Today’s Featured ACVC sessions: 10/13

The Veterinary Well-being Choice: Prioritize, Cultivate, and Maintain

• SPEAKER: Quincy Hawley, DVM; and Renee Machel
• TIME: 8:00 AM
• ROOM: Keynote

Reshape the culture within your practice and reignite your passion. In this talk, we address the core underlying issues that lead to poor well-being, and we provide well-being strategies and principles that will stand the test of time. Attendees will be given practical, useful, and effective tools and strategies to help them create an ideal veterinary experience, regardless of circumstances, conditions, and home/work events. By the end of the session, attendees will feel confident in their ability to prioritize themselves while caring for patients and serving clients.

The Acute Abdomen

• SPEAKER: Erik Zager, DVM, DACVECC
• TIME: 9:15 AM
• ROOM: Room 5

This session will provide an overview of the emergency department approach to patients with acute abdominal pain combined with gastrointestinal signs, such as vomiting and diarrhea. The discussion also will include diagnostics to determine the cause as well as initial medical stabilization.

Breaking Up With Breaking Down — A Review of IMHA

• SPEAKER: Marlaina Hrosch, RVT, VTS (ECC)
• TIME: 9:15 AM
• ROOM: Room 10

This lecture will review immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA). You will learn the ins and outs of IMHA, including pathophysiology, symptoms, and treatment options.

Veterinary Therapeutic Radiation: A Multisite and Multimodal Approach

• SPEAKER: Richard A. Chetney Jr, DVM, DACVR-RO
• TIME: 3:45 PM
• ROOM: Room 1

Learn about the multisite network of PetCure Oncology. Included will be brief descriptions of the referral process, multimodal cancer treatment options, and the potential for treating multiple sites within the same patient with therapeutic radiation.

How to Be a Customer Service Rock Star Using Virtual Care Services

• SPEAKER: Crista Wallis, DVM
• TIME: 3:45 PM
• ROOM: Room 7

In this course, you will explore how to increase the customer service experience using virtual care platforms. This course explores the use of videos, pictures, and pet education tools in the context of telemedicine and teletriage.