D4K UP at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
Dressage4Kids and the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University are pleased to present a special Open House with lectures, presentations, and hands-on activities.
Tufts Equine Center, Agnes Varis Campus Center and Auditorium, 5 Jumbo's Path, North Grafton, MA
Campus Map and Parking
Please find the campus map here: Campus Map/Directions.
Enter 5 Jumbo's Path, North Grafton, Massachusetts in your GPS system and follow directions to Wildlife Dr. Once you turn onto Wildlife Dr: for accessible parking, take the first left into the Agnes Varis Campus Center side lot. For additional parking, continue straight on Wildlife Dr through the Jumbo's Path and Cornfield Rd intersection. Take a right into the parking area behind the McGrath Building.
Do not park in the hospital parking lots off Willard Road.
Tentative Schedule
Saturday, April 13th
- 8:00am Registration; Coffee, tea, and orange juice available
- 8:35am Opening Remarks
- 8:45am "Horsing Around: Laceration First Aid" with Joseph Davis, DVM, DACVS (LA)
- 9:15am "Seeing is Believing: Insights into the Equine Eye" with Vanessa Yang, DVM, DACVO
- 9:45am "Lumps, Bumps, and Horses - Oh My!: A Discussion of Common Skin Tumors in Horses and How we Treat Them" with Amanda Prisk, VMD, DACVS (LA)
- 10:15am Break
- 10:25am "A Pain in the Neck?: How to Localize Lameness" with Stefanie Arndt, DVM, Dr.Med.Vet, DACVS (LA), DECVS
- 10:55am "REACT to Colic: When to be Worried and What to Do" with Claire Dixon, BVSc, MSc, CertAVP (EM), DACVIM (LAIM), MRCVS
- 11:25am Panel Discussion with Cummings School Veterinary Students and Technicians - Dr. Martha Barbone, Lisette Cabral, Abigail Flynn and Natalia Aley
- 11:55-12:45pm Lunch
- 12:45pm Meet for Breakouts and Lab Rotations
- 1:00-4:30 Breakouts and Lab Rotations
- 4:30pm Closing Remarks and Wrap-Up
Speakers
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Panel Discussion with Cummings School Veterinary Students and Technicians
Additional Presentations and Hands-on Activities may include:
Ultrasound Lab - try your hand at ultrasound and see if you can locate objects embedded in phantom legs
Bandaging - Practice your standing wraps and medical wraps
Gastroscopy
Endoscopy
Advanced imaging including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Nuclear Scintigraphy (Bone Scan)
Tour of the Equine Sports Medicine Complex
and more
Dressage4Kids, Inc. reserves the right to alter or modify the advertised speakers and/or schedule as necessary.
Registration Fees
Registration Fees (includes access to lectures, presentations, hands-on activities and lunch):
- Youth ages 21 and under: $20
- Adults ages 22 and older: $45
There is also a small discount for groups of 6 or more. Contact Mary at d4k.org@gmail.com for more info.
All youth under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult participant.
There will be no refunds for cancellations made after March 29, 2024. Refunds will not be provided for registrants who do not attend the conference. In order to receive a full refund, notice of cancellation must be made via e-mail to Mary Livernois at d4k.org@gmail.com by March 29, 2024.
Dressage4Kids Photo Usage Policy
Dressage4Kids often takes photographs and videos during its events and activities. Dressage4Kids may use these photographs and videos for general publicity and programming purposes, including to raise funds. Pictures may appear on the website, on the Dressage4Kids Facebook page, in newsletters, and in other print and digital marketing materials. In addition, participants’ names may be used to recognize individual achievement in marketing materials.
Tufts Notice of Filming and Photography
This Tufts University event is an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur.
By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, video recording and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction to be used for news, web casts, promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by Tufts University and its affiliates and representatives. Images, photos and/or videos may be used to promote similar Tufts events in the future, highlight the event and exhibit the capabilities of Tufts. You release Tufts University, its officers and employees, and each and all persons involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing, or publication and use of interviews, photographs, computer images, video and/or or sound recordings.
By entering the event premises, you waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with any use, exhibition, streaming, web casting, televising, or other publication of these materials, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such use, exhibiting, broadcasting, web casting, or other publication irrespective of whether a fee for admission or sponsorship is charged. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by Tufts University or the person or entity designated to do so by Tufts University.
You have been fully informed of your consent, waiver of liability, and release before entering the event.
Refund Policy
There will be no refunds for cancellations made after March 29, 2024. Refunds will not be provided for registrants who do not attend the conference. In order to receive a full refund, notice of cancellation must be made via e-mail to Mary Livernois at d4k.org@gmail.com by March 29, 2024. A cancellation acknowledgement will be sent and fees will be refunded, subject to this Refund Policy.
Dressage4Kids, Inc. reserves the right to alter or modify the advertised speakers and/or schedule as necessary.
Registration Form
Fill out the registration form below. If you do not receive an email confirmation with a message tracking number within a few minutes after hitting the "send" button, it is likely that the registration did not go through.
If you wish to register as a group of 6 or more, contact Mary at d4k.org@gmail.com prior to filling out the registration form.
Registration Deadline: March 30, 2024
