2005 - History of the Program of Veterinary Technology at Manor College
Dr. Elaine Hammel and Brandy Terry went to the American Southwest, taking 5 students (Larae Cunningham, Meghan Ruddell, Amanda Hedman, Alicia Carr and Kelly Dominski) with them to work at preventive medicine clinics in Crown Point, NM and in Sells, Arizona. During their time working on the reservations, the students and faculty befriended a yellow lab mix with perpetually muddy feet named “Running Dirty Paws” and it was suggested (by Brandy) that the ANA Project be named after this endearing dog. Thus, Manor’s role in this important work has come to be known as “Project Running Dirty Paws”.
The video modules for the Large Animal Clinical Procedures course were completed by Dr. Elaine Hammel and Dr. Barbara Forney. Filming and editing was done by Tom Gillern.
Dr. Bassert organized and hosted the spring NEVTEA meeting, which was held at the Spirituality Center in May. Nancy Shaffran spoke about pain management in the morning, and in the afternoon, participants rotated through several workshops that discussed a variety of techniques used to treat pain in animals. Workshop presenters included: Brandy Terry, Vickie Byard, Wendy Curtis-Uhle, and Nancy Shaffran.
In July, the sixth edition of the Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, McCurnin and Bassert, was released. It represents the first textbook in veterinary technology to be published in full color. In addition, Dr. Sara Busch anticipates release of her surgical assisting text in October.