JAVITS CENTER, NEW YORK, NY
NOVEMBER 7-8, 2024

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Check our our 2023 program with Clinical Theaters curated by Clinician’s Brief and a Vet Tech and Nursing Theater programmed by VPN and NAVTA!

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Uptown Clinical
    • Oncology
    Holistic support of the veterinary cancer patient from diagnosis through treatment and end-of-life transition is essential. The enhancement and maintenance of quality of life is of paramount concern, ...
  1. Cough in the cat can be associated with infectious, inflammatory, parasitic, or neoplastic disease, however inflammatory airway disease is likely the most common cause of cough and/or respiratory diff ...
    • Oncology
    Mast cell tumors are the most common cutaneous tumor in the dog, exhibiting a wide spectrum of appearances and biological behavior. Though the nature and extent of treatment are dependent on several f ...
    • Respiratory
    Chronic sneezing and nasal discharge can be found in cats with fungal infection or neoplasia however across a wide age range of cats, inflammatory nasal disease is likely the most common. This talk wi ...
    • Ophthalmology
    Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), or “dry eye”, is a common disease of dogs that, since the introduction of cyclosporine, is usually relatively easily managed. We will discuss routine management of KC ...
  2. This course covers urinary tract pathology with an emphasis on minimally-invasive and interventional techniques.  
    Sponsored By
    Urinary Tract Disease:  The Stop and Flow of When to Medically-Manage and When to Intervene
Central Park Clinical
  1. It’s Friday afternoon and you’re about to head home for the weekend. A dog is rushed in with a hemoabdomen. The owner says, “he was fine this morning”. The family makes a quick and difficult decision ...
    Sponsored By
    The Importance of Early Cancer Detection in Dogs: Changing the “Friday Afternoon” Emergency
  2. In this lecture, Dr. Adam Rudinsky, DACVIM reviews acute and chronic diarrhea management. Once a patient is diagnosed, how are we going to treat it? Do we always treat it?  Is prescribing metronidazol ...
    Sponsored By
    When and How to Treat Diarrhea Part 2: Updates in Treatments
  3. This course covers urinary tract pathology with an emphasis on minimally-invasive and interventional techniques.  
    Sponsored By
    Urinary Tract Disease:  The Stop and Flow of When to Medically-Manage and When to Intervene
    • Ophthalmology
    When an ulcer hasn’t healed at the first recheck, there is a tendency to throw up our arms and become frustrated.  A few golden rules can help us to see that ulcers within this group have actually hel ...
    • Business and Practice Operations
    Join PetsApp CEO and Co-founder Dr Thom, to discover how utilising the theory of constraints can help you to identify your one, true bottle neck. That's right, your business has just one, single bottl ...
    Sponsored By
    Old MacDonalds Veterinary Clinic: The EIEI-O Approach to Your Client Corridor
    • Dentistry
    This course dives into the common feline oral pathologies seen in private practice. The etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of common feline dental diseases such as periodontal disease, tooth resorptio ...
    Sponsored By
    “Common Feline Oral Pathology”
Midtown Clinical
    • Dermatology
    Same as synopsis?
  1. Acute pancreatitis is common in dogs and the clinical presentation can vary widely. While some dogs have mild clinical disease and recover with minimal supportive care, early prediction of severity of ...
    Sponsored By
    Acute Pancreatitis in Dogs – Do We Finally Have a Treatment?
  2. This lecture will present an overview of tissue healing and how this affects treatment planning for optimal recovery of patients. A fundamental understanding of how all tissues heal is the basis of bu ...
    Sponsored By
    Improve Outcomes for Postoperative or Injured Patients
    • Dermatology
    Same as synopsis?
    • Imaging
    Abdominal ultrasound in the general practice has the potential to provide a practitioner with rapid information to help facilitate referral or further diagnostic tests especially in the vague, chronically ill patient. With practice, guidance and perseverance, it is possible to use this modality as a triage tool as well as method to determine the progression and regression of disease.
  3. This course discusses the normal sequelae and possible complications of post operative management. Postoperative care is the care given to a patient after a surgical procedure is performed. This time ...
    • Nutrition
    Through interactive case examples, attendees will have the opportunity to practice selecting diets for pets with multiple medical conditions. This session will provide a systematic approach to straigh ...
    • Nutrition
    Knowing and communicating the evidence-based benefits and limitations of veterinary diets can help families make the most informed decision for their pets. This session will cover communication tips, ...
Downtown Clinical
    • Internal Medicine
    In this lecture, Dr. Adam Rudinsky, DACVIM reviews acute and chronic diarrhea management. Once a patient is diagnosed, how are we going to treat it? Do we always treat it?  Is prescribing metronidazol ...
    Sponsored By
    When and How to Treat Diarrhea Part 1: Updates in Diagnostics
  1. This presentation will allow better understanding of why certain opioids are less available than they were previously.  It will demonstrate some downfalls of opioid use (hard to believe but there are ...
    • Ophthalmology
    Surgical correction of eyelid problems can be some of the most satisfying surgeries in general practice. However, attention to the smallest of details is essential if good results are to be attained. ...
  2. Loud respiratory noises in dogs and cats are typically associated with upper airway obstructive diseases affecting the nasal cavity, larynx, pharynx, or cervical trachea. While the etiology is often a ...
    • Oncology
    Paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS) are changes in bodily structure or function that are not directly caused by cancer itself; rather, they arise secondary to tumor production of small molecules (such as h ...
Brooklyn Theater
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module provides a review of the basic components of the National Veterinary Accreditation Program (NVAP). A brief history of the program, the importance and benefits of being an accredited veteri ...
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module provides the accredited veterinarian with information about the functionality of the Veterinary Export Health Certification System (VEHCS). It demonstrates the extent to which it can be us ...
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module reviews the impacts of an outbreak of two significant avian diseases in the United States – avian influenza and Newcastle disease. Clinical signs associated with both the less virulent and ...
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module emphasizes the importance of health certificates to document pet travel. The significance of proper and accurate completion of these documents is underscored, given thepotential forspread ...
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module reviews the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), from basic items such as gloves and coveralls, to items providing increased levels of protection such as respirators and chem ...
NYC Pavilion Theater
    • Surgery
    I will plan to cover a brief history of minimally invasive surgery and then cover the more common procedures that we do in veterinary medicine as well as the more advanced procedures.
    • Ophthalmology
    Dilated pupils and blindness are scary for all parties involved – the patient, the client, and the veterinarian. It is easy to forget common differentials of blindness and mydriasis in high stress mom ...
    • Surgery
    Pugs, English Bulldogs and French Bull dogs are considered extreme brachycephalic breeds. As of 2022, the French Bulldog has become the most popular breed according to the American Kennel Club. Despit ...
    • Cardiology
    Brachycephalic dog breeds make up some of the most popular dog breeds in the United States. Unfortunately, they seem to have a predisposition to a number of cardiopulmonary maladies. The purpose of th ...
  1. The clinically relevant anatomy of the canine ear canal and PSPP system with an emphasis on underlying causes and factors will be introduced. Challenges and management strategies for chronic otitis ex ...
  2. This case-based lecture will highlight both common and more challenging feline skin diseases with a focus on the differential diagnoses and selection of diagnostic tests. The results, treatment plan, ...
Business & Practice Operations Theater
    • Business and Practice Operations
    Ways in which to master the new online-offline veterinary business model and how to strike the perfect balance between quality, cost and convenience in order to revolutionise a clinic's ability to bet ...
    Sponsored By
    Mastering the New Veterinary Business Model
    • Business and Practice Operations
    This session covers market trends in veterinary practice sales. We will discuss cash and joint venture deals with private equity firms. We will show veterinarians the components corporate buyers seek ...
    Sponsored By
    Is the Corporate Honeymoon Over?
  1. Rich Lester, Co-CEO at Ackerman Group, will discuss how macroeconomic factors – inflation, interest rates, and more -- have led veterinary practice valuations to soften in 2023. However, despite tempe ...
    Sponsored By
    Veterinary Practice Valuations in Today’s Economic Reality
  2. This 50-minute case-based talk will discuss how teleradiology can benefit general practitioner,  specialty practices, clients and patients.  Discussion will be largely case based focusing on imaging f ...
    • Business and Practice Operations
    As the veterinary practice team perspective and the point of view of the cat caregiver.  The single biggest opportunity for practice growth lies in the underserved feline patient If you build it, will ...
  3. Learn why veterinarians are choosing relief practice and the lessons to be learned from this growing trend. Learn how practices can leverage these different types of relief pros to help their hospital ...
Veterinary Technician and Nursing Theater
  1. Managing multiple triages can be overwhelming. In this lecture, we will work through how to triage critical cases and discuss initial stabilization techniques we may need to provide while more patient ...
    Sponsored By
    Triage Tactics: Navigating Veterinary Patient Emergencies
  2. Malnutrition, cachexia, and frailty are common and unwelcome in canine and feline cancer patients. Appropriate and timely nutrition support can help slow the progression of changes in appetite, body weight, muscling, activity, attitude, and cognitive function commonly seen in these patients. Feeding guidelines based on nutritional status, diet selection, and appropriate supplements will be presented. This session will also discuss tips and suggestions to encourage cancer patients to eat
    Sponsored By
    Nutritional Support of Cancer Patients
  3. In this lecture, we will dive into the 20 parameters that should be monitored in a critical patient. We will discuss each parameter and look at how we can use those in practice!
    Sponsored By
    Using Kirby’s Rule of 20 to Care for Critical Patients
  4. Clients often look to the veterinary health care team for nutritional recommendations for their pets. But how do you select the proper diet for your patient with so many options available? This session will discuss several new formulations and ingredients, including plant-based diets, insect proteins, lab-grown meat, human-grade, fresh, freeze-dried, and high-pressure processing. The benefits, myths, misinformation, and unknowns of several pet food formulations and ingredients will be discussed.
    Sponsored By
    Nutritional Approach to Diabetic Felines
Hands-On Lab
  1. Hands-On Ultrasound Wet Lab Looking for Something Extra? Our exciting, small-scale hands-on labs offer real experience, taught by the industry’s leading experts who will give you personal feedback. Th ...
    Sponsored By
    A Revolution In Wireless Ultrasound For Veterinary Care
Lightning Talk
  1. Challenges can be opportunities if you have the right mindset. How we’ve developed, promoted, and communicated “The Piglet Mindset” is our story. A condensed version of Piglet’s story will be presented: the many steps we took to help him adjust and then thrive despite his profound disabilities, the creation and distillation of his experiences and how they evolved into a movement, an educational program, and a not-for-profit organization. While social media has come under a great deal of scrutiny, much of it for good reason, ours is a story that was LAUNCHED by social media and has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and pets, including mine! Come join Piglet, my new deaf blind puppy Georgie, and me as we share our heartwarming, unexpected journey.
  2. the history/background of the organization, programs we offer, the resources that we provide, and how to promote wellbeing in the veterinary community.
  3. Over the past few years, there has been a surge in internet exposure for pets with mild to profound disabilities. In some cases, this new found public interest in disabled pets seems to have created some disconnect between veterinarians and clients regarding the potential for a good quality of life (QOL). QOL is subjective and can look dramatically different in individual people, dogs, and other animals. Veterinarians are frequently asked to evaluate the QOL of their patients. They may bring their own personal bias into their conclusions and the recommendations to their clients may not always be helpful. Sometimes there is miscommunication (between vets and their clients) regarding acceptable conditions, limitations, and goals for disabled pets. Discouraged clients might find themselves “vet shopping” in search of a more supportive and compassionate vet who’s views are more aligned with theirs. Through real life examples of some of the most profoundly disabled pets, we’ll take a
  4. Let's explore a hassle-free path into vet tech. No jargon, no complexity, just straightforward talk about practical, easy-to-use tools that can genuinely make your day-to-day vet life smoother. From p ...
    Sponsored By
    Technology Made Easy for Veterinarians - 3 tools to implement today
  5. There are over 70 Corporate Consolidators in the veterinary market backed by private equity and high-net-worth individuals.  Competition among these groups has elevated practice values.  Increasing in ...
Uptown Clinical
  1. This talk will review the pathomechanism of itch and inflammation associated with canine atopic dermatitis.  Therapies to treat will be discussed incorporating how different treatments work in relatio ...
    Sponsored By
    Treating Itch and Inflammation in Canine Atopic Dermatitis
    • Renal/Urinary
    Feline idiopathic cystitis is one of the most common reasons for feline surrender to shelters and rescues. It can be frustrating for owners and for vets. We will discuss the physiology as we currently ...
    • Antibiotic Stewardship
    Judicious antimicrobial use is critically important as the global threat of antimicrobial resistance grows. This presentation will review the top five conditions to consider adjusting your antimicrobi ...
    • Cardiology
    The Main indications for ECG acquisition: Evaluating arrhythmias and heart rate disturbances detected on auscultation. • History of syncope (fainting) or episodic weakness. • Cardiac monitoring during anesthesia. • Cardiac monitoring in critically ill patients. • Monitoring changes in rate and rhythm due to drug administration. • Assessing changes in ECG morphology and heart rate due to electrolyte imbalances associated with extracardiac disease or drug toxicities. • In addition, the ECG may also be helpful to identify anatomical changes due to myocardial hypertrophy or dilation, and detect pericardial disease.
  2. Acute pancreatitis is common in dogs and the clinical presentation can vary widely. While some dogs have mild clinical disease and recover with minimal supportive care, early prediction of severity of ...
    Sponsored By
    Acute Pancreatitis in Dogs – Do We Finally Have a Treatment?
    • Cardiology
    Seizures and syncope may look similar but are caused by different pathologies. Learn how to differentiate between these conditions using examination and diagnostic tools
    • Surgery
    Small intestinal resection and anastomosis (R&A) is a common surgical procedure performed in small animal patients. As veterinarians, we are called to perform this procedure, when there is a damaged or diseased segment of small intestine secondary to foreign body obstruction, intussusception, volvulus/torsion, herniation, neoplasia, perforation, or other trauma. An R&A can be performed successfully by any veterinarian, if the basic tenets of surgery are upheld, keeping in mind factors that optimize healing and reduce complications. This lecture will review the basic tenants of surgery and how they apply to small intestinal R&A procedures. We will review each step of the procedure, sharing tips and tricks that will help the small animal practitioner achieve a successful outcome.
Central Park Clinical
  1. This Seminar will be a complete andcomprehensive introduction and explanation of the nonthermal therapeutic lasertechnology, including practical clinical uses and applications in a Veterinaryhospital ...
    Sponsored By
    The Complete Science, Physics, and Clinical Applications of Nonthermal Therapeutic Lasers in a Modern Veterinary Practice
    • Internal Medicine
    Coagulation 101: A review of hemostasis and mechanisms of coagulation. How to determine the health and function of the coagulation pathways and essential components using a variety of tests. Case scen ...
    • Anesthesiology/Pain
    Ensuring optimal patient care often necessitates the use of sedation, despite its inherent challenges. Sedatives are commonly administered to alleviate fear, anxiety, and stress, as well as to facilit ...
    Sponsored By
    20, 20, 24 Hours to Go, Trust Me Smokey, I Wanna be Sedated Too
    • Behavior
    The presentation covers strategies for improving compliance across the four main generations of current veterinary clientele, taking into account each generation’s pattern of characteristics, preferen ...
    Sponsored By
    Understanding Generational Trends: How to Best Serve Clients of All Ages
    • Antibiotic Stewardship
    Urinary tract infection (UTI) management has changed greatly in recent years. This presentation will review current recommendations for the treatment of sporadic and recurrent lower UTIs in dogs and c ...
  2. This lecture will present the etiology, diagnostic work-up, and management protocols for feline periodontitis, tooth resorption, and stomatitis. Aside from oral neoplasia, these diseases are far and away the most common dental and oral pathologies affecting cats. This lecture will provide the veterinarian with confidence to determine which teeth must be extracted and why. Client communication techniques will be discussed so that the client fully understands each of these diseases, and therefore be able to readily provide consent for the procedures necessary to alleviate the pain and suffering associated with these diseases.
Midtown Clinical
  1. Amidst the ongoing battle against the opioid epidemic, safeguarding controlled substances is more important than ever, particularly for veterinarians. The reality, however, is in many practices adhering to regulatory requirements continues to be a struggle, either from lack of understanding the regulations, or from confusion on how to put those regulations into practice without overwhelming an already stretched staff. This two-part, CE-accredited program will cover the basics for safeguarding controlled substances and maintaining DEA compliance in a clear, operationally realistic manner for most practice settings.
  2. Amidst the ongoing battle against the opioid epidemic, safeguarding controlled substances is more important than ever, particularly for veterinarians. The reality, however, is in many practices adhering to regulatory requirements continues to be a struggle, either from lack of understanding the regulations, or from confusion on how to put those regulations into practice without overwhelming an already stretched staff. This two-part, CE-accredited program will cover the basics for safeguarding controlled substances and maintaining DEA compliance in a clear, operationally realistic manner for most practice settings.
    • Nutrition
    ‘Should I Home-Cook for My Cat with Kidney Disease?’ ‘How Do You Know this Supplement Doesn’t Cure Cancer?’ Ever feel like your clients take nutritional advice from everyone but you? Get tips on how to cut through the noise of the most pervasive dietary myths.
  3. In this lecture, Dr. Adam Rudinsky, MS, DACVIM reviews the properties of dietary fiber and how they can be implemented in small animal practice. The systemic health of animals and maintenance of gastr ...
    Sponsored By
    The Power of Fiber
  4. A conversation aimed at providing practitioners with a practical approach to diagnosis and management when proteinuria is detected in healthy and in sick patients.  We will cover next steps after init ...
    Sponsored By
    Proteinuria: the Short End of the Prognostic (dip) Stick?
  5. It has been over 2 and 1/2 years since CARDALIS ® was FDA-approved for dogs withsymptomatic chronic degenerative valve disease. The combination of Benazepril andSpironolactone in CARDALIS™ provides a ...
    Sponsored By
    Cardalis - When to Utilize RAAS Suppression and Why
    • Behavior
    Abdominal radiographs are a rapid, readily available method to give an overview of the abdomen. Though most people believe ultrasound is the new modality of choice for abdominal evaluation, the limitations of ultrasound not being able to penetrate gas as well as the technical ability and time to acquire images still make abdominal radiographs a great first modality in the patient with acute abdominal pain. Ultimately, the question for the clinician with an abdominal patient is whether surgery is indicated or if medical management is the best course of action. With radiographs providing an overview of the entire abdomen, and the use of the gas within the bowel to provide contrast, abdominal radiographs can be useful as a triage tool that can be augmented and finding further characterized using abdominal ultrasound. This lecture will help to instruct on the radiographic signs for various diseases and how to use radiographs to treat and create a prognosis for these diseases.
    • Euthanasia/Hospice
    The euthanasia appointment is unparalleled in emotion and sentiment. There are a few things in veterinary medicine, or life moreover, that require as many outward displays of empathy, compassion, and commiseration from a doctor. The tone of voice, delivery of words, bedside manner with both patient and client, and the medical procedure itself become a delicate dance around death that doctor and staff should carefully choreograph and continually improve. It is only through this shared connection that the family will feel lovingly connected with your clinic, ensuring an unsurpassed level of client service.
Downtown Clinical
  1. A discussion aimed at updating traditional thinking that acute and chronic kidney disease are separate entities. Acute/active kidney injury and CKD may be a continuum of disease that can exist simulta ...
    Sponsored By
    Acute on Chronic Kidney Disease……. or Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease?
    • Dentistry
    This lecture will present the common complications associated with tooth extraction in dogs. The veterinarian will learn how to avoid the various complications. If the complication, including mandibular fracture at the M1 extraction site, mandibular fracture at the canine extraction site, fragmented tooth roots, or postoperative problematic wound healing, occurs, the veterinarian will learn how to diagnose and manage the complication.
  2. This discussion will explore the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) andGenerative AI in the veterinary industry, specifically focusing on the benefits it offers forimmediate diag ...
    • Behavior
    Thoracic radiographs are the mainstay of diagnostic imaging. By far, a normal thoracic radiograph is still the most difficult to interpret. Thoracic radiography is considered a challenging region to interpret not because the lesions are difficult to see, but rather because the lesions identified are generally non-specific and are difficult to interpret. Generally, most practitioners see a cranioventral alveolar lung pattern and diagnose aspiration pneumonia and a caudodorsal lung pattern as pulmonary edema. Thoracic radiographs are not obtained to determine if a disease is present, but rather to identify the extent of disease and determine the progression or regression. Bearing in mind that radiographic improvement may lag behind clinical improvement by several days.
    • Dentistry
    This lecture will present methods to engage clients into the "world" of small dentistry so that they buy-in to the procedures that you, as the veterinarian will recommend. Learn how to present complicated dental and oral diseases such as discolored teeth, tooth resorption, stomatitis, and periodontal disease so that owners will understand. After this lecture, the veterinarian will be able to present a comprehensive patient plan and estimate for oral procedures with the client nodding "yes"!
  3. A conversation about the practical implementation of newer strategies and diagnostics for early detection and localization of kidney disease.  We will discuss the importance of assessing all main kidn ...
    Sponsored By
    Confusing New Kidney Biomarkers: When and How to Use Them and What to do With Abnormal Esults
Brooklyn Theater
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module reviews the State, Federal, and international agencies an accredited veterinarianmay interact with and the services these agencies provide. Instructions for accurate completion of health c ...
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module provides an overview of the sheep and goat industries. Eight diseases of impact to these industries and that are of significant importance for animals moving in interstate or international ...
    • USDA National Veterinary Accreditation
    This module provides the accredited veterinarian with an overview of regulation of vaccines and biologics in the United States. The approval and monitoring processes for biologics are described. Infor ...
    • Business and Practice Operations
    Interactions in the exam room have a pivotal effect on client satisfaction, clinician satisfaction, and patient outcome. In the human medical field, positive relationships with the clinician are corre ...
    • Business and Practice Operations
    This engaging presentation delves into the significance and advantages of establishing a cohesive personal and professional brand within the veterinary industry. Attendees will gain a comprehensive un ...
    • Business and Practice Operations
    The session will delve into real-life examples of gaslighting, many of which might have become so normalized that they are not even recognized as such. By bringing these examples to light, attendees w ...
NYC Pavilion Theater
    • Ophthalmology
    This presentation will focus on the major ophthalmic emergencies including glaucoma, lens luxation, deep and melting corneal ulcers, and corneal ruptures. It will start by covering the clinical signs ...
    • Internal Medicine
    We will focus on the appropriate diagnostic workup and conservative therapeutic trials before considering biopsies and a histopathologic diagnosis of a chronic enteropathy or inflammatory bowel diseas ...
    • Critical Care
    This presentation will cover the basic physiology of sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium and phosphorus in the body. Disease differentials for both high and low levels of these electrolytes will be d ...
    • Radiology
    Review of concepts and hints in making the diagnosis of a small intestinal mechanical obstruction on radiographs. The majority of time will then be spent going through various cases to determine wheth ...
    • Critical Care
    With the legalization of THC containing products for medicinal and recreational use in NY state, increased awareness of the diagnosis and treatment of dogs experiencing acute toxicoses from THC is cri ...
    • Radiology
    Our world is getting more complex, and so are some of the foreign bodies found in veterinary patients. We will review classic patterns that still work and discuss new imaging ways to diagnose them.
Business & Practice Operations Theater
    • Business and Practice Operations
    Pricing and charging Preventative Healthcare, including food sales, for recurrent income.The challenge with selling preventative healthcare (such as parasiticides and pet foods) isn’t so much selling ...
  1. Thom looks at how veterinary clinics can leverage their knowledge of and familiarity with their clients to move beyond transaction based economics to embrace the “forever transaction” as part of a shi ...
    Sponsored By
    From Transactions to Relationships: Entering the Membership Economy
    • Business and Practice Operations
    CSR Contributions to good clinical outcomes • CSRs are the first point of contact during the patient-client journey and therefore involved in triaging and assigning every single contact into non-urgen ...
  2. Learn how to structure your practice for lawsuit protection and prevention, how to protect yourprofessional and personal assets from lawsuits, reduce your malpractice insurance costs, how to protectyo ...
    Sponsored By
    Proper Use of Legal Entities for Lawsuit Protection & Tax Reduction
    • Business and Practice Operations
    The veterinary professional shortage is no secret. To meet the projected need for pet healthcare in 2030, nearly 41,000 veterinarians will need to enter companion animal practices. There are many work ...
  3. Culture gets a lot of lip service but often very little attention.  We are experiencing a time of change in veterinary medicine. We have an increasing level of dissatisfaction amongst veterinarians an ...
Veterinary Technician and Nursing Theater
  1. Definitions related to pain and pain control Commonly used analgesia drugs in emergency and critical care settings Pain scoring systems Consequences of untreated pain How patient comfort and stress levels affect pain perception Non-pharmacologic measures to help with pain control
    Sponsored By
    Don’t Be a Pain: Analgesia for the Emergency and Critical Care Patient
  2. Let’s talk about pain score scales and systems that are available, which ones are easiest to use, which are the most useful for dogs and cats. We will also discuss why pain scoring and treating pain i ...
    Sponsored By
    Are You Keeping Score? The Importance of Pain Scoring Systems
  3. Coming soon!
    Sponsored By
    How to Tell if Your Patient is in a Toxic Relationship: Toxicology 101
  4. Clients often look to the veterinary health care team for nutritional recommendations for their pets. But how do you select the proper diet for your patient with so many options available? This session will discuss several new formulations and ingredients, including plant-based diets, insect proteins, lab-grown meat, human-grade, fresh, freeze-dried, and high-pressure processing. The benefits, myths, misinformation, and unknowns of several pet food formulations and ingredients will be discussed.
    Sponsored By
    Pet Food Trends. What’s All the Buzz About?
Lightning Talk
  1. the history/background of the organization, programs we offer, the resources that we provide, and how to promote wellbeing in the veterinary community.
  2. Are you spending countless hours every day digging through resources to find answers for your patients? Learn more about Plumb’s™ all-new clinical decision support tool, Plumb’s Pro™. We will show you ...

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