inducing factor in registered nurses using a cardiopulmonary resuscitation training manikin.

Can veterinary medicine improve diversity in post-graduate training programs? Current state of academic veterinary medicine and recommendations on best practices.

The American Association of Veterinary Clinicians (AAVC) convened a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity working group in March 2021 to address the limited diversity (including but not limited to ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity) in clinical post-DVM graduate training programs and academic faculty. Concurrent with a working group formation, the AAVC developed a strategic plan. The central mission of the AAVC is to develop, support, and connect academic leaders to fuel the future of the veterinary medical profession.

Veterinary house officer perceptions of dimensions of well-being during postgraduate training.

Objective: To describe veterinary house officers' perceptions of dimensions of well-being during postgraduate training and to identify potential areas for targeted intervention.

Sample: 303 house officers.

Procedures: A 62-item questionnaire was generated by use of an online platform and sent to house officers at participating institutions in October 2020.

Discharge summaries provided to owners of pets newly diagnosed with cancer exceed recommended readability levels.

Objective: To analyze the readability of discharge summaries distributed to owners of pets newly diagnosed with cancer.

Sample: 118 discharge summaries provided to pet owners following initial consultation.

Procedures: A database search identified records of new patients that had been presented to the North Carolina State Veterinary Hospital medical oncology service between June 2017 and January 2019.

Rates of contributory de novo mutation in high and low-risk autism families.

Autism arises in high and low-risk families. De novo mutation contributes to autism incidence in low-risk families as there is a higher incidence in the affected of the simplex families than in their unaffected siblings. But the extent of contribution in low-risk families cannot be determined solely from simplex families as they are a mixture of low and high-risk.

Endoscopy Training in Small Animal Internal Medicine: A Survey of Residency Training Programs in North America.

Competency in multiple endoscopic techniques is a major goal of small animal internal medicine (SAIM) residency programs. Training relies predominantly on mentored supervision of procedures performed on patients. Supplementation of this apprenticeship model with classroom sessions and hands-on laboratories can be advantageous to trainees and patients.

Assessment of Safety Culture at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital in the United States.

This study assessed the fidelity of an existing questionnaire regarding attitudes toward safety culture in an academic veterinary hospital setting and gathered baseline data on these attitudes in a local population. A cross-sectional study design was used to evaluate perceptions held by veterinary teaching hospital employees. An established veterinary safety culture survey was modified and administered as a confidential online survey to faculty, house officers, and professional staff of a veterinary teaching hospital in the United States.

Unilateral Stage 1A Macular Hole Secondary to Low-Energy Nd:YAG Peripheral Iridotomy.

Macular hole formation is a rare complication of laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) and may cause permanent scotomas. This case describes macular hole formation after 2.8 mJ Nd:YAG laser energy application in a patient with vitreomacular attachment.

Rapid Deployment of Critical Care Nurse Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This study evaluated nurses' perceptions of a rapidly deployed critical care education program conducted to prepare a community hospital for its transformation to a COVID-19 treatment center. The education included a traditional didactic approach and incorporated experienced nursing support staff at the bedside. Nurses were interviewed about the strengths and weaknesses of the program, and for their perceptions of the additional clinical support.

DISAPPEARING CHOROIDAL MELANOMA ON OPTOS: THE NOSE ARTIFACT.

Purpose: To illustrate a potentially concerning artifact on Optos wide-angle imaging.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A healthy 11-year-old girl, with no medical history, was found to have a lightly pigmented superotemporal choroidal tumor, suspicious for melanoma, which was detected on Optos wide-angle imaging by her optometrist.

Vision Outcomes Following Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema in Clinical Practice.

Purpose: To determine monitoring and treatment patterns and vision outcomes in real-world patients initiating anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy for diabetic macular edema (DME).

Design: Retrospective interventional cohort study.

Methods: Setting: Electronic medical record analysis of Geisinger Health System data.

Duty hours restriction for our surgical trainees: An ethical obligation or a bad idea?

To ensure patient safety and protect the well-being of interns and residents, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) issued guidelines in 2003 limiting the working hours of physician trainees. Although many supported the goals of the ACGME, institutions struggled to restructure their programs and hire staff required by this unfunded mandate. Numerous studies have analyzed the effects of duty hours restrictions on patient outcomes and physician training over the past 15 years.

Thromboelastographic monitoring of the effect of unfractionated heparin in healthy dogs.

Objective: To characterize the correlation between thromboelastography (TEG) variables using strong activators and anti-Xa (AXa) activity in healthy dogs administered subcutaneous unfractionated heparin (UFH).

Design: Prospective experimental study.

Setting: University research facility.

Culturally Sensitive Education Can Decrease Hispanic Workers' Risk of Metabolic Syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome is a continuing problem in the United States, and the Hispanic population is at increased risk of developing complications from this disease process. Many of the workers at a South Jersey yacht-building company are Hispanic, and a culturally sensitive education program was implemented to improve their overall health. Program assessments included the Latino Dietary Behavior Questionnaire (LDBQ), anthropomorphic measurements, and laboratory studies both pre and post intervention.

The Seckel syndrome and centrosomal protein Ninein localizes asymmetrically to stem cell centrosomes but is not required for normal development, behavior, or DNA damage response in Drosophila.

Ninein (Nin) is a centrosomal protein whose gene is mutated in Seckel syndrome (SCKL, MIM 210600), an inherited recessive disease that results in primordial dwarfism, cognitive deficiencies, and increased sensitivity to genotoxic stress. Nin regulates neural stem cell self-renewal, interkinetic nuclear migration, and microtubule assembly in mammals. Nin is evolutionarily conserved, yet its role in cell division and development has not been investigated in a model organism.

Presumptive intraperitoneal envenomation resulting in hemoperitoneum and acute abdominal pain in a dog.

Objective: To describe the clinical features, diagnostic findings, treatment, and outcome of a dog with acute abdominal pain and hemoperitoneum secondary to a presumptive intraperitoneal (IP) snakebite.

Case Summary: A 10-month-old castrated male mixed-breed dog was evaluated for suspected snake envenomation. The dog presented recumbent and tachycardic with signs of severe abdominal pain.

Feasibility of flotation concentration of fungal spores as a method to identify toxigenic mushrooms.

Purpose: Mushroom poisoning is a recurring and challenging problem in veterinary medicine. Diagnosis of mushroom exposure in animals is hampered by the lack of rapid diagnostic tests. Our study evaluated the feasibility of using flotation concentration and microscopic evaluation of spores for mushroom identification.