MULT105-0513: How to Help Your Local Shelter - Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters

This course has been cancelled.

INSTRUCTOR(S):
Lila Miller, DVM
Miranda Spindel, DVM, MS
Kathleen Makolinski, DVM
Stephanie Janeczko, DVM, MS, DABVP
Sandra Newbury, DVM

COURSE OPEN: May 22-July 6, 2013
REAL TIME SESSIONS (RTS): Wednesdays, May 29, June 5, 12, 19 and 26, 7:30-9:00 pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience in your CE course, we request you attend a Practice Session prior to the first Real Time Session. Please arrive promptly at the start time; each Practice Session is up to 1 hour in length. For more information, please visit the CE Practice Area.

*The instructors for this course will be using audio which will require you to have a headset or speakers to listen. If you have any concerns regarding your computer's audio capabilities, please be sure to attend one of the Practice Sessions.

Level and Prerequisites: This basic course will be open to veterinarians and veterinary technicians interested in playing a direct role in improving their community's animal shelter and/or shelter animal health and well being. The course is primarily aimed at those with minimal shelter experience but all interested are encouraged to enroll.
VIN CE Course: Open to veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary support staff. This course has been submitted for RACE approval for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

Course Description:
Shelter animal health and welfare will improve if more veterinarians and technicians are trained and comfortable providing constructive feedback to shelters that can be implemented regarding health care practices. There is currently only a small pool of qualified veterinarians called upon to perform these evaluations. Recently, the Association of Shelter Veterinarians published Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animals Shelters - a document intended for anyone wishing to help shelters meet the needs of and improve the lives of sheltered companion animals. It is anticipated that more shelters may want such assistance now that standards of care are defined. This course is intended to help veterinarians and technicians, who may not have an extensive background in shelter medicine but are interested in being of assistance in their communities, become more familiar with current best practice interventions.

This course consists of five (5) 1.5 hour Real Time Session, supplemental library materials, interactive message board discussions, a mandatory end-of-course test, and may include online multiple choice quizzes (after each Real Time Session). Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course.

Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to

• Access key recommendations within the ASV Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters.
• Understand the use of "must" "should" "ideally" and "unacceptable" in the Guidelines.
• Visit a local shelter and identify unacceptable practices.
• Visit a local shelter and identify practices that are meeting the recommendations in the ASV's Guidelines for Standards of Care.
• Know where to begin when called upon by a community shelter to assist.

Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.

Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.

Recommended Textbook(s): A list of recommended resources will be supplied in the course library.

About the Instructors:

• Dr. Lila Miller is editor of "Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff" and "The Management of Infectious Diseases in Shelters", a member of the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and National Board of Medical Examiners, serves as Adjunct faculty at Cornell and Pennsylvania Veterinary Schools, and lectures extensively at veterinary colleges and conferences nationally and internationally. She has previously taught courses on anti-cruelty and shelter medicine on the Veterinary Information Network. Dr. Miller received the 2008 AVMA Animal Welfare Award and the 2005 AAHA Hills Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award.
• Dr. Miranda Spindel initiated and completed the second shelter medicine residency in the world advised by Dr. Michael Lappin. She leads ASPCA shelter evaluations and teaches shelter medicine education programs, including at Colorado State University where she is an affiliate professor. Dr. Spindel is trained and active in shelter disaster response, and she is the shelter medicine consultant here on VIN.
• Dr. Stephanie Janeczko completed the first shelter medicine residency at Cornell University and is board certified in canine and feline practice by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. She is a board member and 2013 President of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and provides intense hands-on support and consultation on shelter medical programs in New York City. Dr. Janeczko lectures nationally at a variety of seminars and conferences for animal welfare and veterinary professionals and is an adjunct associate professor at LaGuardia Community College, teaching a course of animal sheltering and shelter medicine to veterinary technician students.
• Dr. Kathleen Makolinski manages the Veterinary Outreach grants program and heads ASPCA spay/neuter consultations. She is a co-founder of Feral Cat FOCUS and helped to implement a stationary spay/neuter clinic in western New York. She assists various spay/neuter programs implement high quality protocols, increase spay/neuter capacity, and best target animal populations for spay/neuter.
• Dr. Sandra Newbury serves as the Chair of the Shelter Standards Task Force of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians. Dr. Newbury joined the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the University of California, Davis in 2006 and also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Shelter Medicine in the Department of Pathobiology at the University Of Wisconsin School Of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Newbury's current position results from a partnership between UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and the ASPCA. She has published several studies, articles, and book chapters on infectious disease, immunology, and population medicine, especially as it relates to shelter animal well-being and travels throughout the year working with shelters around the world.

Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session May 29):
Instructor(s): Dr. Lila Miller
Content: Introduction to the Association of Shelter Veterinarian's Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters

Week 2 (Real Time Session June 5):
Instructor(s): Dr. Miranda Spindel
Content: How to Help - Shelter Assessing Based on the Guidelines

Week 3 (Real Time Session June 12):
Instructor(s): Dr. Kathleen Makolinski
Content: How to Help - Spay/Neuter Guidelines

Week 4 (Real Time Session June 19):
Instructor(s): Dr. Sandra Newbury
Content: How to Help - Population Management

Week 5 (Real Time Session June 26):
Instructor(s): Dr. Stephanie Janeczko
Content: How to Help - Physical and Mental Well-Being

CE CREDITS: 7.5

Tuition: Member $150 ($135 early bird special if enrolled by May 15, 2013)
Non-Member $240 ($216 early bird special if enrolled by May 15, 2013)

*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close when the maximum number of participants is reached or at 5pm ET the day of the first Real Time Session unless otherwise noted. If the first Real Time Session is on a weekend, course enrollment will close on the Friday before the first Real Time Session.

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