• Episode 5: Answering Audience Questions- Advice for 4th Years and Beyond
    Dec 1 2025

    Are you a 4th year veterinary student who needs last minute advice the night before your NAVLE? Or maybe you’re an early career practitioner looking for advice on how to move to a new job. This episode introduces Dr. Anna Routh, Small Animal & Exotics Veterinarian at Glenwood & Silt Veterinary Clinics. Dr. Routh is accompanied by your host Dr. Sam Johnson, owner of Glenwood and Silt Veterinary Clinics as well as Dr. Sydney Hayter, Mixed Animal Veterinarian and certified Equine Chiropractor. Together they have years of experience working in a variety of locations from small animal corporate medicine to equine referral hospitals in one of the equine industry’s biggest hubs: Ocala, FL. In this episode we answer audience questions including advice for 4th year veterinary students and recent graduates on how to choose a position that aligns with your personal goals and priorities.

    This podcast wouldn’t exist without y’all! Be sure to check out our Spotify channel and give a follow to the following accounts on instagram and TikTok!

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 4: Beyond the VMCAS- What You REALLY Need to get into Veterinary School
    Aug 25 2025

    Are you interested in becoming a veterinarian but have no idea where to start? Or maybe you need some last minute advice for filling out your VMCAS application. This episode introduces Dr. Matthew Vonch, current Apprentice Veterinarian at Glenwood & Silt Veterinary Clinics and recent graduate of the University of Illinois. Dr. Vonch is accompanied by your host Dr. Sam Johnson, owner of Glenwood and Silt Veterinary Clinics as well as Dr. Hannah Mae, Veterinarian and founder of The Equinnection. In this episode we discuss the many steps to applying to veterinary school, tips & tricks on how to improve your application, as well as which pre-requisite classes are the most important to stay awake in.

    This podcast wouldn’t exist without y’all! Be sure to check out our Spotify channel and give a follow to the following accounts on instagram and TikTok!

    ​⁠ @glenwoodveterinaryclinic @siltveterinaryclinic ​⁠​⁠ @theequinnection ​⁠ @dr.hannahmae @pickleballvet

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Episode 3: Interviewing the Equitarian Initiative
    Jul 18 2025

    Have you ever wanted to work with horses in a veterinary setting but felt like you just don’t have the background experience? Well these veterinarians are here to show you that anyone with the right mindset can be a successful horse doctor. This episode introduces Dr. Sam Johnson, owner of Glenwood and Silt Veterinary Clinics as well as Dr. Jay Merriam, retired equine veterinary surgeon and founder of The Equitarian Initiative, and is hosted by Dr. Hannah Mae, founder of The Equinnection. In this episode we dive into discussing doctors without borders, stories of practicing equine medicine in third world countries as well as how to escape burn out as an equine veterinarian!

    This podcast wouldn’t exist without y’all! Be sure to check out our Spotify channel and give a follow to the following accounts on instagram and TikTok!

    ​⁠@equitarianinitiative @glenwoodveterinaryclinic @siltveterinaryclinic ​⁠@theequinnection

    @dr.hannahmae @pickleballvet

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    45 mins
  • Episode 2: Advice for New Grads
    Jun 16 2025

    So you’ve graduated veterinary school, now what? You don’t really feel like a doctor yet but now you have clients asking you how long you’ve been practicing… Join Hannah Mae, DVM (@dr.hannahmae) and Sydney Hayter, DVM MPH MS CVMMP (@pagingdrhayter), two mixed animal rural practitioners answering questions sent in from new grad veterinarians as well as advice from other veterinary professionals. This episode couldn’t happen without you, the audience, so make sure to stay tuned on our instagrams and look out for write in Q&As that will be featured on our next podcast! Don’t have social media? Leave your advice for 4th year veterinary students below in the comments!

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 1: The Veterinary Mid-Level Practitioner
    Nov 13 2024

    Colorado has a new proposition on the ballot this fall: Proposition 129 calls for the creation of a veterinary mid-level practitioner, or Veterinary Professional Associate if you will.

    Join Hannah Mae, DVM (@dr.hannahmae) and Sydney Hayter, DVM MPH MS CVMMP (@pagingdrhayter), two mixed animal rural practitioners as they discuss the pros and cons of this new proposed position.

    In this podcast they discuss what the proposition consists of according to the voter’s guide, then delve into discussing both the parties that support the proposition and the parties against it.

    Full of hot takes, this episode is not meant to offend supporting parties nor any associations mentioned. All of what is discussed is alleged, any information discussed is based on our best understanding of the information available to us.

    There is a lot of information regarding this proposition and not all of it is discussed in this episode. For those curious, all supporting documents discussed within this episode as well as some bonus material is listed below.

    Article from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA): https://www.avma.org/news/colorado-ballot-measure-calls-nonveterinarians-diagnose-do-surgery

    Article from AVMA’s Keep Our Pets Safe Initiative: https://keepourpetssafe.com/#faqs

    Colorado State University’s (CSU) 8 things to know article: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/vpa/

    CSU’s PowerPoint with proposed curriculum & prerequisites: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/committees/dr._wayne_jenson_-_plan_b_masters_program_csu_.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0YLgNDE_SCknhQkztsX3lSBclqTL3AE-8ooXiNJHU3hS3JqPhQQIWpKNI_aem_dpjn8ComIi6tFNtYRtrtzw

    AVMA’s article on how this proposition came to be: https://www.avma.org/news/how-colorado-became-ground-zero-veterinary-midlevel-practitioner-debate

    Veterinary Information Network article on a mid level position: https://news.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=210&catId=620&Id=12253862

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    49 mins