Mark your calendars for Saskatchewan’s best CE opportunity of the year: the Delta Regina Hotel, Regina SK ________________________________________________________ Companion Animal Sessions: ▪ Internal medicine (visceral organ biopsies; intestinal anastomosis; Gastroplexy; splenectomy; surgical management of brachycephalic syndrome, canine cystic & urethral calculi; canine urethral surgery; anal sacculectomy) ▪ Emergency care (4 hours) ▪ Radiology and making ultrasound machines pay ▪ Opthalmology (glaucoma; cataract care) Large Animal Sessions: ▪ Planning for large scale disease outbreaks ▪ Equine nutrition ▪ Ruminant nutrition ▪ Field anesthesia (equine; bovine; unusual ruminant cases) ▪ Safety/efficacy of MLV vs killed vaccines in bovines ▪ Expert testimony in veterinary medicine; Mycotoxins ▪ Staging and sexing the bovine fetus; Abnormalities of uterus & ovaries in bovines ▪ 16+ hours of the most current CE for both LA and CA practitioners! Dr Howard Seim Dr Marie Holowaychuk Dr Greg Starrak Dr Lynn Sandmeyer Dr Leigh Rosengren Dr Nadia Cymbaluk Murray Feist Dr Nigel Caulkett Dr John Ellis Dr Barry Blakley Dr Jill Colloton  Stay posted for more details coming spring 2015.  January – March 2015 ________________________________________________________________ Compassion Fatigue Module 1: Healing Ourselves http://www.vin.com/ce/STAF138-0115_VSPN.htm Instructor(s): Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR Level and Prerequisites: This basic course geared for the entire veterinary health care team. VSPN CE Course: This course has been submitted for RACE approval for veterinarians and veterinary technicians. This course has been approved by the VHMA for CVPM credits. (VHMA course #10-15) The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is RACE Provider #22. Course Description: Chances are you entered the veterinary or animal healthcare world because of your love of animals. That has remained your passion, although now you may be experiencing emotional difficulty in the role of caregiver. You are not alone—every care giving profession can suffer from two similar but different conditions: burnout, and compassion fatigue. Yet even if you are feeling toasted around the edges, or your compassion has been stretched thin, you can learn how to diagnose your condition so that the proper treatment plan can be generated. This course will help you to identify why the job tends to get tougher by the year, by the month or week even, and what you can do to turn things around. Your love of animals led you to this career, but your love for yourself will carry you through. This course consists of four (4) Real Time Sessions of ninety (90) minutes each, supplemental library materials, interactive message board discussions, a mandatory end-of-course test, and may include online multiple choice quizzes (after each Real Time Session). Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion. *The lecture portion of this course will be an audio presentation, please be prepared to listen. *To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate. Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session. Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course. About the Instructors: Katherine Dobbs holds credentials as a RVT (Registered Veterinary Technician), CVPM (Certified Veterinary Practice Manager), and PHR (Professional in Human Resources). She has taught and lectured worldwide both in onsite and online venues. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext. 792 or email [email protected]. February 4 _________________________________________________________________________ Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2: Live Online Information & Demonstration Session Join us for a live Webinar! Date: February 4th, 2015 Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm CST Info & Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/390362175967657218 As a veterinarian, you know days can be long and patient documentation is never ending. By speech-enabling your practice, Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2 is the best solution for veterinarians looking for a way to run their practice more efficiently. Join us and see how you can optimize your patient documentation and workflow using medical speech recognition. We will show you how you can use your voice to increase the speed, accuracy and comprehensiveness of documentation as well as using commands and templates to improve your workflow. Medical speech recognition can also improve the effectiveness of your practice management software. Contact: Mark McIntyre (226)-315-1853 email: [email protected] for more information. February 6-8 ______________________________________________________________________ MVMA’s 2015 CenCan Conference www.mvma.ca/cencan Victoria Inn, Winnipeg MB The Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) and the Manitoba Animal Health Technologists Association (MAHTA) are once again joining forces to present three days of timely and relevant continuing education with some of the profession’s most dynamic speakers. Contact: Tracy Rees (204)832-1276 ext 3 or [email protected] or visit www.mvma.ca for further information. February 12 ________________________________________________________________________ Extractions Made Easy! Dental CE Evening with Dr. James Anthony BSc(Agr), DVM. MRCVS, FAVD, DAVDC, DEVDC, PAg.: Date: Location: Time: Admission: CE credit Contact: February 12th, 2015 Central Animal Hospital 103-106th St E, Saskatoon, SK 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm $400 per Veterinarian Please make cheques payable to Central Animal Hospital 3.5 CE hours Jessica Knittig, RVT (306) 374-5252 Limited seating available; seat confirmation made at time of payment. Come join us for a 3.5 hour hands-on laboratory on dental nerve blocks, periodontal flaps and extractions of various teeth in your feline and canine patient. Upon completion of the lab, participants will understand how to extract all dentition in both the feline and the canine patient. All necessary equipment will be provided. Please dress appropriately, as cadavers will be used during this time. For further information, please contact Jessica Knittig, RVT at Central Animal Hospital. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Pet Loss Support Group meets the first and third Sunday of every month at 2:00 pm at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave N, Saskatoon. Call (306) 343.5322 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 3 __________________________________________________________________________ The Social Side of Practice - Module 1: Compassion Fatigue with Debbie Stoewen DVM, MSW, RSW, PhD Saskatoon, WCVM The Social Side of Practice – The Social Side of Practice is a unique, fully-accredited veterinary continuing professional development program that is designed to help you and your team do what you do even better by providing insight, guidance and strategies on the non-medical aspects of practice so you can offer the very best to your patients, clients and each other. Module 1: Veterinary Wellness - This module consists of four sessions that provide knowledge and wellness tools for you and your team. With a focus on improving communication skills, preventing compassion fatigue, promoting compassion satisfaction and increasing awareness of mental health, this module can help you to better manage the challenges – and embrace the joys – of practice. The module includes four sessions: Facilitating Euthanasia Conversations, Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction and This Is Your Life. The sessions are offered in-person and via webinar. Please contact Dr Stoewen if you would like to provide any of the “Social Side” sessions at your clinic other event. https://www.petsplusus.com/pethealth/social-side-of-practice, call 1.800.700.3391 or email [email protected]. June 8 – 12, June 15 -19 ________________________________________________________________ The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is pleased to offer the following courses for veterinarians: th th Small Animal Surgery June 8-12 , 2015 and Small Animal Internal Medicine June 15-19 , 2015. st Please visit vet.ucalgary.ca or CONTED for further details and registration link (deadline April 1 , 2015). Contact [email protected] for further information or call 403-210-3961. FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BISON HEALTH June 24-26, 2015 Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon SK The organizing committee is pleased to announce the 1 st International Symposium on Bison Health. This symposium will focus specifically on health and disease issues impacting the commercial bison industry but will include important information on the health of public herds. We have put together a dynamic group of speakers and a program that we believe will offer veterinarians and students, animal scientists, government officials, bison producers, and anyone else interested in bison health issues, the opportunity to discuss, debate and learn about the current and emerging health issues facing the bison industry. Veterinary experts and scientists from across North America will give the benefit of their practice experience and present their latest research findings during the invited presentations. Topics may include:  Viral diseases (eg. BVD, MCF)  Bacterial diseases (eg. Brucellosis, TB, anthrax)  Mycoplasma bovis and respiratory disease  Reproduction technology  Nutrition, mineral programs  Preventative programs (parasite control, vaccines)  Therapeutics and rational treatment of bison disease The symposium program is designed to:  provide background history and context for modern bison farming and conservation  inform participants about selected bison health  issues and production management practices  feature the latest research findings in bison disease research  offer expert predictions on future bison health topics and directions for the bison industry. Registration Register early at www.bisonhealth.ca to guarantee your seat at this important event, and you’ll save $50! A discounted rate is available for students. Discounted registration fee available until May 15, 2015. Questions? Email [email protected]