Participants can expect to increase their understanding and level of comfort in the diagnosis, treatment and education of clients on common and less common dermatology disorders of the dog and cat. The goal is to provide participants with a stronger base of knowledge and improve clinical outcomes for their patients.
The National Pet Choking Prevention Day campaign’s focus is to spread education to veterinarian professionals and pet owners about the everyday pet choking hazards around the home, the shocking statistics of how common (and avoidable) pet choking is, and the simple, yet important, ways we can come together to help eliminate these risks for beloved pets.
June is famous for grads and Father’s Day, but did you know there are many animals recognized this month, too? Here are some “out of the box” holidays to showcase in-clinic or online, including Adopt a Cat Month, Pet Memorial Day, Take Your Dog to Work Day, and Take Your Cat to Work Day. (Different days, of course…)
According to PennWest California, the role of a CVT is to assist the veterinarian in a wide array of tasks- equating the role to a registered nurse in the human medical field.4 These tasks include medical/imaging procedures, anesthetic monitoring, and overall patient care. The role of an AVA is to assist the technician with these tasks—setting up supplies, running laboratory tests, assisting in physical exams, maintaining surgical and medical equipment. This could easily be equated to the role of a certified nurse assistant (CNA) in the human medical field.
According to the Equine Lifetime of Care study, based on findings from 1,231 U.S. horse owners and nearly 30 equine veterinarians, horse owners nationwide deeply underestimate the lifetime of care costs for a horse, which ranges from nearly $300,000 to $924,000.
The first, and most critical, element of adding a new graduate to your practice is accepting that daily practice life that must change: a new graduate completely alters the pace of the day. This acceptance is necessary from everyone. If that doesn’t make sense, thinking the receptionists, the technicians, and other doctors will be impacted, only the new graduate will be slower, you need to look at it in the context of a treadmill.
Danielle DeCormier, LVT, VTS (Oncology), CFE, goes into detail about sepsis brought on from chemotherapy. It delves into how chemotherapy works on the cells of the body, specifically the white blood cells. It details symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as how to prevent a second episode.
Evaluate the cost of missing the lesion with respect to your patient, your pet owner client, your time, your team’s time, your image and report footprint, your reputation, and most of all how the cost of missing a lesion ultimately affects your art of veterinary medicine that you and your team have so painstakingly dedicated yourselves to all these years. Then look at these steps and knock off this checklist when looking at machines.
ChatGPT has been available since November, but it’s just now starting to hit its stride outside the nerdiest of circles. Now that it has been proclaimed a game-changer among mainstream users such as physicians, accountants, and attorneys, there’s no reason veterinarians should not be using it, too.
June is famous for grads and Father’s Day, but did you know there are many animals recognized this month, too? Here are some “out of the box” holidays to showcase in-clinic or online, including Adopt a Cat Month, Pet Memorial Day, Take Your Dog to Work Day, and Take Your Cat to Work Day. (Different days, of course…)
