Flex Forecast: June 2023

Continuing education opportunities can be found on our online
dvm360 Flex™ platform. And, along with our CE content, we have multiple non-CE programs on the horizon, including podcast episodes with
some familiar faces.

On-Demand webinars

Up Your Dermatology Diagnostic Game With Artificial Intelligence

• Specialty: Dermatology
• Speakers: Cory D. Penn, DVM; Kristin Owens, DVM, DACVP (Clinical Pathology); and Shannon B. Sura, DVM, MBA
• Sponsor: Zoetis
• Race-approved: 1.00 CE Credit Hour

Dermatologic cases, including skin and ear disease, make up a significant portion of a small animal veterinarian’s daily caseload. This session will explore an innovative way to obtain efficient cytology results for your everyday dermatology cases with the use of Vetscan Imagyst. Learn how deep learning artificial intelligence can alleviate challenges surrounding workflow and the time it takes to read samples while providing practitioners confidence in the accuracy of results for skin impression smears, along with ear and skin swab cytologic smears.

To view this webinar, go here.

A Practical Guide to Managing Osteoarthritis: Making Sense of Current Therapies

• Specialty: General Practitioner/Pain Management
• Speakers: Bryan T. Torres, DVM, PhD, DACVS (Small Animal), DACVSMR; and Catherine Ruggiero, MS, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
• Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health & Hill's Pet Nutrition
• Race-approved: 1.00 CE Credit Hour

This session will explore the importance of osteoarthritis management in veterinary patients. This session will also discuss the evidence for the use of current therapies to treat pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis with a focus on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and therapeutic nutrition. Attendees will learn protocols for OA management that can be instituted in everyday practice.

To view this webinar, go here.

EPI—Not Just a Zebra

• Specialty: Internal Medicine
• Speakers: Anthony P. Carr, DVM, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine)
• Sponsor: Blue Buffalo
• Race-approved: 1.00 CE Credit Hour

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is a disease seen both in dogs and cats, though the presentation is quite different. In dogs it is generally a disease of the young, whereas in cats it is usually seen in older cats. The varied clinical signs (classic diarrhea in dogs, in cats more likely weight loss without diarrhea) will be addressed. This lecture will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of EPI both in cats and dogs. If you are looking for it you will find a lot more cases than you think. You have to be aware of it as a differential as it will often not be as straightforward a diagnosis as we were taught in veterinary school. Culture Plate System (UTid+) and Conventional Urine Culture for Canine and Feline Specimens” will also be included.

To view this webinar, go here.

Lean On Me...Because You Are Busy! Leveraging and Utilizing Your Technicians for Efficient Dermatologic Workups

• Specialty: Dermatology
• Speakers: Joya Griffin, DVM, DACVD
• Sponsor: Vetoquinol
• Race-approved: 1.00 CE Credit Hour

Dermatologic cases often require a lot of hospital time. Learn how to effectively utilize your technicians while handling complex skin cases.

To view this webinar, go here.

Podcast CE

Each CE podcast is worth 0.25 CE credits. Head to the dvm360 Flex website, and login, or create an account to redeem your free CE after listening to
the episode.

There’s a Mushroom for That!

• Specialty: Integrative Medicine
• Speaker: Robert J. Silver, DVM, MS

This podcast will discuss the clinical use of mushrooms in veterinary species for cancer (Trametes versicolororCoriolus versicolor), Ganoderma lucidum, Grifola frondosa, Lentinus edodes, andInonotus obliquus mushrooms); vaccine titer immune competence (Pleurotus ostreatus); support for patients with chronic kidney disease (Cordyceps mushroom); canine cognitive disorder (Hericium erinaceus), and microbiome support (all mushrooms).

To listen to this podcast, go here.

Why Tapeworms Matter

• Specialty: Parasitology
• Speaker: Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology)

In this podcast, we discuss the importance of tapeworm infections to pets and pet parents, including the disconnect between how our profession traditionally views tapeworms and the way many clients feel about them. New strategies to identify and control tapeworm infections in pets are
also described.

To listen to this podcast, go here.