AAVMC's On Air: Conversations about Issues in Veterinary Medicine

158: Accommodations and Disability in the "Real World" by Lisa Greenhill

On this episode of AAVMC’s On Air, we sit down with Maria Yusuf and Naomi Nishi of Colorado State University to discuss context communication and how high- and low-context communication styles shape the way messages are shared, received, and sometimes misunderstood.

Join us, as we explore how culture, power distance, nonverbal cues, and neurodiversity influence communication in veterinary medical education and practice.

We discuss why recognizing our own communication starting points matters, how assumptions can affect trust and understanding, and what veterinary professionals can do to make expectations clearer, invite questions, and create learning and clinical environments where clients, students, colleagues, and teams feel respected, supported, and able to engage more fully.

On this episode of AAVMC's On Air, we sit down with Toni Buckley, MA, to discuss how menopause affects the professional experience. As a female-majority profession, veterinary medicine has an important opportunity to better understand and support the menopause experience. Join us, as we discuss what menopause is, how it can affect professionals in the workplace, and why conversations about this life stage are becoming more open. We explore workplace accommodations, inclusive practices, and the role leaders can play in creating environments where veterinary professionals feel supported, respected, and able to thrive throughout their careers.

On this episode of AAVMC's On Air Podcast, we sit down with Tom Fontana and Kate Buckley to discuss the growing prevalence of marijuana use amongst the veterinary student population. As well-being professionals on their respective campuses, our guests discuss valuable insights and strategies for how faculty and administrators can approach and navigate this complex issue.

On this episode of AAVMC's on Air, we sit down with guests Amy Addams from the Association of American Medical Colleges and Dr. Melinda Frye from Colorado State University to discuss the concept of merit. Merit is often presented as the sole basis for admissions, but what do we actually mean by that? What defines merit, and who gets to decide what experiences and qualifications signify an applicant as having enough merit? Join us as we hope to dig deep into these topics!

On this episode of AAVMC's On Air we sat down with Sarah Sattelmeyer, an expert on higher education policy, from New America to discuss the new changes to the federal student loan programs, and the impacts they will have on some of the most marginalized students in academic veterinary medicine.

We are re-releasing this episode with new editing and a new intro in hopes of connecting it to the recent events surrounding ICE presence in Minneapolis, and the violence that occurred. The original description is below.

On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Laura Molgaard, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Minnesota, discussed leading the college through the last year of social unrest after the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent trial for Derek Chauvin.

On this episode of AAVMC's On Air, Dr. Greenhill sits down with Dean Rustin Moore to discuss his book, Unleashing the Bond: Harnessing the Power of Human-Animal Interactions.

On this episode of AAVMC's On Air, Dr. Greenhill sits down with DVM student Megan Gauthier and Dr. Frank DeCecco to discuss how Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has impacted their experiences throughout their veterinary journeys. Our guests discuss not only their challenges but the ways in which their neurodiversity allows them to approach their practice with a new perspective.

On this episode of AAVMC's On Air, Dr. Greenhill sits down with DVM student Jennifer Gonzalez and Dr. Phil Richmond to discuss how having ADHD has affected their veterinary journey and the ways in which they have figured out how to work with their neurodiversity, instead of against it.