- Dr. Greensleeves
- Trivial Pursuit
- Finger Food
- Miscellaneous Parts, Bits, and Pieces
- Imagination Station
- The Terminator
- Your Pet is What?!?
Dr. Greensleeves : Friday, 8:00am
Test your ability to tell anxious mothers when they are due. Put your Bovine Palpation team’s knowledge of Bovine Theriogenology up against other greensleeved individuals from around the country. Explore the sensation of palpating bovine follicles, corpora lutea and embryos. Includes written and practical theriogenology.
Competition guidelines: Two rounds
Round 1 – Written test and palpation of bovine reproductive tract
Round 2 – Palpation of live cattle
Teams: 3 members per team
Attire: Competitors must bring their own coveralls and rubber boots
Awards: First, second, and third place teams; First, second, and third place individual
Trivial Pursuit : Friday, 1:00pm
In the SAVMA Challenge all categories are fair game. It’s time for you to act like real veterinarians and use all that knowledge crammed between your ears to earn a piece of the great American pie. Pit your team against other veterinary school teams and compete for the bragging rights of the most clinically competent school. Includes small, large and non-traditional animal information.
Competition guidelines: In order for teams to compete, each school must submit at least three cases pertaining to any one of the following: companion animals, large animals, and non-traditional animal. Deadline for submitting cases: February 1, 1999. Round robin, single elimination until final two teams. For more details, refer to SAVMA constitution and by-laws.
Teams: 5 members per team
Awards: First, second, and third place teams; First, second, and third place individual
Finger Food : Friday, 1:00pm
Risk life and limb by sticking you fingers into what is essentially a small grinding mill and then tell us the horse's age. The individual and team with the most fingers and best approximation of the horses' ages wins! As an added bonus several of those “thingamajigs” and “doohickees” used in equine dental care are asked to be named (correctly).
Competition guidelines: Competition will consist of identification and proper use (where applicable) of the following: dental anatomy, eruption time, nomenclature, imaging diagnostics (radiographs, CT, etc), and instrumentation. Competition will be history/case type scenario requiring a short answer at each station.
There will be 15 stations per room (2 rooms)
Teams: 3 members per team
Awards: First, second, and third place teams; First, second, and third place individual
Miscellaneous Parts, Bits, and Pieces : Friday, 9:00am
Here's a chance for all you first year students to show off your knowledge of anatomy. We have carefully selected assorted body parts to test your extensive knowledge of dog, cat, horse, and cow anatomy. From the pudendal nerve to the vomeronasal organ - we have it all.
Competition guidelines: 35-40 timed stations (1-2 minutes per station). Teams of just freshmen are preferred. Team members will take exam in three different shifts; no team members will be on the same shift. There will be a 10-minute float period after each shift. Stations will consist of gross anatomy, histology slides, kodachromes of gross anatomy, radiographs, and palpation of a live dog. Team members will be asked to identify the specimen in each station within the time frame given.
Teams: 3 members per team (preferably freshmen)
Awards: First, second, and third place teams; High individual
Imagination Station : Friday, 10:00am
Black, white, and every shade of gray in the know universe are present in our imagination station. Often referred to as imaginography, this contest puts your radiology and ultrasonography interpretation skills to the ultimate test. Just imagine the fun as you enter into this spooky world of black, white, and gray.
Competition guidelines: Radiographic slides of abnormal and normal anatomy. Test will consist of brief case history, with short answer (e.g. diagnostic plan) and multiple choice questions. In case of a tie, there will be 3 bonus slides.
Teams: 2 members per team
Awards: First, second, and third place teams; High individual
The Terminator : 9:00am
Be the only one to survive. In this individual competition use that huge medical vocabulary to win more than Scrabble games - use it to win glory and honor for your school! Both definitions and zany medical words will fly when your school enters this academic contest.
Competition guidelines: Team members compete individually, scores averaged for each team. Correct spelling and definition of medical terms. Oral exam or written (undecided at this time).
Teams: 2 members per team
Awards: First, second and third place teams; High individual
It's All in the Genes : Friday, 2:00pm
Identify breeds and their congenital defects in this off the wall but in the genes contest. Show off your knowledge of breeds and work toward impressing clients by calling their pure bred dog by its correct breed name. Contestants will also have the chance to display their knowledge of congenital problems with different species.
Competition guidelines: 30 slides of dog and cat breeds (15 of each). 2 minutes/4 questions per slide. Each team member will take exam individually. Their scores will be averaged for the team score. In case of a tie there will be 10 extra slides (5 each of dogs and cats).
Teams: 2 members per team
Awards: First, second, and third place teams; High individual
Your Pet is What?!? : Friday, 2:00pm
Veterinarians beware. Clients are coming up with more and more bizarre animals to keep as pets. Put a team together and show off your talent as potential exotic veterinarians by identifying, diagnosing, and treating these non-traditional pets. Be amazed by animals with faces only a mother could love.
Competition guidelines: Guidelines for this competition have not yet been established.
