COURSE DESCRIPTION
Healing without the hurt
How do we know when our patients are in pain? Join Dr. Robertson, an internationally celebrated specialist in anesthesia and animal welfare, as we discuss validated tools for measuring pain consistently and create treatment plans to satisfy individual patient needs. We’ll also give some special attention to new feline analgesics that meet a variety of clinical needs, from safe NSAIDs to high compliance, easy-to-give opioids.
Included in IntroVet Academy Only
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Use fool-proof pain score assessments that are proven to improve quality of life
- Get digital with easy-to-share client education tools on their smartphones
- Match your drug combos to increasingly invasive procedures
- Time your medications for optimal effect
- Feline Focus - FDA-approved NSAIDs, easy-to-give opioids, and new peri-operative options to keep kitties comfortable
Upon viewing this recording and passing the quiz with a score of 70% or better, you’ll earn 2 hours of RACE Approved CE.
BENEFITS
Earn 2 hours RACE Approved CE*
Learn at your own pace! Registration includes unlimited access to course videos for 12 months
Instant access to course videos and notes immediately following registration
Instant delivery of your CE Certificate, upon successful completion of the entire course and passing quiz score (70% or better)
After course completion, your CE Certificate will be delivered straight to your inbox.
*This course is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 2 CE Credits, with a maximum of 2 CE Credits being available to any individual veterinarian or veterinary technician.
These RACE approvals are for the subject matter categories of: medical program, using the delivery method of anytime/on-demand. These approvals are valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board’s CE requirements. RACE course numbers: 20-1354213
IntroVet® is also an NYSED Approved Sponsor, for providing continuing education to veterinarians and veterinary technicians licensed in New York State.
Meow-ch!
Addressing Acute Pain in Cats and Dogs
Addressing Acute Pain in Cats and Dogs
Only Available For IntroVet Academy Members
On Demand
Included in IntroVet Academy
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Sheilah Robertson
BVMS (hons), PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (WSEL), MRCVS
Dr. Sheilah Robertson has been a faculty member at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Canada, the University of Florida, and Michigan State University. She spent two years as an assistant director in the Animal Welfare Division at the American Veterinary Medical Association. Her research interests include: assessment of pain in cats, dogs, and horses; the use of opioids in cats; and the development of anesthetic protocols for pediatric patients and large-scale spay-neuter clinics. She was a member of the Association of Shelter Veterinarian’s Task Force to Advance Spay-Neuter, the American Association or Feline Practitioners (AAFP) welfare committee, the Feline Nursing guidelines committee, and the Feline Anesthesia Guidelines Taskforce. In 2017, she became the Senior Medical Director for Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice, a network of over 100 veterinarians who specialize in end-of-life care and in-home euthanasia.
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