Taste of the AAFP Annual Conference

NOW AVAILABLE

Hungry for some CE? Looking to snack on some feline educational sessions? Pull up a chair and feast on the “Taste of the AAFP Annual Conference,” a chef-curated sampling of five CE sessions available anytime you are feeling a little peckish. These on-demand sessions all focus on feline gastroenterology and nutrition.

For one low price, you will enjoy the following 5-course educational delight:

Learning Objectives

After attending this webinar, participants should be able to:

  • How to incorporate and expand hospice care and palliative care services in your practice.
  • To know how to choose quality-of-life assessment tools to help guide ethical decision making about the end of life and euthanasia.
  • Learn how best to utilize veterinary team members to support caregivers and their cat.
  • Know how to manage the common medical issues in this population including long-term pain and inappetence.

Speaker Bios

Sheilah Robertson, BVMS (Hons), CertVA, PhD, DACVAA, DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (AWSEL), FRCVS

After graduating from the University of Glasgow Dr Robertson undertook specialized training in anesthesia and pain management. She is board-certified in anesthesia and in animal welfare by the respective American and European Colleges. She holds a certificate in small animal acupuncture and shelter medicine. She is a certified Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Palliative and End-of-Life practitioner. She is the senior medical director of Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice, a large network of veterinarians dedicated to end-of-life care. Dr Robertson is also a courtesy Professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Adam Rudinsky

Approach to the Vomiting Cat: Causes, Treatment, & Management
Speaker: Adam Rudinsky, DVM, MS, DACVIM

Do all cats vomit? That is the common misconception amongst many caregivers, as well as some veterinarians. This session starts with a discussion of this topic, reviewing the scope of the problem and how prevalent vomiting is for cats. Following that, the speaker examines the more frequently overlooked causes of vomiting, how they are diagnosed, and how they are treated. This is a large world of differentials well beyond chronic inflammatory enteropathies and small cell lymphoma!

Adam Rudinsky

Approach to Diarrhea in Kittens
Speaker: Adam Rudinsky, DVM, MS, DACVIM

This session begins with a review of pediatric feline diarrhea management and major roadblocks in addressing this frustrating clinical scenario. The speaker prioritizes fundamental diagnostics and empirical treatments which can be utilized based on current literature and new findings from recent research. A special focus is made on the vast array of infectious diseases and associated diagnostics targeted in early life gastrointestinal disease.

Ashley Saffire

Nursing & Nutrition for the Critical Feline Patient Who Just Won’t Eat!
Speaker: Ashlie Saffire, DVM, DABVP (Feline)

Nutritional support for the critically ill is an important part of nursing hospitalized patients and prompt intervention is crucial to recovery. In this session, you will get a review of helpful nursing techniques for anorexic hospitalized patients. Improving the hospitalization environment to reduce stress, recognizing signs of pain and nausea, in addition to placement and use of enteral feeding tubes are discussed.

Ashley Saffire

Feline Constipation: Update on Acute & Chronic Treatment Modalities
Speaker: Ashlie Saffire, DVM, DABVP (Feline)

This session features a comprehensive discussion on acute and chronic management strategies for feline constipation. Techniques including the use of polyethylene glycol (PEG 3350) administered at a constant rate infusion via nasoesophageal tube in the acutely obstipated patient are shared. Additionally, you will learn how the use of fiber and diet therapy can help with chronic management and prevention.

Craig Webb

Feline Chronic Enteropathy

Speaker: Craig Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM

This discussion will focus on a few of the more rare and more recent entries into the recognized group of Feline Chronic Enteropathies, but most of the focus is on inflammatory bowel disease versus low-grade alimentary lymphoma. You will learn what we know about diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, as well as what we don’t know.

RACE Credits 

This program 20-947419 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 5.00 CE Credits (5.00 max) being available to any one veterinarian: and/or 5.00 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (5.00 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter categorie(s) of: Medical using the delivery method(s) of: Non-Interactive Distance. This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board’s CE requirements.