Mental Health Awareness Week
April 29-May 4, 2024
LSU Vet Med's Office of Wellbeing is hosting a series of events for Mental Health Awareness Week open to all students, house officers, staff, faculty and graduate students of LSU Vet Med.
April 29 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Library
Pet Therapy
Our Tiger HATS (Human Animal Therapy Service) dogs will be here to help with stress relief, so take some time to go pet some dogs and relax.
April 29 from 12-1 p.m. in VMED 2101 (2nd-Year Classroom)
Lunch and Learn
Challenging the Parasympathetic Tone for Mental Resiliency
Presenter
Dr. Madeline Zurowsky
Sponsor
Alliance Animal Health
Description
This course is an interactive presentation and reflection workshop on how we can reset into our parasympathetic tone to encourage learning, retention, and mental resiliency in the veterinary education and profession.
Learning Objectives
- A brief refresher of neurophysiology and the physiologic stress states
- How veterinary professionals live in sympathetic tone chronicity and the long term impact
- Discuss parasympathetic tone grounding techniques and mental reflection
- Bring back techniques to their desks, clinics, and hospitals to become more mentally resilient professionals
Approved for CE by LBVM for DVMs and RVTs.
Pending RACE approval.
April 30 from 12-1 p.m. in VMED 2101 (2nd-Year Classroom)
Lunch Seminar: Veterinary Wellbeing
Speaker: Angela Tennsion, DVM, MS
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
Bring your lunch and we will provide desserts and fruit. No RSVP required.
May 1 from 9-10 a.m. & 10-11 a.m.
Yoga and Goats Sessions LSU Vet School Front Lawn
Sponsor
LSU Vet Med Library
Yoga instructors from LSU UREC will teach 50 participants per session with goat interaction from Cajun Country Backyard Mobile Petting Zoo.
May 2 from 12-1 p.m. in the Vet Med Courtyard
Join Dr. Jeb Cade and our Hill's representatives in de-stressing through cookie decorating.
No RSVP required.