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Pet Animal - Anesthesia & Pain Management

with Gabriela Escalante

• Brachycephalic Anesthesia
• Anesthetic Considerations for Endocrinopathies
• Anesthesia for Pediatrics & Geriatrics
• Locoregional Techniques for GP & ER Practice
• Anesthetic Inductions
• The Veterinarian's Guide to Successful Anesthesia

Technician - Anesthesia

with Lechon Camp

• Common Causes of Anesthetic Complications
• General Principles and Challenges in Exotic Anesthesia
• Avian Tracheal Resection and Anastomosis
• Exotic Anesthesia: Small Mammal Case Reviews
• Anesthetic Concerns with Abnormal Pre-Anesthesia Diagnostic Results
• It's Not Brain Surgery...Except When It Is: Frontal Lobe Meningioma, a Case Review

Medications & Psychopharmacology

with Shana Gilbert-Gregory

• Advanced psychopharmacology
• Beyond gabapentin, trazadone, and PVPs for feline and canine
• Practicing hospital behavioral medicine for feline and canine

General Behavior

with Katherine Pankratz

• Feline nutrition that impacts behavior
• COVID’s impact on dog behavior
• Behavioral euthanasia
• Physical medical condition’s interplay with behavior
• How to approach behavior cases in general practice (canine and feline)

Exotic/Food Animal Behavior

with Lara Joseph

• Avian behavior
• Cross-species veterinary outcomes
• Swine behavior
• Sensory-impaired patients
• Exotics

Behavior in E.R. Settings

with Shana Gilbert-Gregory, Emily Volk, & Jessica Kinsey

• Emergency & critical care
• Surgery
• Hospital integration of behavior panel

General Behavior

with Heather Leudecke & Shany Gilbert-Gregory

• Best puppy class
• Alternative sedation for feline and canine

Feline Behavior

with Ingrid Johnson

• Feline Foraging Toys: How to Implement, Motivate, & Stage the Difficulty Level
• Environmental Necessities for Indoor Cats: Maximizing Your Home to Better Meet Your Cat’s Needs
• Feline Introductions: Setting Cats Up for Success
• Litter Boxes: Get the Scoop!: Changing Human Perceptions About Litter Boxes
• Medicating Tricks and Tips: How to Medicate Cats Positively!
• Medical Issues that Present as "Behavior Problems": Recognition & Management

Technician-Focused Behavior

with Tabitha Kucera

• Not Just a Vet Tech
• Stress Free Starts Here
• Reducing Fear & Stress
• Purrfect Medications
• It Doesn't Have to Hurt
• From Mess to Success

Pet Animal - Dentistry

with Kristin Scott

• Topics TBA

Technician - Dentistry

with Jill Bates

• Topics TBA

Lab 1: Extractions

with Kristin Scott

• TBA

Lab 2: Charting, nerve blocks, radiographs

with Jill Bates

• TBA

Pet Animal - Dermatology

with Stephanie Bruner

• Dermatopathies that Mimic Allergies
• To Feed or Not to Feed: Questions Surrounding Food Allergies
• The Perks and Pitfalls of Dermatology Patient Management: Things We All Mess Up and How We Can Do Better
• Immune-Mediated Dermatoses in Dogs: New Things to Think About and New Ways to Treat Them
• Inside Out: Dermatopathies as Manifestations of Internal Disease
• Updates in the Management of Allergic Dermatitis: New Drugs, New Dilemmas

Pet Animal - Emergency & Critical Care

with Kelsey Turley & Paula Simons

• Approach to Respiratory Emergencies
• Recommendations in Fluid Therapy
• Fluid Therapy Case Examples
• TBA
• TBA
• TBA

Technician - Emergency & Critical Care

with Damion Asselin & Amber Hart

• I'm Not Very Good at This: Learning to Read ECGs With Confidence
• After the Crash: Managing the Trauma Patient
• Stay Out of My DMs: Recognizing Diabetic Emergencies
• Five O'Clock Shadow: End of Day Emergencies
• Pain, the Other Vital: Measuring, Monitoring, and Maintaining Analgesia
• Finding Your Center on Central Lines

Nicholas Jew & Barbara Olgesbee

• Topics TBA

Pedro Rivera

• Performance problems: Is it pain or something else?
• Identifying the Longitudinal Level of the Lesion: It is all about neuroanatomy
• Strength, Stability, and Motion: The Trifecta Required for Flawless Performance
• Temporomandibular Joint: Small Joint Packing a BIG Neurological Punch
• Manual Therapies: Why They Matter for Your Practice
• Basics of VSMT or Animal Chiropractic

Homeopathy

with Laura Weis

• TBA

Track 3:

with Susan Recker

• Topics TBA

Pet Animal - Internal Medicine

with Joseph Bruner

• Topics TBA

Equine Neurology & Ophthalmology

with Amy Johnson & Amanda Davis

• Neuro TBA
• Ocular Inflammatory Conditions of the Equine Cornea and Uveal Tract
• Equine Corneal Disease: Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment Approaches
• Equine Ophthalmic Examination Techniques and Standing Surgeries in the Field

Small Ruminants

with Dusty Nagy

• Small Ruminant Case Studies
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Periparturient Diseases in Small Ruminants
• Getting the Most out of Your CBC and Chemistry Profile
• Maximizing the Diagnostic Utility of Your Physical Examination
• Neurologic Case Studies
• Farm Friendly Neurologic Examination

Equine Internal medicine & epidemiology

with Nicola Pusterla & Richard Marconi

• Foul smelling nasal discharge – A systematic diagnostic approach
• How to Interpret Antibody Levels to Vaccine Antigens
• Implementing Effective Biosecurity Protocols in Equine Practice
• From snot to sniffle - Modern challenges in equine upper respiratory diseases
• Protozoal myelo-w-h-at? Updates you must know, especially if you don't know how to spell it
• Equine Lyme disease

Equine Sports medicine & radiology

with Lindsey Deacon

• Tips and tricks for the lameness examination
• Tips and tricks for obtaining various diagnostic radiographs
• Evaluation of the pelvis – clinical examination and imaging
• Lameness-related ultrasound
• Cardiac examination and clinical decision making
• Intro to echocardiography

Aquaculture

with Nora Hickey

• Conservation and Aquaculture in the Great Lakes Region
• Diseases of Concern in Great Lakes Fishes
• Inspection Procedures for Interstate Fish Movements
• Veterinary Feed Directives and Prescriptions for Fish

Food Animal 1

with Andrew Bowman, Andreia Arruda, & Ben Blair

• Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (2 hours)
• AI & technology in practice
• Topics TBA (3 hours)

Food Animal 2

with Dennis Summers, Melanie Prarat, Jenna Bayne, & Leah Dorman

• ODA Diagnostic Lab
• Nutrition
• Protect OHIO panel discussion
• Choosing and leaving large animal practice panel discussion
• Lameness in cattle (2 hours)

Food Animal 3

with Leah Dorman & Jenna Bayne

• Utilizing technicians in rural practice panel (2 hours)
• Diagnostic approach to acute abdomen and vagal indigestions in cattle (2 hours)
• Pneumonia in suckling beef calves / light weight calves
• Neurology in ruminants

Small Ruminants

with Ben Wenner, Tim McDermott, Michelle Carmen, Brady Campbell & Emily Nogay

• What to do when the small ruminant is blocked
• What to do when you thought the goat was blocked and it isn't
• OSU small ruminant research update and state of the industry in Ohio
• Practical Small Ruminant Parasitology - What test should I run?
• Tick Magnets: Big problems for small (and large) ruminants
• Nutrition

Pet Animal - Neurology

with Ryan Gibson

• Topics TBA

Technician - Nutrition

with Kara Burns

• Role of Nutrition in Managing Chronic Enteropathy in Dogs and Cats
• Nutritional Management of Pancreatitis (Cats and Dogs)
• Vet Tech Nutrition Consults: Helping Clients with Diet Choices
• Busting Nutritional Myths
• Nutrition for Healthy Aging in Cats (and comorbidities)
• Feeding Parvo

Pet Animal - Pathogens & Pathology

with Samantha Evans

• Feline Infectious Peritonitis: Diagnostic Tools & Antiviral Therapy
• How to Diagnose Feline Retroviral Disease in 2027
• When to Trust your In-house Hematology Analyzer
• Fluid Analysis and Cytology: Utility in Practice
• Identifying Infectious Agents on a Blood Smear and Aspirate Cytology

Pet Animal - Oncology

with Erin Malone

• Histopathology hacks: how to get the most from your biopsy report
• What's new in cancer diagnostics: tools to help you help your patients
• Exploring the latest advances in veterinary oncology
• The sneaky slowpoke: diagnosing and managing indolent lymphomas
• The rear view: diagnosis and management of canine perianal and anal sac tumors
• Mast cell mayhem: a practical guide to canine mast cell tumors

Pet Animal - Ophthalmology

with Parker Wilcox

• Topics TBA

Finance

with Camala Bailey

• A Financial Guide to Practice Ownership
• How to Read Between the Lines of your Financial Statements
• Creating and Using a Budget in Your Practice
• A Guide to Managing Practice Expenses
• Year-Round Cash and Tax Strategies for Practice Owners
• Preparing for a Successful Sale from a CPA's Perspective

Marketing

with Kim Garling

• Topics TBA

Regulatory

• Telemedicine
• Pharmacy board
• OSHA
• Liability
• Compounding (2 hours)

Legal

with Sarah Babcock

• Topics TBA

Team Building

with Andrea Crabtree

• Coaching, Reviews & Feedback
• Streamlining Success: Boosting Efficiency in Veterinary Practice
• Culture Shock: Leadership Teams that Change the Game
• Building a Thriving Team: The HR Blueprint for Employee Success
• Put Me In, Coach! Building a Winning Leadership Team
• The Best Medicine for Turnover: A Mentorship Prescription for Retention

Pricing and Compensation Strategy

with Wendy Hauser

• Understanding and Communicating the Price of Care
• Building a Preventive Care Culture: Leadership Strategies That Drive Team Engagement and Client Action
• Managing Uncertainty: Four Ways to Optimize Practice Success
• Leveraging Leadership: How Leaders Can Create Confident, Empowered Teams
• What Motivates You?
• Reconnecting the Pieces: How to Engage Disconnected Teams

Track 1: Kathryn Reif & OSU Students

• Ticks (3 hours)
• Student presentation TBA (3 hours)

Track 2: Government & Regulatory

• Updates from ODA, USDA, FDA, U.S. Airforce (3 hours)
• Pathology case studies
• Stories from the trenches
• Lab animal topic TBA

Track 3: Vanessa Hale, Peggy Metzger, Christy King, & Richard Marconi

• CPH
• Zoonotics
• Lyme disease & ticks (3 hours)

Technician - Radiology

with Ashley Showalter-Bourgeois

• Topics TBA

Client/Team Communications (half track)

with Jessica Dolce

• Finding Our Way Forward in Challenging Work
• What's Your Stress Signature? Recognizing Changes in Real Time
• Practicing Compassionate Badassery: Self-Care and We-Care Strategies

Medical Management

with Catherine Dzienisiewski and Chumkee Aziz

• Managing tox emergencies on a budget
• Common intoxications and treatment recommendations
• Human medications/illicit drug intoxications
• ASV Shelter animal vaccination guidelines
• ASV Community animal vaccination guidelines
• CIRDC management when multiple pathogens are involved

Humane Agent Training

• Melissa Simmerman & Kathryn Campitelli - Dog breeding
• Dennis Summers & Jacquelyn Keller-Potvin - livestock standards
• DanaMarie Pannella - Legal considerations for livestock & canines
• Melissa Simmerman – Dangerous wild animals
• Topic/Speaker TBA

Behavior Assessments

• DanaMarie Pannella - Avery's Law
• Aditi Czarnomski - Behavior & Assessments (4 hours)

Client/Team Communications (half track)

with Rachel Finney

• How to work in a passion-driven environment, with compassionate people
• Having difficult conversations, giving feedback, handling drama at work
• Delivering exceptional customer service/care in a world of complex situations and emotional, challenging clients

Pet Animal - Surgery

with Kristin Coleman

• Topics TBA

Wellbeing

with Sonja Olson

• Access to Care in Veterinary Medicine: Current Understanding and Building Moral Resiliency in Veterinary Teams
• Sustainable Professional Satisfaction Using Job Crafting to Avoid "Bore Out"
• The Power of Collective Intelligence: Strengthening Veterinary Wellbeing Through Community, Capacity, and Culture
• The Culture Cure: Building Trust, Psychological Safety, and a Workplace That Retains Talent
• Navigating Healthy Boundaries: Supporting Resiliency and an Integrated Life
• Stress Less! Creating Empowering Strategies to Navigate Stressful Moments