How will veterinary medicine evolve to harness the power of technology to make both animal health and the wellbeing of veterinarians better? That was the question on many minds during the first 21st Century Animal Health Symposium at Memorial Stadium on the University of Illinois campus on Oct. 27.
Here are a few quotes that are worth repeating.
“I think we’ve got to evolve and shift our thinking from ‘blinders on’ efficiency and production, towards what the consumer wants in the eating experience.” – Bradley Wolter, president of Windy Hill Meadows, LLC, during “The Future of Food Animal Veterinary Care”
“I think the veterinary profession has to continue to adapt, meaning that we’ve been adapting over time, but we need to continue to do that. A personal example: I graduated from Iowa State in 1982 and when I first started practice, we got called out to castrate pigs, deal with erysipelas vaccinations and do things that producers wouldn’t think of calling a vet to do today.” – Dale Polson, senior business development manager integrated health management for Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, during “The Future of Food Animal Veterinary Care”
“We are pretty innovative about the care we deliver, but we haven’t been very good at innovating how we deliver care.” – Jim Lowe, associate dean of Online Programs and Extension at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine during “21st Century Land Grant University and Animal Health”
“We have a COVID hangover that is still forcing innovation in the small animal world. And that’s a very good thing.” – Shawn Wilkie, chief executive officer of Talkatoo, during “Embracing Disruptions”
“Thomas Edison didn’t see the ‘failures’ he experienced during the innovation of the light bulb as ‘failures,’ but rather as the number of steps he had to do to make it work. We’re so conditioned by people who clap when you get off of podium or people who boo when you drop a pass. We’re conditioned by this black-and-white thinking of success and failure, whereas the people that make things happen can understand failure is good because I’ve learned something from it.” – Gregg BeVier, chief operating officer at Inguran, during “The Future of Food Animal Veterinary Care”
Source: University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
“Technology gives you time to talk to your client more. It allows you to have the time to build on the human-to-human bond.” – David Heinze, veterinarian with Fox Valley Equine Practice, during “The Future of Companion Animal Veterinary Care”
“The human component of being a veterinarian will always be needed.” – Keith True, founder of True Vet Potential during “The Future of Companion Animal Veterinary Care”
Source: University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
“We need to facilitate the engineering and comprehensive solutions to improve not only your animal but also human and ecosystem health, and the production of a safe food supply by collecting, organizing, synthesizing and delivering information and resources to our profession.” – Peter Constable, dean of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, during his welcome
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