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Travel details for volunteers participating in any of the clinics in North or South Dakota will need to be submitted early (60 days prior to the trips)to ensure adequate time to arrange logistics in these communities.

All training material updates for 2008 are now posted

The majority of the training material updates for 2008 are now posted, including new surgery training slide shows. Updates are still being made to the following documents:

RACS Assessment

All veterinary student roster and waitlist selections for 2008 have been made. Student applicants should have received status notices this week for all trips. At this point there are still waitlist positions available for the trips in March and applications are still being accepted for those trips. Watch the schedule page for changes.

Initial veterinary student waitlist notices have been sent out.

Please email all waitlist confirmations by November 20 at the latest!

If you have not received an acceptance or waitlist notice, there is still potential that acceptances will be declined and a few additional positions will become available. Additional acceptances and waitlist notifications will be sent out next week.

Non-student applications should start hearing from us in the next week or two.

Initial veterinary student waitlist notices have been sent out.

Please email all waitlist confirmations by November 20 at the latest!

If you have not received an acceptance or waitlist notice, there is still potential that acceptances will be declined and a few additional positions will become available. Additional acceptances and waitlist notifications will be sent out next week.

Non-student applications should start hearing from us next week.

Non-student applications (veterinarians, technicians, assistants, other volunteers) are still being reviewed. These assignments will begin in the next week or two.

All veterinary student trip acceptance notices have been sent out.

Please email all confirmations by November 15 at the latest!

If you have not received an acceptance notice, there is still potential that acceptances will be declined a few additional positions will become available. Additional acceptances and waitlist notifications will be sent out over the next two weeks.

We are happy to answer questions you may have, but please realize that we are sorting through 700+ applications. Updates will be posted here, so check this page before emailing. Thank you!

The 2008 Clinic Schedule is now posted. Volunteer selection is NOT made on a first-come basis. Please take some time to review the information on the Schedule page, Trip Details and Volunteer Requirements sections of the website BEFORE submitting an application as there are some changes to be aware this year.

Changes to look for in 2008:

Trip Length: Several trips will be extended by one or two clinic days to provide vaccine outreach services. These services may involve stationary vaccine clinics or ‘door-to-door’ neighborhood outreach.

Clinic Services: Services will be further tailored to meet the needs of individual communities. In some communities this will include a focus on vaccination and basic medical care. Others will focus on spay/neuter. Most clinics will continue to include a fairly even balance of both, but expect some changes in clinic logistics and assignments.

Equine Services: New training requirements will be in place for students interested in equine services work. Equine teams will be selected at the start of each trip based on prior experience and a written test on RAVS equine protocols (updated materials to be posted online in the coming weeks). (Please see specific notes for the Fort Berthold Equine Extension clinic on the View Details link for the trip.)

Training Updates: Volunteer training materials will be updated this year to reflect changes in clinic protocols and additional surgery and equine materials. Also included will be updated practical skills assessment criteria. We will be working on these updates over the next several months (hopefully to be complete by January).