As of June 1, 2024, The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba, the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba, and the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba have authorized the following changes related to the M3P Program:

• The temporary guidance implemented for M3P prescriptions during the pandemic is now permanent.
• M3P booklets are being phased out.
• Prescribers are strongly encouraged to use the following templates for M3P prescriptions.

Prescriptions for M3P drugs now must be faxed directly to a pharmacy of the patient’s choice using the following methods:

• A prescription electronically generated.
• A handwritten prescription.

The new M3P Prescription Requirements, Electronically Generated M3P Prescription Template, and Handwritten M3P Prescription Template are available in Alinity. Can also be found in Alinity “Groups” –> “Member Information” –> “M3P Requirements & Templates.” If you have any questions about the templates, please email michelle@mvma.ca.

Unfortunately, pharmacies will no longer accept emails or prescription pads. Vets must fax the prescription, or give it to the client to take to the pharmacy. It’s important to note that if using an electronically generated template, the prescriber must sign the prescription by hand (fill out electronically, print, sign by hand). Additionally, the client must fill the prescription within 3 days.

Clinics without fax machines are encouraged to look into mobile fax apps (HP Smart App, FaxZero, pdfFiller, etc.) to find a system/app where you can fill out a PDF and fax it from your device.

Members can now find the 2023 Non DVM Wage Report on the member side (through Alinity).

Expand your fracture fixation skills with External Skeletal Fixation!  Join us September 7-8 at the University of Calgary and set yourself up for success with this introductory workshop, designed to equip you with the skills needed to safely and effectively use external fixation in your clinical practice.  The workshop covers the principles and techniques of ESF, including patient selection, equipment and implants, proper application techniques, postoperative care, and how to recognize and manage potential complications. Modern ESF theory and practice are reinforced through laboratory exercises using plastic bones and cadavers.  Visit Movora Education to view the agenda and secure your seat!

Date: September 7-8, 2024

Location: University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Calgary, AB

Level: Introductory, appropriate for general practitioners with little to no ESF experience and veterinary surgeons wanting to refine their orthopedic skillset for treating fractures with ESF.

CE Credits: This program has been AAVSB RACE-Approved for Total of 15.75 CE Credit Hours

The MVMA Council is seeking a licenced Veterinarian that is interested in filling a vacancy on Council. After over a year of dedicated service to the MVMA, Dr. Morgan Wawryk,  has recently resigned from the MVMA Council as she makes a move to Alberta. The MVMA Council thanks Dr. Wawryk for her hard work and dedication to the profession and wishes her the best on this next chapter.

Pursuant to section  6(10) of The Veterinary Medical Act the MVMA Council will fill the vacancy through the appointment of a licenced Veterinarian of the MVMA.

Vacancies

6(10)   The council may fill a vacancy on the council by appointing a member of the association, who is qualified to be elected to the vacant position, for the unexpired term. This subsection does not apply to a vacancy in a public representative position.

This Council term would expire at the 2025 AGM with the opportunity for nomination for a second term.

The MVMA Council asks that any interested veterinarians please email Corey Wilson, MVMA ED/Registrar, at registrar@mvma.ca no later than Friday, August 30^th, 2024.

Qualifications of Veterinarian council members:

Veterinary council members must

(a) be a licensed veterinarian member of the association and be eligible to vote in the election during which the member’s name will stand;

(c) not be a council member who is currently serving his or her second consecutive term;

(d) not be a former council member who had served two (2) consecutive terms, the most recent of which ending within any of the previous five (5) calendar years; and,

(e) not have served as the President within any of the previous six (6) calendar years.

Council Member Position

Council Member Responsibilities and Job Description can be located here.

Please note that the MVMA Council will meet on the following dates (9am-5pm) in the remainder of 2024:

September 13 – In Person Meeting
November 6 – Hybrid meeting

December 4 – Hybrid meeting

The WCABP Annual Conference and AGM is being held January 16-18, 2025 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Thanks to the reciprocity proposal agreed to be all four regional associations (WCABP, OABP, AMVPQ, ABPA), CABV/ACVB members from across Canada may attend this conferences at the WCABP member rates.

Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners (WCABP) Annual Conference and AGM (Hybrid)

Thursday-Saturday, January 16-18, 2025 in Saskatoon, SK

Conference Chair:  Dr. J. Thurgood   Conference Theme:  Strengthening The  Herd

For more information visit www.wcabp.com

Congratulations Dr. Philipp Schott on the launch of Eleven Huskies: A Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery (ECW Press).

Peter Bannerman, veterinarian and amateur detective, deserves a summer vacation. Peter and his family head to a remote fishing lodge in northern Manitoba for a canoeing trip with his champion sniffer dog, Pippin. But a series of incidents color their plans. The lodge’s sled team of huskies has been poisoned and, at the same time, a floatplane crashes into the lake, killing the pilot and both passengers. While Peter works to save the huskies, it is discovered that the plane crash wasn’t an accident. It was murder.

It’s been a hot and dry summer, and one morning the Bannerman family wakes up to find a forest fire spreading quickly. They manage to dodge the conflagration, making it back to the lodge before it becomes cut off from the outside world. Peter soon figures out that the murderer, who probably also poisoned the huskies, must be among the other guests or staff trapped with them at the lodge. The power fails. The now-enormous fire draws nearer. Can Peter discover the culprit in time?

Philipp Schott lives in Winnipeg where he practices veterinary medicine, writes, and shares a creaky old house on the river with his wife, kids, cats, and dog. His first book, The Accidental Veterinarian, was a bestseller and was translated into five languages. Six other books have followed. This is his third Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery.

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The CVMA Business Management program (BMP), in collaboration with the provincial veterinary medical associations, distributes surveys throughout the year to produce important benchmarking reports.  These reports are intended to support every veterinarian, regardless of employment type and to assist in veterinary practice management.

The Practice Owners Economic survey gathers data on revenue, expenses, income, number of current and new clients, fees, and DVM and non-DVM staff compensation.  Benefits to completing a survey include receiving an individual Practice Diagnostic Report and a complimentary Practice Value Estimate. The data from the survey produces the Suggested Fee Guides, the Non-DVM Wage Report, and the National Economic Report.

The survey on Compensation and Benefits for Associate Veterinarians investigates all aspects of compensation and benefits and was designed to examine the compensation and benefits provided to associate (non-owner) veterinarians in private practice and examines several characteristics (type of practice, years in practice, location, types of compensation, etc.).  The data gathered produces the Report of Compensation and Benefits for Associate Veterinarians.

The survey of veterinarians employed in government, industry, and academe allows these veterinarians to compare their earnings, hours, and benefits with peers and the results produce the Report of Veterinarians in Government, Industry, and Academe.

All reports can be found under the Business Management Program section of the CVMA website.

https://www.canadianveterinarians.net/veterinary-resources/business-management/

The increase announced to the Capital Gains tax in the last federal budget is something that many CVMA members have asked CVMA to oppose and push back on with the government.

Please see the letter that was sent on May 13, 2024 to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance on this issue here.

CVMA has also sent a copy of this letter to senior officials in each of the respective departments that serve the Ministers outlined in this letter, including:

• Agriculture and Agri-Food
• Employment, Workforce Development Canada
• Finance Canada
• Health Canada
• Rural Economic Development Canada

Given they are also opposed to the increase in the Capital Gains Tax, and that CVMA has offered to partner on joint advocacy against this with them, CVMA has also shared this letter with the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

This letter follows recent government meetings that CVMA had with Minister Boissonnault on April 30^th as part of the Commissioner for Employers’ Business Liaison Group at Employment and Social Development Canada, and on May 8^th with officials from Rural Economic Development at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

Next Steps

• CVMA members and partners are encouraged to use the attached letter to send their own letters on this subject to their Members of Parliament and to copy the same Ministers copied in CVMA’s letter, including the Minister of Finance. Please see their email addresses below.
• Ministerial Emails
  • Freeland@fin.gc.ca
  • boissonnault@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca
  • ministresc@hc-sc.gc.ca
  • minister-ministre.aac@agr.gc.ca
  • minister-ministre@acoa-apeca.gc.ca

• Parliamentary Emails
  • freeland@parl.gc.ca
  • boissonnault@parl.gc.ca
  • holland@parl.gc.ca
  • macaulay@parl.gc.ca
  • hutchings@parl.gc.ca
• CVMA will continue to oppose the increase in the Capital Gains tax.