Continuing Education

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Emergency Training for the Non-Emergency Clinic: Interviewing Your Team to Play Their Best Part

VetCE Virtual available for viewing; get CE credit
In this session: Jill Brecklin, CVT, CVPM, provides interview questions to ask all of your team to help them learn what parts they like to play in the dance that is emergency medicine and how to work toward successful patient outcomes. Brecklin also discusses two different training styles (written and role playing) and how she has used each one to benefit and train her team. You will leave with ideas for document creation and how to plan a real-life emergency practice with your team!

Brain Teaser: Can you solve this puzzle?

Test your veterinary knowledge with our monthly challenge, featuring a nine-year-old Labrador presented for dental prophylaxis.
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Communication That Connects: Internally Aligned, Externally Respected

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In this session: Ingrid Pyka, BS, DVM, CVMI, covers how to strengthen team collaboration and enhance client satisfaction through effective applied communication. Content includes communication frameworks, team meeting strategy, emotional intelligence, and client conversation models.

Brain Teaser: Can you solve this puzzle?

Test your veterinary knowledge with our monthly challenge, featuring a nine-year-old Labrador presented for dental prophylaxis.
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Nutritional Management of Comorbidities in Cats

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In this session: Kara Burns addresses how selecting the most suitable diet for a feline patient involves thoroughly evaluating their nutritional needs, understanding the nutrients involved in managing disease conditions, and knowledge of nutritional profiles available in helping to manage the disease conditions.

Brain Teaser: Can you solve this puzzle?

Test your veterinary knowledge with our monthly challenge, featuring an eight-year-old Maine Coon domestic shorthair with forelimb lameness.
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Chronic Otitis Externa: Strategies for Better Care

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In this session: Valerie Fadok, DVM, PhD., DACVD (Dermatology), discusses an approach to chronic otitis externa or recurrent otitis to help prevent progression to the end-stage ear.
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Renal Disease - Protecting the Kidneys During General Anesthesia

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In this session: Kris Kruse Elliott, DVM, PhD, DACVAA, reviews peri-anesthetic management of patients with pre-existing renal disease with an emphasis on protecting renal function through careful planning for anesthesia, monitoring of the anesthetized patient and individualized fluid therapy. She discusses acute vs. chronic disease, core anesthetic priorities, fluid therapy, and perioperative management of patients with renal disease.
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Avian Anesthesia Basics

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n this session:  Emi Knafo, DVM, Dipl. ACZM, discusses avian anesthesia, covering avian respiratory anatomy, basic anesthesia equipment, principles of safe anesthesia, as well as some guidelines and recommendations for anesthetic and analgesic protocols.