AAHA Yearly Conference 2011 Attendees | Course Descriptions

Program


	Course Descriptions Intensive Programs Extreme Finance: Using Financial Information Effectively to Increase Profitability Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Extreme HR: Human Resources from Basics to Beyond: Laws, Lingo & Lessons Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Extreme Management: See Your Future: Irrefutable Growth Opportunities for the Forward-Thinking Animal Hospital Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Management "Greening" the Veterinary Practice: Exterior Renovations Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm "Greening" the Veterinary Practice: Interior Renovations Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Action Steps to Improve Team Performance Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Amazing Impact Animals Have on Human Health Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Animal Welfare 2 Starts: at Apply Action Learning to Your Team Meetings Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Building TRUST: Communication Practice Workshop Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Career Planning: Creating Value Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Cat Got Your Tongue: Communicating With Clients About the Cost of Veterinary Care Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am Communicate With Strength, Part 2 Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Communicate With Strength: 17 Words That Undermine Your Effectiveness, Part 1 Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Communicating to a New Generation of Clients Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Compassion Fatigue: The Cost of Caring Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Create a Mentoring Relationship Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Friend or Foe: Veterinary Practice in the Face(book) of Change Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am GET CATtitude: Making Your Practice Cat Friendly, Part 3 Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am GET CATtitude: Making Your Practice Cat Friendly, Part 1 Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am GET CATtitude: Making Your Practice Cat Friendly, Part 2 Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Getting Clients to Say "Yes" to Recommended Services Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm Green Hints and Tips Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm Have We Seen Your Cat Lately? Driving Feline Care Starts: 03/26/11 at 7:00am How to Put More Money in the Bank Part 1 Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am How to Put More Money in the Bank Part 2 Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Human-Animal Bond - Improving Human Health Through Animal-Assisted Interventions Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Making it Stick: Delivering an Effective Healthcare Recommendation Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Navigating the Tropical Storm - Overcoming Negativity in Your Animal Hospital Part 1 Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Navigating the Tropical Storm Part 2 Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Negotiation in Practice: Creating Win-Win Outcomes with Others Part 1, Leaders and Team Members Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Negotiation in Practice: Creating Win-Win Outcomes with Others Part 2, Veterinary Team and Pet Owners Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Organizational Compassion Fatigue: Effect on Team and Practice Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Preserving Practice Value Through Economic Turmoil Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Pricing - What's Fair to Your Clients and You Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Promoting Practice Protocols Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Promoting Services without "Selling" Them Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Setting Fees Part 2 Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Setting Fees with an Eye on the Economy Part 1 Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Seven Strategies Part 2 Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am Seven Strategies to Protect Your Practice Part 1 Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Simple Steps to Protect Against Fraud Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Social Media: Experts Answer Your Questions Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Social Media: Experts Answer Your Questions (Cont) Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Strategies to Identify, Prevent, and Cope with Compassion Fatigue Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Student Program: Success From the Start Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Success in the Post-Recessionary Economy: Efficiency and Value are Key! Part 1 Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Success in the Post-Recessionary Economy: Efficiency and Value are Key! Part 2 Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm The Real DaVinci Code: Designing for the Human Body Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm The Wellness Paradigm Part 2 Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm The Wellness Paradigm Part 3 Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm The Wellness Paradigm: Repairing The Crack in The Foundation Part 1 Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Trends Executive Edge: Evidence-Based Innovation Strategies Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm True Profitability - Do You Know Yours? Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Understanding Today’s Pet Owners and Preparing for the Future Part 1 Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Understanding Today's Pet Owners Part 2 Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Understanding Today's Pet Owners Part 3 Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Unraveling the Mysteries of Musculo-Skeletal Discomfort Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Using the Web for Team Communication Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Web Technology & Public Relations Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am What Got You Here, Won't Get You There Part 1 Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am What Got You Here, Won't Get You There Part 2 Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am What Got You Here, Won't Get You There Part 3 Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Scientific 911! 911! What Would You Do? ECC Interactive Case Discussions Starts: 03/25/11 at 6:30pm A Practice Team Approach to Behavior Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am ABVP Certification Workshop Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm ACVIM Highlights Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm ACVS Highlights Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Advances in the Management of Canine Heart Failure Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm An Ounce of Prevention: Preventive Behavioral Medicine for Dogs and Cats Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Analgesia for the Arthritic Kitty Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Anti-inflammatory Update: Making the Most of NSAID Therapy in Veterinary Ophthalmology Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am A-typical Cushing’s Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Beyond the Ouija Board in Localizing Forelimb Lameness Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Blood Film Reading Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Difficult Balancing Act Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Cats and Calcium: The Causes and Consequences of Hypercalcemia Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Challenging Cases in Feline Medicine: An Interactive Discussion Starts: 03/25/11 at 6:30pm Chronic Vomiting in Cats: A Case Based Overview Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Chronic Vomiting in Dogs: Case Management Studies Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am Clinical Pain: End it Now, End it for Good Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Colonic Diseases in Cats: Diet and Management Issues Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Common and Current Concepts in Feline Orthopedics Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am Crisis Management: How to Handle Emergencies and Complications Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Critical Care Techniques Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Crystals & Stones: An Update on Types, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention in Cats Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Crystals & Stones: An Update on Types, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention in Dogs Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Cytology for Practitioners: Cytology of Lumps and Bumps Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Cytology for Practitioners: Effusions Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Degenerative Joint Disease in the Cat: More Common Than You Thought! Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Dental Radiograph Interpretation, Part 1 Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Dental Radiograph Interpretation, Part 2 Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Dental Radiology Techniques Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Development and Implementation of a Practical Infection Control Program Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Diagnosis and Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis in Dogs Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Diagnosis and Treatment of Food Allergy in Dogs Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Dietary Therapy of IBD and PLE in Dogs Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Differential Diagnosis of Feline Symmetrical Alopecia Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Don't be Stifled! Diagnostic Tips for Suspicious Stifles Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy: Making Decisions Without a Culture Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Esophageal Diseases of Dogs and Cats Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Feline Infectious Peritonitis: Solving the Puzzle Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Feline Inflammatory Hepatobiliary Diseases Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Feline Myocardial Disease Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Feline Nutrition: Role of Diet in Obesity, GI Disease and FLUTD Starts: 03/25/11 at 6:30pm Feline Pancreatitis: Understanding the Disease and Its Impact Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Feline Rehabilitation Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Feline Retrovirus Testing: Diagnostic Pitfalls Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Fighting the Giant: Strategies for Effective Pet Weight Loss Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Fluid Therapy Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am From Horses to Zebras, Common and Uncommon Infectious Diseases Starts: 03/25/11 at 6:30pm Great Puppy Classes! Blending Manners, Socialization & Desensitization Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm High-Risk Patients: Supportive Care, Monitoring, and Post-Operative Care Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm Home Care and End of Life Issues Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Idiopathic Cystitis in Cats (and DOGS?), Part 1 Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Idiopathic Cystitis in Cats (and DOGS?), Part 2 Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Insulin Choices for the Diabetic: Which Insulin Preparation Works Best? Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Lameness, Orthopedic Exam, and Common Orthopedic Diseases in Feline Patients Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Management of Asymptomatic Heart Disease in Dogs Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Management of Septic Peritonitis Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Medical and Surgical Oncology: Team Work in Action! Part 2 - Focus on Lymphoma and Mast Cell Tumors Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Medical and Surgical Oncology: Team Work in Action! Part 5 - Focus on Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Medical and Surgical Oncology: Team work in Action! Part 1 - Focus on Lymphoma Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Medical and Surgical Oncology: Team Work in Action! Part 3 - Focus on Mast Cell Tumors Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Medical and Surgical Oncology: Team Work in Action! Part 4 - Focus on Soft Tissue Sarcomas Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Medical and Surgical Oncology: Team Work in Action! Part 6 - Focus on Osteosarcoma Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Medicating Cats: Transdermal Drugs and More Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA): Animal and Human Health Implications Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Nasal Disease in the Real World Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm New Opportunities For Canine Heartworm and Broad Spectrum Parasite Control Starts: 03/26/11 at 7:00am Nutrition for Feline Diarrhea: How Diet Can Help Stop the Madness Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm Optimize Your Diagnosis: Dermatology Practice Tips Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm Optimize Your Diagnosis: Feline Practice Tips Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Optimize Your Diagnosis: Practice Tips for the Poisoned Patient Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Optimize Your Diagnosis: Practice Tips in Surgical Oncology Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Otitis Externa and Media in the Dog: Maximizing Diagnostic and Treatment Efforts to Reduce Failure Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Pain Management in Critically Ill Patients Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Parasite Control and the Human-Animal Bond (Love the Pets, Hate the Parasites) Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Parasites on the Move: Translocation of Parasites Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Perineal Surgery Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Pets and Immunocompromised Owners Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm PLE and Severe IBD: Tips for Nutritional Management Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Powerful Techniques Using Local and Regional Anesthetics Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Practical Approach to Vector Borne Disease Testing in Dogs, Part 1 Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Practical Approach to Vector Borne Disease Testing in Dogs, Part 2 Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am Probiotics: Functional Food or Fantasy Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Recognizing and Treating Unusual Parasite Infections Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Small Animal Gastrointestinal Surgery Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Start Young! Identification and Treatment of Serious Behavior Problems in Puppies Starts: 03/24/11 at 6:30pm Surgery of the Ear Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Systemic Arterial Embolism in Cats Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm The "Pinkest" Eye: Identifying and Treating Primary Conjunctivitis in Cats and Dogs Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am The Coughing Cat Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm The Coughing Dog - Cardiac Disease, Respiratory Disease Or Both? Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am The Diagnostic Approach to Cardiac Disease Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am The Dizzy Dog and Cat: A Practical Approach to Disorders of the Vestibular System Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am The Fallout of Fat: Consequences of Obesity Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm The Hip Scene: Diagnosing Sources of Lameness in the Upper Hindlimb Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm The Incidental Adrenal Mass Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am The War Against Herpes: The Latest on Anti-Viral Therapy Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am To Pee or Not to Pee: A Case Based Discussion of Upper and Lower Urinary Tract Cases Starts: 03/24/11 at 6:30pm Top 10 Drug Interactions in Dogs and Cats Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Top 20 Toxic Titans...and How to Treat Them! Part 1 Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Top 20 Toxic Titans...and How to Treat Them! Part 2 Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Tracheal Stents Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Traumatic Injuries of the Respiratory System Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Treating Pyoderma in the Age of Methicillin Resistance Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Uncommon Manifestations of Common Veterinary Parasites Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Understanding the Role of Diet and Enteric Bacteria in the Development of Feline Diarrhea Starts: 03/26/11 at 7:00am Update on Seizure Management in the Dog and Cat Part One: Pathophysiology and Diagnostic Approach Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Update on Seizure Management in the Dog and Cat Part Two: Antiseizure Drug Options Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyperthyroidism in Cats and Dogs Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Update on the Diagnostic Testing and Treatment for Canine and Feline Hypothyroidism Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Update on Transdermal Drugs: What do We Know? Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Update on Vector Borne Infections in Cats Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Updates on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sebaceous Adenitis and Seasonal Flank Alopecia Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs & Cats: What's New in Diagnosis and Management? Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm VECCS Highlights Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm We Can Help With That! Unveiling the Mysteries of Training Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm What Can You Really Say in 20 Minutes? How to Incorporate Behavioral Medicine Into Your Practice Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am What Really Works in Anesthetic and Peri-Operative Care Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Where Parasites Don't Live...It's Too Cold, Right? Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm Why are our Pets Fat? Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Why Pets Ingest Human Medications: Anti-Depressants and ADD/ADHD Medications Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am You Can Diagnose It, BUT Can You Treat It? Behavior Modification 101 Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Scientific Workshop Nutrition Workshop: Nutrifluent: Speak the Client's Language Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Symposium AAHA Flea Counselor Course Description Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Barbarians at the Gate: Managing the Veterinary Pharmacy in a Time of Extreme Outside Competition Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00AM Canine Leptospirosis: Update on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Connecting the Dots: Your Guide to Exceptional Team-Based Customer Service Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Cranial Cruciate Repair Techniques Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Cranial Cruciate Repair Techniques Part 2 Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Creating a Virtual Team to Benefit the Veterinary Practitioner and Specialist Relationship Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00PM Dealing with Non-Responders in Chronic Pain Management Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Fighting Lyme: The Latest on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Improving Profitability Through Inventory Management Solutions Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Improving Profitability Through Inventory Management Solutions Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Keeping Your Eye on the Prize: Increasing Hospital Profitability Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05AM Managing Osteoarthritis: Everyone Gets Involved Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am What You Need to Know About Canine Vaccines and Vaccination Programs Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Technician Advanced Anesthetic Techniques in Birds, Reptiles, and Exotic Small Mammals Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Advances in Pain Management Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm Alpha 2 Agonists: Much More than Sedation Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Anesthetizing the Cardiac Patient Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm Arrhythmias for the Veterinary Technician Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm Avian Nursing: Anesthesia Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Behavior & the Bond Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am Behavior Modification Faux Pas Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm Behavior Modification: The Geekiness Behind It All Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Behavior Modification: Getting It Right Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm Cardiac Emergencies Starts: 03/25/11 at 4:40pm Care of the Critically Ill Avian Patient Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm Critical Care Primer for Technicians: Part 1 Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Critical Care Primer for Technicians: Part 2 Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am Cytology 911 Starts: 03/25/11 at 11:10am Do You Have the Nerve to Block? Local Anesthetic & Nerve Block Techniques Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Exotic Small Mammal Capture, Restraint, Physical Exam and Venipuncture Techniques Starts: 03/24/11 at 2:40pm Fundamental Facts and a Sensible Approach to Triage Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Hematology 911 Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Hemodynamic Monitoring Starts: 03/26/11 at 3:05pm How to be an Avian Supertech Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am Infection Control: It's All in Your Hands Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Infection Control: There's More to It Than Just Hand Hygiene Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Performing Quality Anesthesia in Exotic Small Mammals Starts: 03/24/11 at 3:45pm Prevention and Control of Surgical Site Infections Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Principles of Pain Management Starts: 03/24/11 at 12:30pm Puppy Class Secrets Every Technician Should Know Starts: 03/26/11 at 9:35am Puppy Class: What Do Your Clients Really Want? Starts: 03/26/11 at 8:30am Rehab - Why Bother? Starts: 03/27/11 at 9:00am Reptile Capture, Restraint, Physical Examination and Venipuncture Techniques Starts: 03/24/11 at 4:50pm So Your Dog Had a Cruciate Repair! Starts: 03/27/11 at 11:10am Super Tech with Amanda Eick-Miller Starts: 03/25/11 at 2:00pm The Art of Pain Management Starts: 03/24/11 at 1:35pm The Ins and Outs of Renal Nursing Starts: 03/26/11 at 10:40am The Respiratory Patient: Does This Animal Need a Ventilator? Starts: 03/26/11 at 4:10pm The Veterinary Technician's Essential Role in Pain Management Starts: 03/25/11 at 9:00am Urinalysis 911 Starts: 03/25/11 at 10:05am What Does it Take to be an ECC Supertech? Starts: 03/25/11 at 3:35pm WOW!! I Can Do All That With Nothing? Starts: 03/27/11 at 10:05am Technician Workshop Technician Workshop: Cardiology Starts: 03/26/11 at 1:30pm Technician Workshop: Clinical Pathology Starts: 03/25/11 at 1:30pm


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