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RVMA Summer Updates
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, November 16, 2025 Relief VMA Virtual Relief Veterinary Conference RVMA is excited to announce the first conference focused on Relief Professionals. Join us for over 7 hours of RACE-approved...
Burnout and Pay: Serious Discussions Within the Relief Veterinary Profession
Recently, Dr. Jessica Lovegrove, Relief Veterinarian and President of the RVMA, independently participated in a panel discussion hosted by Serenity Vet. The event focused on production-based pay for relief...
Update on License Mobility and Temporary Licensure for Traveling Relief Veterinarians
At the core of many a relief veterinary professional’s heart is often a love of travel and new experiences. So it would come as no surprise that many relief veterinarians express an interest in being more mobile with...
UPDATE: *ALL* Veterinarians SHOULD Have Access to Food for Personal Pets
As many relief veterinarians (and non clinical veterinarians, military veterinarians, industry veterinarians, and mobile veterinarians) are finding, the easy solutions to access the same feeding programs discounts as...
The Relief VMA is *AGAINST* Colorado Proposition 129 and *FOR* Veterinary Technician Elevation and Pet Safety!
Learn more at www.Keepourpetssafe.com. Whether you are a veterinarian, veterinary technician, veterinary assistant, pet owner, Colorado resident, or just someone interested in learning more about the truth of a scary...
AVMA Convention 2024 was a GREAT SUCCESS!
Several board members of the Relief Veterinary Medical Association were in attendance at this year’s AVMA Conference held June 21-25, 2024 in Austin, Texas. This was the first year that RVMA had a booth presence in...
Welcome to Austin: Guide for AVMA 2024
Welcome to Austin! I’ve called this city home since graduating from the U of MN College of Vet Med in 2009. There were a few culture shocks when I moved, such as locals holding the door for me and calling me “ma’am”...
New Member Benefits
Here at Relief VMA, we are trying to find new ways to connect, support, and advocate relief veterinarians and relief vet techs. We recently acquired not one, not two, but THREE benefits to paying relief vma members. We...
Open Letter to Royal Canin: Support on Behalf of Relief Veterinarians and Non-Traditional Veterinarian Colleagues
I am sure many of my colleagues remember sitting in one of our classrooms at lunch time with a free meal traded for one of our precious spare moments and listening to a presentation from one of the big food companies....
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