AEMV Veterinary Medical Student Case Report Contest

Lafeber Company is proud to sponsor the Fifth Annual

 Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians

Veterinary Medical Student Case Report Contest

Who is eligible?

ALL veterinary students EVERYWHERE

Case report

Submit a two (2) page, English-language case report (1500 words or less) about an exotic companion mammal case seen at your college of veterinary medicine OR during an experience in a clinical setting.

Case reports should include:

• Abstract, maximum 250 words
• History/physical examination findings
• Diagnostic workup, treatment, and outcome
• Discussion
• References, maximum eight

For blinding purposes, please:

• Avoid including the name of the institution at which the work was performed or initials of the authors within the text.
• Remove institution names from illustrations in order to maintain anonymity.
• Include a title page, separate from the case report and include the title of the paper, names and qualifications of all authors, affiliations and full mailing address including email addresses, and contact telephone number of student and clinician.

Sample [download PDF]

See below for additional details.

Prizes

1st Place:	The famous “pink book”:  Quesenberry KE, Orcutt CJ, Mans C, Carpenter JW (eds). Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents:  Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2021. Carpenter JW, Marion C (eds). Exotic Animal Formulary, 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2017. Cash prize of $100 USD
2nd Place:	Carpenter JW (ed). Exotic Animal Formulary, 5th ed. Elsevier, 2017. Cash prize of $100 USD
3rd Place:	Cash prize of $100 USD

Permission and privacy concerns

Obtain permission from the supervising clinician (required) and the owner (optional depending on local privacy laws or facility standards). The supervising clinician(s) must be included as a case report co-author; but only identified as such in the separate title page as outlined above.

Winning case report abstracts will be posted on the members-only sections of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians (AEMV) website, the AEMV Facebook page, and LafeberVet.

Deadline

Submissions to info@aemv.org must be received by 11:59 pm EDT (UTC-4) on Friday, April 1, 2022.

Entries will be evaluated and graded by members of the AEMV Student  Committee and winners will be notified April 29, 2022.

Learn more

See the abstracts of the 2021 winning case reports.

Interested in learning more about exotic companion mammal medicine? Visit AEMV.org or email info@aemv.org for more information about the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians’ Student Chapter Program and Student Membership.