OMS Speaker Training Offered in New Orleans

January 6, 2016 — 

AASV invites members to participate in Operation Main Street (OMS) training on Saturday, February 27, during the 2016 AASV Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The training is being offered as a free pre-conference seminar (#5) to US AASV member veterinarians registered for the conference. The class size is limited to 25.

In 2011, AASV and the National Pork Board partnered to train veterinarians as OMS speakers with a goal to help focus pork industry outreach efforts to professional veterinary associations, schools of veterinary medicine and veterinary technical colleges. To date, the program has 94 OMS-trained veterinarians, who have presented to 26 of 30 schools of veterinary medicine and overall, more than 170 OMS speeches have been scheduled, with an audience reach of almost 11,000.

This training updates participants on what activists are saying about agriculture today, and provides attendees with the needed tools and presentations to address those concerns in a science-based, proactive manner. The objective is to equip veterinarians to speak to veterinary students and professional groups, including dieticians.

For more information, see www.aasv.org/annmtg/2016/program.php. To register for the AASV Annual Meeting and the OMS Training, go to http://ecom.aasv.org/annmtg.