Veterinary Technician and Support Staff Program Including Scientific Sessions, Practice Management Sessions and Wet-Lab Information

21 CE Total Hours

September 24th - 25th, 2010

Groton, Connecticut

 

This year’s Annual Symposium program is being expanded in many ways, including the addition of a specific program designed for veterinary technicians, assistants and practice managers.  The Veterinary Technician and Support Staff Program includes an exceptionally well-rounded group of speakers including both credentialed veterinary technicians and veterinarians discussing a wide range of topics over a full day and a half of lectures.  This will then be followed by an exciting wet-lab opportunity for veterinary technicians and assistants to increase their skill levels in a unique hands-on experience provided at the Mystic Valley Hunt Club.  This program is being offered in conjunction with the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians and Assistants (AAEVT), a new educational partner of the NEAEP. Technicians may attend the Thursday, September 23rd DVM Scientific sessions for an additional 7 advanced CE hours.

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Speakers & Topics

Speakers & Topics

 

Tom Divers, DVM, Dip. ACVIM, Dip. ACVECC

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Practical Use of Clinical pathology Testing in Equine Practice

This presentation will discuss bench top or hand held laboratory testing that can be used in equine practice. How to use the testing to improve patient management will be emphasized.

 

 

Harold C. Schott II, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACVIM

 

Fluid therapy tricks in a challenging economy

Dehydrated horses need fluid therapy support BUT do they all need intravenous fluids?  Administration of water and salts with a stomach tube can be highly effective, and economical, in horses with impaction colic and enterocolitis.  Further, administration of oral electrolytes is a useful tool to limit the amount (and cost) of intravenous fluid therapy administered to many horses. This talk will review the pros and cons of parental fluid therapy and provide you (and your boss) with tools that may both improve patient care and decrease the cost of providing optimal fluid therapy to equine patients in your practice.  

 

Michelle LeBlanc, DVM, Dip. ACT

 

Endometritis – Signs, Symptoms and Treatment

Identifying typical signs of uterine inflammation or infection will be of great assistance to your veterinarian as you can prepare the needed equipment quickly.  A synopsis of why and how inflammation occurs and how it proceeds to bacteria endometritis will be given followed by case workups.

 

 

Juan Samper, DVM, Dip. ACT

 

Semen Handling

Although sperm cells are very fragile they can also tolerate gradual and severe changes. This lecture will focus and appropriate handling techniques to prevent sperm damage.

 

 

 

Wendy Vaala, VMD, ACVIM

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Foal Care

The Foal faces many challenges as it enters the world: discussion on what to look for in the first few hours, how to be best prepared, and an overview of diseases and medical challenges of the new born and through its first year.

 

 

Kit Miller, DVM

 

The Technician’s Role in a Sport Horse Practice 

The Technician can assist the practitioner in many ways in a Sport Horse practice from being familiar with the various procedures, the equipment, the routine, clients and their horses, tracking charges and being a true administrative assistant as well as being a technician.

 

 

John J. Dascanio, VMD, Diplomate ACT & ABVP, equine 

 

Dystocia - What to look for - A Technician's Role

We will discuss the stages of parturition; key points to knowing if the delivery is normal; how to prepare the mare for veterinary manipulation; which equipment is need to correct dystocias; terminology associated with abnormal fetal presentation, posture and position; and how to recognize abnormalities not directly related to the foal.  In addition, we will also discuss a normal mare foaling video.

 

Sarah Dusavage, LVT

Complication in Equine Anesthesia

Monitoring and administering anesthesia to the equine patient can be challenging. Discussion on the parameters to be familiar with, the signs and symptoms of when things are starting to go wrong, and what to do to counter those affects.

 

Inventory Management & Utilizing Your Software

This presentation is about how to more effectively utilize practice management software to manage and control inventory in an equine practice, which is a significant cost in all practices. Specific areas to be covered include budgeting, determining reorder points, inventory in multiple locations, tracking controlled and expiring drugs, and transferring inventory within a practice.

   

Katie Soobrian, RVT

Managing for Success in an Equine Practice

Overview of a career path from How RVTs help a practice succeeds - their varying roles: taking the extra step to make each vist or experience memorable whether in the field or from the office. How a technician can bring added value to the practice through their experience - keeping inventory and accounts receivable in check. Discussion on the value and importance of Customer service, and keeping and developing loyal clients. 

 

Mark Baus, DVM

 

How to Expand Your Job Description

Presentation will cover ideas from a practitioner and practice owner perspective on how a technician or assistant can enhance their career rather than just developing a job, how they can make themselves indispensable to their employer through expanding their responsibilities and how embracing the role of an administrative assistant can become a valuable opportunity in addition to your role as a veterinary technician  or assistant.

 

Wet-Lab Program & Speakers

 

Jamie DeFazio, CVT

Intravenous Catheter Wet Lab

 

This lab will review the various types of intravenous catheters used in the equine patient, as well as different techniques and locations for placement. Over-the-needle, over-the-wire, and peel away catheters will be demonstrated. There will be a chance for participants to become familiar with the various catheters using a model vein. The different locations discussed will be jugular, cephalic, and the lateral thoracic.

 

Joni Watkins, LVT

Equine Radiographic  

This lab will review the use of the X-ray machine and proper positioning of the horse and the plate to achieve a diagnostic image.

 

 

Scott Giebler

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Equine Ultrasound  

This lab will cover the basics of an ultrasound exam, the probes, the machine and how to assist in achieving diagnostic images.