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Chicago 2023 Program
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- Cyber Security
Cyber security has become a bit of a buzzword in 2021. The high profile cyber attacks on businesses like, The Colonial Pipeline, CNA, Kasyea & JBS have raised a lot of concerns amongst larger organiza ... -
The New Structure of the Corporate Deal
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- Finance
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 ... -
- Finance
This presentation exposes the obstacles that stand in the way of practice expansion and personal financial success for the practice owner and presents a game plan on what can be done to create an owne ... -
- Non-Business
Cats are hard-wired to scratch but may be given up and euthanized or declawed when they scratch in “all the wrong places.” Newer data suggests declaw may likely have deleterious long-term medical effe ...
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- Radiology
This lecture will highlight multiple real radiographic examples of common urgent/critical cases of dyspnea. -
Diagnosis of forelimb lameness can be challenging, and soft tissue injuries are often overlooked as a source of significant forelimb lameness. Without localization and identification, forelimb lamenes ...
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- Cardiology
After attending this lecture, attendees will be able to provide individualized management plans that prioritize diagnostic testing and therapies for the most common types of heart disease seen in gene ... -
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 ...
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- Oncology
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- Dentistry
This lecture will define what a complete professional Dental cleaning involves and can be broken into 12 steps that one can follow for a thorough procedure. This will help the Veterinary Technicians a ...
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- Osteorthritis
This lecture will discuss osteoarthritis as the most common cause of chronic pain in dogs, affecting up to 40% of adult canines. This progressive and degenerative condition mostly affects diarthrodial ... -
- Oncology
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- Osteorthritis
Veterinary rehabilitation is a rapidly growing and exciting field. The recognition of how rehabilitation benefits our patients is becoming more widespread and accepted. If we think of this specialty a ... -
- Surgery
This course covers orthopedic procedures: Tibial Tuberosity Advancement (TTA Rapid®) and Patella Rapid Luxation by Dr. Jeff May -
- Dentistry
Dental radiographs can be challenging for the beginner and even for those with years of experience. This oral presentation will help the attendee better understand how to achieve a diagnostic image wi ... -
- Osteorthritis
This lecture will discuss osteoarthritis as the most common cause of chronic pain in dogs, affecting up to 40% of adult canines. This progressive and degenerative condition mostly affects diarthrodial ... -
Wellness care and preventive medicine are mainstays of veterinary practice. Vaccines are a huge part of this, yet for many of us these critical biological tools are not fully understood, appreciated, or utilized. This 2-part presentation provides practical, real-world guidance on vaccines and immunization while pulling back the curtain for a rare, bare-knuckle appraisal of vaccine development, manufacturing, and marketing practices.
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- Dentistry
This oral presentation will go over the seven disciplines of dentistry and familiarize the attendee with periodontics, exodontics, endodontics, orthodontics, prosthodontics, restorative dentistry, and ... -
This 2-hour seminar will be an interactive overview of the low-level laser technology and its use in small animal medicine. A basic overview of the physics and understanding of light energy and its u ...
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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 ...
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- Surgery
Electrosurgical devices are a popular device in many veterinary surgical suites today. In the 2000’s, there was heavy competition with carbon dioxide lasers as a “better” surgical cutting device. Many ... -
Wellness care and preventive medicine are mainstays of veterinary practice. Vaccines are a huge part of this, yet for many of us these critical biological tools are not fully understood, appreciated, or utilized. This 2-part presentation provides practical, real-world guidance on vaccines and immunization while pulling back the curtain for a rare, bare-knuckle appraisal of vaccine development, manufacturing, and marketing practices.
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- Oncology
In this session we will discuss staging and therapy for canine appendicular osteosarcoma.
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Every team member is a leader in the veterinary hospital; they simply need an extraordinary leader to help them grow to their potential! This session will focus on the basic elements that practice managers and owners of veterinary practices must have in place to establish a thriving culture that results in high employee retention, satisfaction, work-life balance, and overall, a simply great place to work.
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VT Utilization is a hot topic at all conferences across the United States and no doubt will advance veterinary medicine in the future. But is your practice actually doing it? And if yes, how well is that working? This session will focus on the key elements that are required for your team to succeed, as well as metrics for the practice leadership to track, ensuring your practice continues to not only thrive, but survive.
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Veterinary medicine is one of the least diverse professions in the United States. The homogeneity of our profession impacts our client care as well as our advancement as a profession. Diversification ...
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This module reviews vesicular diseases of importance to the agricultural industries in the United States. Diseases reviewed include foot-and-mouth disease, vesicular stomatitis, swine vesicular diseas ...
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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 ...
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This module covers the roles of various animal health agencies in Animal Health Emergency Response and how accredited DVMs can participate in outbreak response. Some basic emergency management concep ...
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This module provides the accredited veterinarian with an understanding of their roles, responsibilities, and opportunities with respect to poultry. The definition of “poultry” and the basics of the Na ...
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This presentation is video and will review how to place a peripheral catheter as well as various central line catheters. Various taping methods will be discussed as well as current best practices.
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The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the importance of veterinary nurses, and the support we provide as one side of the team to our patients and their families. I intend to discuss everything from the time of diagnosis, the goals of the owner, proposed treatment options, and much more. From obtaining diagnostic samples to further characterizing the disease process, I will touch on staging and proper sample handling. After diagnosis, the next step is to discuss the options and how best to approach that based on each client's needs. Chemotherapy is known to cause many side effects, and I will discuss how best we can support these patients during that time. It is also my intention to discuss some common myths and misconceptions surrounding chemotherapy treatment in companion animals.
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Female and male urinary catheters can be tricky to place. This lecture reviews techniques how to place urinary catheters in both female and male dogs and cats. Videos will be shown so participants lea ...
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Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy (THO) is a curious disease process in horses which can result in a variety of symptoms. Diagnosis and treatment and prognosis varies depending on the severity of the case.
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One of the most important things we perform as veterinary professionals is a TPR. We can tell a lot about a patient by just those three parameters. But the most vital one for patients undergoing chemo ...
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A presentation on what is involved in becoming a Vet Tech Specialist followed by an open question and answer period. There are many facets to the process of becoming a specialty technician. While there are a variety of paths to follow for different specialties, the lengthy application process is still quite similar between the groups.
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- Practice Management
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Over the last three years, Shawn Wilkie and his co-host Dr. Ivan Zak have interviewed over 150 leaders in veterinary on their Veterinary Innovation Podcast. In this session, Shawn will show you 10 com ...Speakers
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Diverse teams have greater innovative potential, and the performance of inclusive teams is superior to that of homogeneous ones. Diverse and inclusive teams avoid group thinking, seeing beyond one per ...
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This talk will provide practical recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of common cardiac conditions in dogs and cats. A streamlined approach focusing on key findings from the history and ph ...
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- Behavior
We look at the common behavior questions clients ask; usually as they walk out the door. Common questions include introducing new cats, scratching unwanted items, trimming nails, teaching proper play, ... -
Diagnosing hepatobiliary disease can be challenging. Clinical signs are often not particularly specific and clinical pathology, though often helpful, may not provide the "instant answer" we seek in co ...
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- Feline Behavior Session
Cats body language is often hard to read but it can be done! To do so we must begin to understand what makes up the base layer of cats’ biology and domestication. Clarifying these will help us deciphe ... -
- Behavior
A behavioral look at why cats are not being brought into the clinic. What we can do to make feline appointments more pleasurable for everyone. And how can we help owners be prepared for the clinic. We ... -
- Neurology Session
During this session we will review the anatomy and normal function of the vestibular system, and apply this knowledge to a case based discussion of differential diagnosis, diagnostic testing and treat ... -
Antimicrobial resistance is a very real threat to modern medical and veterinary healthcare. It is a one-health problem - humans and animals are exposed to similar drugs, bacterial and resistance genes ...
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- Emergency/Critical Care
Kirby’s rule of 20 is a checklist of twenty important parameters to monitor in patients at least daily. A checklist for monitoring patient’s is a helpful tool for clinicians to assess and monitor pati ... -
In this lecture, we will discuss a problem-based approach to the problem of anorexia and consider when and why bloodwork in these patients may be normal.
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This lecture provides a definition of fluid overload in cats and dogs along with a description of the physiologic changes that occur in response to fluid overload. Prevention, diagnosis, and treatmen ...
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Pancreatitis is a perennial problem in practice, yet one that is relatively rarely discussed in conferences and symposia. This is perhaps largely due to the fact that with the possible exception of medical diets there have been few innovations in managing or treating it. Fortunately, there has been a recent upsurge in the science and our collective understanding of this somewhat nebulous and misunderstood disease. This 2-part presentation will provide attendees with a fresh look at canine pancreatitis and what the current science tells us about it.
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This lecture will provide a logical problem based approach to assessing a patient with bleeding.
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- Neurology
What does good seizure control mean? Often, clients’ goals do not align with our goals for dogs with chronic seizures. With the increased availability of novel anti-seizure medications, choosing the a ...
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This presentation will cover the use of adult stem cells (ASC) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in Veterinary Medicine. The course will provide attendees with a basic understanding of the science of uti ...
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- Emergency/Critical Care
Kirby’s rule of 20 is a checklist of twenty important parameters to monitor in patients at least daily. A checklist for monitoring patient’s is a helpful tool for clinicians to assess and monitor pati ... -
This 2-hour seminar will be an interactive overview of the low-level laser technology and its use in small animal medicine. A basic overview of the physics and understanding of light energy and its u ...
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Pancreatitis is a perennial problem in practice, yet one that is relatively rarely discussed in conferences and symposia. This is perhaps largely due to the fact that with the possible exception of medical diets there have been few innovations in managing or treating it. Fortunately, there has been a recent upsurge in the science and our collective understanding of this somewhat nebulous and misunderstood disease. This 2-part presentation will provide attendees with a fresh look at canine pancreatitis and what the current science tells us about it.
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- Neurology
Interpretation of the neurologic examination is critical to successful lesion localization and lesion localization is critical to developing a differential list, and diagnostic plan. You don’t need to ...
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With all of the new “toys” available, sometimes we lose sight of the fact that it isn't the toys but the pet that we should be focusing on. If we look at these new high tech resources as aids to help ...
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Your clients own more than just dogs and cats so you should be at least prepared to care for other types of animals in emergency situations. Being prepared ahead of time will make these situations less stressful for both you and the patient. A list of supplies for each category of exotic pet and things to think about as well as patient vital parameters and resources to have on hand will be provided in this presentation.
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Discussion of adrenal insufficiency and it's affects on our veterinary patients
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Whose side are you on, mice or kibble? And what do hybrid ferrets in the wild have to do with our pet ferrets? Discover why ferret hybrids may hold the key to learning what an ideal diet is for our pet ferrets. Gain knowledge on what ferrets need, what diseases may develop if these needs aren’t met, and what to recommend to your clients to feed their pets.
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We will learn the steps of performing a TFAST ultrasound exam, the normal anatomy, and abnormal findings. This will include a review of basic cardiac assessment and We will also cover basic ultrasound ...
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Discussion of insulin deficiency and its affects on our veterinary patients.
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This lecture will be a on overview of MMVD. We will talk about the staging system of heart disease/ heart failure and we will discuss the qualifiers for each. We will discuss what stage pimobendan is recommended to be instituted and what accompanying diagnostics are needed. We will learn how to make the measurements necessary from these diagnostics to make a determination on if the patient qualifies for pimobendan.
