{"id":4737,"date":"2019-05-03T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:23:39","slug":"students-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/students-feature.php","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Students: Presidents of PVM\u2019s Two Leading Student Organizations Gain Valuable Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the ways in which students in the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine prepare themselves for their future careers in the veterinary medical profession is by serving as officers in the College\u2019s primary student organizations for DVM and Veterinary Nursing students.  Kristi Crow and Caitlin Obren served as student organization presidents during the 2018-2019 academic year. Kristi just completed her third-year as a veterinary student, and was president of SAVMA Purdue. Caitlin Obren served as president of the Veterinary Nursing Student Organization (VNSO) as a junior in the Veterinary Nursing Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From a young age, Kristi loved animals\nand knew she wanted to be a veterinarian. She decided to pursue veterinary\nmedicine because it combined her passion for helping people and animals into\none. Originally from Brownsburg, Ind., Kristi attended Purdue University to get\nan undergraduate degree in animal sciences and decided to continue on to obtain\nher DVM degree at Purdue as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristi said she has found that the Purdue Veterinary Medicine<\/a>\ncurriculum provides for a vast amount of hands-on training and animal\nhandling from the first year. She is very appreciative of the opportunity to\nwork with various animals throughout all four years because it has allowed her\nto strengthen her skill-set and confidence. One of her favorite aspects of her\ntime at the College involves the way that students are encouraged to\nparticipate in study abroad opportunities. As part of her Purdue veterinary\neducation, Kristi has traveled to Japan and South Africa, and plans to return\nto South Africa and visit Malawi for two blocks during her clinical year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristi has always had a strong\ninterest in leadership roles and said she is most comfortable when she can work\nto make an impact. SAVMA Purdue has offered her the opportunity to help the\nstudent body, college, and community. She said she has enjoyed these\nexperiences, which enabled her to give back to others and build skills through\nleadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristi\u2019s current veterinary related\ninterests are focused around public health and international medicine. She is\npassionate about sharing her journey through veterinary school and educating\nthe public about the veterinary profession. Her desire to share her experiences\nwith others led Kristi to start a blog. To read more about Kristi and different\ntopics related to being a veterinary student, check out her\nblog posts on Merck Manuals Student Stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caitlin said she has always loved Purdue University, and even as\na child, she dreamed of being a Boilermaker and working in the veterinary field.  Most of Caitlin\u2019s family attended Purdue,\nwhich led her to be passionate about being a Purdue student and dedicating\nherself to her studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Purdue freshman, Caitlin began volunteering in Purdue Veterinary Medicine<\/a>\u2019s oncology service and she said that\u2019s when she realized she wanted to pursue a career in veterinary medicine. One thing that makes a PVM education distinctive, according to Caitlin, is that students are able to spend so much time in the hospital perfecting skills. She loves how she and her classmates receive so much valuable experience before entering the workforce. Caitlin noted that by the end of her fourth year, she will have spent more than 1,300 hours in clinical rotations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caitlin also said she appreciates how she has been able to learn\nabout a variety of practice areas, because of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital<\/a>\u2019s role as a specialty referral\nhospital. Her experiences with hospital cases have sparked her interest in such\nareas as physical therapy, emergency and critical care, and oncology. She also\nsaid she loves being a veterinary nursing student because the excellent\nveterinary nursing instructors are so willing to help the students achieve\nsuccess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caitlin explained that in her role as president of VNSO, she has been able to develop her leadership skills. \u201cI definitely have noticed myself becoming more responsible and a better leader,\u201d Caitlin said, looking back on her term as president. Caitlin\u2019s formative experiences with PVM make her excited about her future career in the veterinary nursing field. She has yet to decide whether to pursue a specific specialty area, and looks forward to starting out in general practice. As she gains work experience, she wants to further develop her skills and interests and possibly pursue a specialty designation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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