Creative collaboration care through nutrition conversations
Join us for four webinars featuring veterinary experts from a variety of specialties as they share their different perspectives on case management and discuss how they integrate nutrition conversations into their everyday practice. There also will be plenty of time available for the specialists to answer your questions. Share this invitation with your team. All members of the veterinary health care team will discover valuable insights that they can apply immediately. Veterinarians and technicians who attend each live 1-hour event can earn 1 hour of CE credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. Use the links below to register. Can’t join the live event? Register anyway to watch on demand after the original air date.
28 April - 22 September 2022
4 x 1 hour webinars
Online
Dietary elimination trials
Tips for successful conversations that facilitate compliance
Time and date: 5am, 29 April 2022 (available on demand after this date)
Learning objectives
Following the discussion, attendees should have a greater understanding of:
- Which patients may benefit most from undergoing a diet elimination trial and what questions to ask clients.
- The importance of dietary elimination trials for canine patients with gastrointestinal and/or skin conditions.
- Appropriate diet selection for and length of elimination trials.
- Interpretation of dietary trial results and sequential next steps based on patient response to trials.
- Practical communication tips for increasing owner compliance with dietary trials.
To register: https://bit.ly/356GfCE.
Senior pet cognition
Tips on managing cases and the role of nutrition
Time and date: 5am, 27 May 2022 (available on demand after this date)
Following the discussion, attendees should have a greater understanding of:
- The pathologic processes driving age-related cognitive impairment and the important clinical differences between age-associated cognitive impairment and cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS).
- Recognition of clinical signs of cognitive dysfunction and the proper use of screening tools.
- Science-based cognitive therapies to improve quality of life and cognitive function in geriatric dogs.
- Systemic diseases and pain which can complicate the diagnosis and treatment of CDS.
- The role of fear, anxiety and stress in the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of CDS.
To register: https://bit.ly/3D2gTSS
Addressing client questions and concerns
Tips for guiding clients to credible information on pet food
Time and date: 5am, 15 July 2022 (available on demand after this date)
Learning objectives
Following the discussion, attendees should have a greater understanding of:
- Guiding clients to credible, reputable sources of pet nutrition and pet food information to improve their knowledge and decision-making.
- Having constructive conversations to drive informed decisions on diet selection based on a pet’s nutritional needs.
- Counteracting nutritional misinformation in a nonconfrontational manner to educate clients and preserve the veterinarian-client relationship.
To register: https://bit.ly/3L270r5
Life state nutrition
Tips on when and how to engage clients in nutrition conversations
Time and date: 5am, 23 September 2022 (available on demand after this date)
Following the discussion, attendees should have a greater understanding of:
- How pets’ nutritional needs are impacted by growth, neutering, obesity and aging.
- The optimal timing for conversations about different life stages and their impacts on pets’ nutritional needs.
- How to initiate productive conversations about pet life stage nutrition.
To register: https://bit.ly/36Ds6Nn