The Positive Preventive Veterinary Experience Protocol approach combines environmental changes, pain-reduction techniques, sensory distraction, and positive reinforcement to make preventive visits less stressful for pets and their owners.
|Articles|October 11, 2021
This week on dvm360: ACVC kicks off, plus more veterinary news
Author(s)dvm360 Staff
A sneak peek of this week's headlines.
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The wait is finally over! After a 2-year pause, the Atlantic City Veterinary Conference (ACVC) is back and in person, offering a robust mix of industry research and insights to professionals. So while you're preparing to attend your next lecture, we're delivering the latest coverage right to your fingertips.
Here's what to expect this week on dvm360:
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- Denise S. Rollings, AAS, CVT, VTS (Dentistry), founder of Pet Dental Education, will give an overview of how veterinary technicians can recognize oral and dental abnormalities.
- The struggles that veterinary professionals face day-to-day are real. In order to help combat these issues, Matt McGlasson, DVM, CVPM, will inform ACVC attendees that happiness is possible in veterinary medicine, and how to get there.
- Patrica White, DVM, MS, DACVD, CPC, will help veterinary professionals reignite their love of veterinary medicine, explore what it means to be a heart-centered veterinarian, and more during her upcoming keynote address.
- Selecting the best virtual care service for your clinic can be difficult, especially when you begin experiencing information overload. To help, Crista Wallis, DVM, will share useful nuggets from key features to consider to the differences between All-in-One platforms and telemedicine platforms.
- And much more!
Stay tuned on dvm360.com for our most recent coverage of the veterinary industry.
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