Conference Handouts

Anesthesia

Ralph Harvey, DVM, MS, DACVA

• What Really Works in Anesthetic and Peri-Operative Care
• Clinical Pain: End it Now, End it for Good
• Powerful Techniques Using Local & Regional Anesthetics
• Crisis Management: How to Handle Emergencies & Complications
• High-Risk Patients: Supportive Care, Monitoring & Post-Operative Care

ABVP

Margaret A. Scherk, DVM, DABVP

• Analgesia for the Arthritic Kitty

Who Wants to be a Supertech? Nursing Nuggets

• How to be an Avian Supertech
  Kristina Palmer-Holtry, RVT
• The Veterinary Technician's Essential Role in Pain Management
  Nancy Shaffran, CVT, VTS (Emergency & Critical Care)

Compassion Fatigue/Strategic Thinking

Katherine D. Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR

• Strategies to Identify, Prevent, and Cope with Compassion Fatigue

Interpersonal Skills/Trends Executive Edge

Karen E. Purves, BS, MA

• Communicate With Strength: 17 Words That Undermine Your Effectiveness, Part 1
• Communicate With Strength, Part 2
• Navigating the Tropical Storm - Overcoming Negativity in Your Animal Hospital Part 1
• Navigating the Tropical Storm Part 2

Practice Management

Lowell J. Ackerman, DVM, DACVD

• Barbarians at the Gate: Managing the Veterinary Pharmacy in a Time of Extreme Outside Competition
• Keeping Your Eye on the Prize: Increasing Hospital Profitability
• Connecting the Dots: Your Guide to Exceptional Team-Based Customer Service

Communication

Kathleen Bonvicini, EdD, MPH

• Building TRUST: Communication Practice Workshop

Parasitology/Pain Management/Vaccines

Denis Marcellin-Little, DVM

• Managing Osteoarthritis: Everyone Gets Involved

Clinical Pharmacology

Lauren A. Trepanier, DVM, PhD, DACVCP, DACVIM

• Update on Transdermal Drugs: What do We Know?
• Top 10 Drug Interactions in Dogs and Cats
• Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy: Making Decisions Without a Culture

Technician/Pain Management

Nancy Shaffran, CVT, VTS (Emergency & Critical Care)

• Principles of Pain Management
• The Art of Pain Management
• Do You Have the Nerve to Block? Local Anesthetic & Nerve Block Techniques
• Alpha-2 Agonists: Much More Than Sedation
• Advances in Pain Management