Improved Format for the CE Main Page
The VIN CE Main page has a different look and feel, but all the familiar stuff is still here. The simplified layout makes it easier and faster to peruse the current and upcoming course offerings on VIN and VSPN all on one handy page! With the improved design, you can easily see your MyCE console where you can keep track of your current and past CE courses. There are also quick links to resources that can make your CE experience more enjoyable. Please take a moment and look around and let us know what you think. If you have any suggestions or comments, your feedback is always appreciated!
Get Your Patients Out of "Time Out"
Is your client troubled by a kitty that pees on her bed? How about a dog that won’t allow you to look him in the eye? Or a cat that attacks his housemate whenever he sees another cat outside the window? Information on all of these problems now resides in the new Behavior Specialty Center. Learn about therapeutics, behavioral modification, common behavioral issues and helpful websites. You'll also find links to books on VIN, Associate chapters, related journals and proceedings, helpful websites, and client handouts. -----------------------------------------------
Mentorship: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
A diary of one new grad's experiences -- Sometimes you can do all the right things looking for your first position and it still doesn't turn out as planned. But with a little help from friends, it will usually turn out OK.
Use the VIN Calculators with your mobile device on Beta.vin.com!
The VIN Wizards have been testing many of the VIN calculators extensively on iPad and iPhone and they're now available for mobile device users to try. These mobile versions allow you to use calculator functions on mobile devices that don’t support Adobe Flash. The VIN geeks will continue tweaking them to make them more user friendly and we'd love your feedback. Access the calculators and other VIN tools optimized for mobile devices at https://www.vin.com/mobile. Keep an eye on this section of VIN This Week to find out what new toys you can help perfect on Beta.vin.com.
NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss;
News reported for YOU...
Evolving articles
* Sniffing out zoonoses source
* Income-Based Repayment: Loan relief program examined Be a VIN newshound:
VNS is here to give YOU a voice and report news that is important to YOU. Got an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering? Post it on the boards or email News@vin.com. The VIN News Service (without access to the community discussions) is available to the general public. Share news.vin.com with nonVINners. You can follow VNS on Twitter! Send a Twitter request to receive VNS Tweets.
New and Revised
Share these with your clients!
Texas Farm Radio
A survey of owner attitudes and experiences in managing diabetic dogs
In most cases, the clinical condition of the dogs had improved following treatment and owners were largely satisfied with veterinary intervention. Injection of neutral protamine hagedorm twice daily was the most commonly prescribed treatment and respondents found this procedure easy to perform, although it did pose some difficulties when the owners were away from their animals.
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and spondylosis deformans in purebred dogs: A retrospective radiographic study
A retrospective radiographic study was performed to investigate the prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and spondylosis deformans (spondylosis) in 2041 purebred dogs and to determine association with age, gender, and breed.
Pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous fentanyl in Greyhounds
Pain occurred on injection in all six dogs, but addition of 8.4% sodium bicarbonate (1mL per 20mL fentanyl) resulted in no pain on injection in 3/3 dogs but similar mean peak concentration values. The subcutaneous route may be an alternative route of fentanyl administration if intravenous administration is not practical.
Prophylactic use of fenbendazole for encephalitozoonosis; detailed overview of E. Cuniculi infections and prevalence in rabbits
We are currently recommending treating all new rabbits with Panacur to rule out E. cuniculi. However, when discussing with a client recently she asked about the potential for reinfection from wild rabbits - is this a problem and would you recommend treating pet rabbits more frequently if there is a high potential for exposure to wild rabbit urine?
Pros and cons of hiring male technicians
For the first time, I'm considering hiring a male technician who's applied for the job. I suppose the point of this post for me, then, is to ask what experiences other women vets in particular have had with male techs? I feel like I need to mix it up a little around here, and that the change in diversity would be beneficial.
How do you handle walk-in clients? Do you charge additional fees for emergencies/walk-ins?
Often we get people who walk in with no appointment or want to be seen because of an "emergency." We charge 25 dollars extra to be seen if there is no scheduled appointment available. The clients always complain even when I explain we are fitting them in and taking time away from other clients and often making my staff stay late.
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, January 3, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, January 4, 2:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Stop by and catch up with some fellow VINners!
How to Use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, January 4, 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, January 5, 2:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use the most popular VIN features.
Email Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.
VIN Journal Club
Thursday, January 5, 12:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, January 5, 5:30 p.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Stijn Niessen, DVM, PhD, MRCVS, DECVIM to discuss an endocrinology paper.
Alt N, Kley S, Haessig M, Reusch CE. Day-to-day variability of blood glucose concentration curves generated at home in cats with diabetes mellitus.
J Am Vet Med Assoc 2007;230(7):1011-7.
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, January 8, 10 p.m. ET
(Monday, January 9, 3 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Jennifer Fiala for VIN News Service: Top Stories of 2011. Full Rounds Schedule and Countdown Clock
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions
Want to See What You've Been Missing?
Now Hear This!
Too busy to read past Rounds sessions? Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen on the go. Rounds available as VINCasts are marked with an @. If you've reserved time for some quiet reading, click the Rounds button on the VIN Main Navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds. You can also browse the complete list of the last 300 Rounds transcripts or you can click on Rounds and Discussions in the VIN Library. Rounds are also searchable via the search button. Just remember to choose Rounds (under the Clinical Resources tab) as the "Source" in your search parameters.
Post a Medical Video
Want your VIN colleagues to take a peek at a case for you? Email your video to Videos@vin.com and the VIN multimedia team will compress and convert it to a format your fellow VINners can easily view on the message boards. Read the FAQ for detailed instructions.
Got Staff?
The Veterinary Support Personnel Network (VSPN) was created specifically for your technicians, practice managers and other staff members to have access to their own message boards, chats and CE. We are also actively working on a VSPN-plus that will enable you, valued nonDVM staff and all VINners at your hospital, to act more collaboratively with VIN and VSPN tools. Have your staff go to www.vspn.org to register! It's free!
 Book Review of the Week
Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology, 1st Edition
Buy this book at the VIN Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!
Website of the Week
New Year's Healthy Resolutions
Popular New Year's Resolutions
eVetSites Tip of the Week
Preventing Font Issues
What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Zoonoses Case 110 - Opened 12/12
Pathology Case 84 - Opened 12/12
Dental 86 - Open 12/24
Associate - Updated and New:
Chronic gastritis (canine)
Explore the rest of Associate!
Upcoming Conferences
Looking to attend or contribute a paper to a veterinary conference? Check out the On the Road with VIN folder, or the Press Releases folder, to see what conferences are coming up and to visit their websites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: NAVC.
Open mouth insert foot
A friend from MO sent me a ham for Christmas. I don't eat meat - she forgot. I gave it to a kennel girl. I sent a thank you note to my friend. The next day kennel girl says," You know, that wasn't a ham in there - it was a box of chocolates in a ham box." I'm telling another friend from MO about this, and she says, "My husband and I sent you a box of chocolates in a ham box, did you get them yet?'" So I thanked the wrong friend for a ham she didn't send and joked about giving away the ham box to the one who did send me the gift.
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE.
Abridged Dental Techniques 1
January 30 - March 8, 2012 This course in Veterinary Dental Techniques is designed to allow discussions of current techniques used in veterinary dentistry. The course will start out with the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease and continue to intraoral radiographs. Abridged Dental Techniques 2
February 27 - April 5, 2012 This course in Veterinary Dental Techniques is designed to allow discussions of current techniques used in veterinary dentistry. The course picks up where Module 1 left off, Radiographic Interpretation. It will cover extractions and the frustrating feline diseases of Tooth Resorption (a.k.a. FORL) and Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis (FCGS) syndrome. For more information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VSPN members. You can follow VIN CE and VSPN on Twitter! Simply click the "Send request" button to prompt the (VIN / VSPN) crews to accept you as a follower. Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what's on the schedule.
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