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Upcoming Webinars
Current Month



january 2024

22jan8:00 pm9:00 pmUpdates on Diagnosis and Treatment of GI Obstruction in
RabbitsVECCS x VIN Webinar


EVENT DETAILS

By: Angela M Lennox, DVM, DABVP-Avian, ECM; DECZM-Small Mammal Description:
Rabbits commonly present with signs consistent with GI dysfunction;
distinguishing these from


EVENT DETAILS

By: Angela M Lennox, DVM, DABVP-Avian, ECM; DECZM-Small Mammal





Description: Rabbits commonly present with signs consistent with GI dysfunction;
distinguishing these from actual obstruction, which may require surgical
management, requires a thorough approach. This presentation helps practitioners
identify this group of rabbits, and presents current thoughts on medical
management of those not requiring surgery.





By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:





    

 1. Understanding of the typical presentation of rabbits with GI dysfunction

    

    

 2. Tools for helping to distinguish which are more likely to have GI
    obstructive disease

    

    

 3. Protocols for both medical and surgical management

    





Speaker Info: Angela M. Lennox is a graduate of Purdue University School of
Veterinary Medicine, and has practiced exclusively exotic animal medicine since
1991. She is the owner of the Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic of Indianapolis.
She is a diplomate in the American Board of Veterinary Practitioner (ABVP) in
both Avian and Exotic Companion Mammal Medicine, and a diplomate of the European
College of Zoological Medicine, Small Mammal Medicine. Dr. Lennox is an adjunct
professor at Purdue University Department of Clinical Sciences.






TIME

(Monday) 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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february 2024

12feb8:00 pm9:00 pmEuglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis – Can You Identify & Treat
This Novel Syndrome? VECCS x VIN Webinar


EVENT DETAILS

By: Christopher G. Byers, DVM, DACVECC, DACVIM (SAIM), CVJ Description: In
recent months, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have become
available for


EVENT DETAILS

By: Christopher G. Byers, DVM, DACVECC, DACVIM (SAIM), CVJ





Description: In recent months, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors
(SGLT2i) have become available for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus in feline patients. One of the rare potential side effects of this
class of medication is euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (eDKA). Learners will
review relevant pathophysiology of, as well as diagnostic testing and
therapeutic interventions for cats suspected or confirmed to be living with
eDKA.





By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:





    

 1. To understand the mechanism of action of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2
    inhibitors

    

    

 2. To recognize clinical manifestations of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis in
    cats

    

    

 3. To understand appropriate diagnostic tests to accurately diagnose patients
    living with eDKA

    

    

 4. To having working knowledge of appropriate therapeutic interventions for
    eDKA

    





Speaker Info: Dr. Christopher G. Byers is a board-certified veterinary emergency
& critical care and small animal internal medicine specialist, as well as a
certified veterinary journalist, based in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his DDVM
from Cornell University. Dr. Byers works as a teleconsultant in for VetCT, and
he is the Co-Editor of the textbooks, Feline Emergency & Critical Care Medicine
and Canine Emergency & Critical Care Medicine. He has also published chapters
and articles in numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed medical journals.






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(Monday) 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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september 2023

18sep8:00 pm9:00 pmWhy We Feel Frustrated with Our Brains, And How Not ToVECCS x
VIN Webinar


EVENT DETAILS

By: Rose Nolen-Walston DVM, DACVIM Description: It’s incredibly hard being a
veterinarian, and practicing clinical medicine is one of the highest pressure,


EVENT DETAILS

By: Rose Nolen-Walston DVM, DACVIM





Description: It’s incredibly hard being a veterinarian, and practicing clinical
medicine is one of the highest pressure, high stakes environments out there.
Even the most competent, confident veterinarian has days where it feels like
nothing is coming together for them. But it turns out that there are functional
limitations to how much the brain can do: we’ll discuss cognitive load theory
and the myth of multi-tasking, and why feel like our brains fail us sometimes.
Then we’ll cover extrinsic and intrinsic cognitive load and go over
evidence-based strategies to allow your brain to work at full capacity. Even
with that, though, everyone has days where imposter syndrome sneaks up on us
(and some of us wish we had even the occasional day where it didn’t!). We’ll
delve into why imposter syndrome occurs and how to address it, with a quick tour
of the Dunning-Kruger effect. And finally, we’ll discuss the second victim
effect, which is the emotional trauma that healthcare providers experience when
they make a medical error, and how these factors lead to burnout and compassion
fatigue. These problems are endemic, and we’ll finish with how to recognize
them, why they occur, and most importantly, how we can find strategies to
protect ourselves from them.





By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:





    

 1. Why it feels like our brains can’t keep up: how cognitive load theory
    affects your ability to process high-volume information in a high-stress
    environment, and how to leverage the theory to become a more efficient,
    effective clinician and teacher.

    

    

 2. Why it feels like our brains can’t keep up: using “deliberate practice
    theory” as a roadmap to improving expertise, even after years in practice.

    

    

 3. Why it feels like we’re not smart enough: examining the interplay of the
    Dunning-Kruger effect (a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate
    their knowledge or ability in a specific area) and imposter syndrome (an
    internal experience of believing that you are not as competent as others
    perceive you are) is so prevalent in our field, and how we can grow past it.

    

    

 4. Why do we feel burned out: how burned out are you, is there a way to measure
    it? We’ll describe the consequences of burn-out, and what works and what
    doesn’t, to mitigate burnout and compassion fatigue in clinical medicine.

    

    

 5. Why we feel burned out: who is the “second victim” of medical error? It’s
    the practitioner who made the mistake. What responsibilities do we have to
    care for the second victims, and what does that look like?

    





Speaker Info: Rose Nolen-Walston grew up on a farm in England with plans to
become a professional dressage rider but a complete lack of talent for the sport
led her to veterinary medicine, where she eventually graduated from UGA in 2001
with her DVM. She went on to do an internship and residency in large animal
internal medicine at Tufts before joining the faculty at the University of
Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. In 2014 Dr Nolen-Walston
won University of Pennsylvania’s Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching and
is past president of the Veterinary Comparative Respiratory Society. She is
currently pursuing a non-traditional residency in clinical pathology at Tufts
while continuing her Penn faculty appointment and is loving every second of
learning more about the small animal side of medicine too!






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october 2023

16oct8:00 pm9:00 pmBlood transfusions: what to do when you don’t have blood in
the fridgeVECCS x VIN Webinar


EVENT DETAILS

By: Christine Culler, DVM, MS, DACVECC Description: Blood product shortages are
increasingly common and many hospitals may not regularly keep blood products


EVENT DETAILS

By: Christine Culler, DVM, MS, DACVECC





Description: Blood product shortages are increasingly common and many hospitals
may not regularly keep blood products on hand. Having an established contingency
plan for patients requiring blood products is important. It is stressful to find
alternative solutions in a crisis and the delay can compromise patient outcomes.
We will review various blood products and their uses, including dosages, rates,
proper administration, and how to navigate transfusion reactions. We will
discuss a variety of alternatives to reach for when your blood refrigerator is
empty, including the pros and cons of each. This will include xenotransfusion
for cats when type-specific products aren’t available, how to appropriately
collect and store blood from a donor animal, stabilizing the anemic patient
while waiting for a transfusion, and suggestions on navigating blood product
purchasing in urgent situations. A goal for this course is to leave more
confident in transfusion medicine and to have an organized plan for handling
blood shortages.





By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:





    

 1. To understand potential indications and risks of xenotransfusion in cats.

    

    

 2. To be familiar with a protocol for in-house blood collection

    

    

 3. To know the content of various blood products and alternatives when the
    ideal product is not available

    





Speaker Info: Christine Culler, DVM, MS, DACVECC is a traveling emergency doctor
with Veterinary Emergency Group. She completed her DVM, Master of Science, and
residency in Emergency and Critical Care at The Ohio State University. She then
completed a fellowship in extracorporeal therapy at North Carolina State
University. She was a medical director at BluePearl North Carolina and joined
VEG in 2023. The challenge of end of life and quality of life decision-making in
her critical patients fueled her interest in palliative care and improving
communication in serious illness. She also enjoys managing trauma, sepsis, acute
kidney injury, and intoxications and appreciates working in hospitals that
encourage teachers and learners to be humble and curious.






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(Monday) 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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november 2023

20nov8:00 pm9:00 pmIt Takes a Team: Evidence-based Communication Tools for the
Veterinary TeamVECCS x VIN Webinar


EVENT DETAILS

By: Daniel J. Fletcher, PhD, DVM, DACVECC Description: Delivery of quality
healthcare requires highly skilled teams that can remain effective in the


EVENT DETAILS

By: Daniel J. Fletcher, PhD, DVM, DACVECC





Description: Delivery of quality healthcare requires highly skilled teams that
can remain effective in the complex, unpredictable environment that is the
modern veterinary practice. Drawing on the evidence based TeamSTEPPS system
developed for human health care, this session will describe the VetTEAMS
framework, a series of team competencies and simple communication tools that can
be integrated into your practice to reduce medical errors, and improve team
performance, and enhance staff satisfaction. Delivery of high-quality veterinary
care requires extraordinary team work. Learn how you can help your team reach
the next level of efficiency, quality, and safety.





By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:





    

 1. Explain the principles of good leadership of a veterinary healthcare team.

    

    

 2. Describe the 4 fundamental characteristics of good communication in a
    veterinary healthcare setting.

    

    

 3. Demonstrate techniques and tools for achieving situation awareness through
    situation monitoring skills.

    

    

 4. Describe the principles of mutual support and the behaviors that can
    maximize a team’s ability to ask for and offer help to allocate resources
    where they are needed.

    





Speaker Info: Dr. Fletcher has been faculty at Cornell since 2006. After
receiving a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and a PhD in
Bioengineering from the University of California, he obtained his DVM from the
University of California at Davis. He then completed an internship and emergency
and critical care residency at Penn. He is co-chair of the RECOVER Initiative,
which published the first evidence-based veterinary CPR guidelines, and is
past-president of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical
Care.






TIME

(Monday) 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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december 2023

18dec8:00 pm9:00 pmAssisted Natural Death in an Animal ICU Setting VECCS x VIN
Webinar


EVENT DETAILS

By: Stacy Montgomerie, DVM, CHPV Description: A case-based discussion of
assisted natural death in ICU patients as a treatment option when euthanasia


EVENT DETAILS

By: Stacy Montgomerie, DVM, CHPV





Description: A case-based discussion of assisted natural death in ICU patients
as a treatment option when euthanasia is declined. The majority of families
choose direct euthanasia for their animal companions, however, there is a subset
of animal caregivers that gravitate toward options other than euthanasia. How
can veterinary clinicians honor animal caregiver wishes for the death of their
animal companion without performing direct euthanasia while avoiding animal
suffering and upholding the veterinary oath? We will explore direct euthanasia
alternatives using a case-based discussion of assisted natural death in the
hospital/ICU setting. The clinical management of assisted natural death, guiding
the family through the process of dying, and supporting the veterinary team
during and after the dying process will be addressed.





By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:





    

 1. Discuss overview of assisted natural death as an alternative to euthanasia.

    

    

 2. Discuss clinician communication and medical responsibilities.

    

    

 3. Use case-based discussion as a model.

    





Speaker Info: Stacy Ann Montgomerie is a hospice/ER/ICU staff veterinarian at
DoveLewis Emergency and Specialty Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Montgomerie
joined DoveLewis in 2016 and has been an ER and ICU DVM since graduating in
2012. Dr. Montgomerie also earned her hospice/palliative care certification via
the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care  (IAAHPC)
in 2022. Outside of work, Dr. Montgomerie enjoys mushroom foraging, hiking,
pickling/fermentation, crocheting/ knitting, travel, and skeleton
preparation/articulation. She also enjoys spending time with her partner and
pets.






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