SCAAHA Website The KSU Student Chapter of AAHA is an
organization whose goal is to provide veterinary students with knowledge
and experiences dealing with small animals. We have monthly meetings with guest speakers highlighting various
aspects of small animal practice, for example: behavior, surgery,
holistic/alternative medicine, diagnostic imaging, pocket pets, ad more. AAHA sponsors small animal rounds every Friday at 12:30. Cases are
presented by house officers and senior students, and a cash award is
given every semester to the best speaker in each category. We also hold
several wet labs throughout the year on clinical care, dentistry, and
ultrasound. We host an annual conference in the spring semester for area
practitioners, technicians, and students. Student memberships benefits include: free student membership to the
national organization, journal subscription for $20/year, discounted
purchase of all AAHA materials and publications, free registration to
all regional meetings and animal meetings, meeting voucher entitling the
graduating veterinarian to a 50% discount at one regional and one annual
meeting, free "Planning Your Veterinary Career" manual (distributed
during the junior year), senior clinical proficiency award given at each
school, and student placement service (for summer jobs, etc.) Pets and People is a subgroup of AAHA providing educational and therapy
opportunities to local schools and nursing homes. All pets used in this
program have passed the Delta Society Pet Partners temperament test to
ensure the safety of all participants. Nursing Home Visitation Program:
Our pet visitation program takes student owned pets and school blood
donor animals into area nursing homes for regularly scheduled visits
once a month to each of three homes (St. Joseph, Stoneybrook, and
Meadowlark). Educational Program: We provide several programs on basic
pet care, exotics, and environmental issues to area elementary and
middle schools. The programs can be tailored to fit the needs of the
individual class. The presentations are made utilizing the available
visual aids and temperament tested animals. Offices held in the student chapter of AAHA include president,
vice-president, secretary/treasurer, freshman representative, and two
Pets and People representatives. Elections are held at the March meeting
every year. The freshman representative is elected during their first
class meeting.
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