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If you prefer one-on-one training, contact feedback@vin.com to arrange a private help session.

Questions? Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information.

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Thinking of Starting Your Own Practice?
Frustrated by the lack of resources available when she was starting out, VINner Christine Ortner wanted to help others avoid some of that stress. She's shared the diary of her startup and her business plan with the VIN community.

If you're thinking about starting your own practice, or know someone who is, take advantage of this resource! You may also want to join the SUCers: aka the Startup Club, a group for VINners who have or are planning a startup. Interested?
Contact Paul Pion, DVM, DACVIM

Help grow this collection of Business Startup materials. Share your experiences and lessons learned from your own startup and during the life of your practice. Email to Feedback@vin.com.

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...

• Accreditation hangup delays veterinary college opening
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• ‘How could I get duped by these people?’
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• Student borrowers susceptible to shady debt-relief pitches
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• GL Advisor founder sentenced to nine years in prison
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Evolving stories:
- Online Rx meds without a prescription
- What to make of the cheating scandal at Ohio State

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VNS is your news service. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering?
E-mail Reporters@vin.com.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Pradofloxacin (Veraflox)

Texas Farm Radio

• Diarrhea in Newborn Foals (revised)

VetzInsight

• When the Patient Is our Own

Small Mammals: Common Surgical Procedures of Rodents, Ferrets, Hedgehogs, and Sugar Gliders
Many basic surgical principles used in dogs and cats can be directly applied to small mammals, but tissues tend to be smaller and thinner, and hemostasis is critical with small patients due to risk of death with minimal blood loss.

Recognition and quantification of pain in horses: A tutorial review
A new equine pain scale based on results from all reviewed papers is proposed.

Urinary Incontinence in Juvenile Female Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers: Hospital Prevalence and Anatomic Urogenital Anomalies
Observed anomalies in SCWTs include: ectopic ureters, shortened urethras, paramesonephric remnants, and bifid vaginas. This information will help guide veterinarians in recognizing a breed-related disorder of the lower urogenital tract in SCWTs.

What Can Veterinarians Learn From Human Dental Practices?
There is a lot we can learn from the experiences of the dental profession and what they are doing about it today.

Practice's Server Was Hacked
One administrator account per computer with one nasty long password attached. Basic user access only for everybody else.

Dog With Severe Complications After Being Heavily Sprayed By Skunk
All in all, Sweetie experienced the following complications...

Laparoscopic Splenectomy Vs. Traditional Splenectomy Via Laparotomy
It is all about case selection and surgeon comfort. I honestly have not found a case that I would recommend it in, but just something to have in the back of our minds if a reasonable case presents itself or an owner requests it.

Wondering how long it is until the next Rounds session? Take a look at the Rounds Countdown Clock!

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, July 5 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, July 6 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about solo vet issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

How to Use VIN, Part 1
Wednesday, July 6 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, July 7 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
The VIN Representative Committee will show you how to get more out of your VIN experience.
Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

VIN/VSPN Rounds
Sunday, July 10 - 9 p.m. ET
(Monday, July 11 - 1 a.m. GMT)
Join Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR, for Assertiveness for Women in Healthcare.
Invite your entire team to attend! Your support staff can access the session on VSPN.
*This session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

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Want to See What You've Been Missing?
(@ = VINCast available; R = Replay available)

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• Nursing Care of Airway Surgery Patients (R) VIN/VECCS
• Radiographs of GI Obstruction in Dogs & Cats @ (R)
• VIN Foundation Support Group Initiatives @ (R) VIN/VSPN
• Ureteral Obstruction in Cats (R) Journal Club

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Scrotum or Cookie?? You Vote!!
I don't know whether to laugh, cry or run screaming from the computer.

Book Review of the Week
Miller’s Anatomy of the Dog, Fourth Edition
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Fireworks Information Center

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 which upcoming conferences VIN will be attending. Be sure to stop by the Cyber Café or any of the other VIN booths if you’re attending ANZCVS Science Week, ECVS Annual Scientific Meeting, or AAZV.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what other courses are starting soon.

Advanced Animal Hospice
Presenter(s): Kathleen Cooney, DVM, MS
September 13 - October 7, 2016

This course is designed to help veterinarians and veterinary staff to better understand the hospice philosophy and gain tools to implement directly into their hospice services. Course attendees will learn about the initial hospice consultation, the stages of dying, comfort care protocols, and case examples. Until certification exists for animal hospice providers, presentations like this can help guide providers on hospice best practices.

Anesthesia for patients with pre-existing disease - bridging the gap between medicine and anesthesia
Presenter(s): Kris Kruse-Elliott, DVM, PhD, DACVAA (course coordinator), Nancy Brock, DVM, DACVAA, and Lydia Love, DVM, DACVAA
September 27 - November 18, 2016

You have a patient in front of you that is less than healthy. How will you minimize anesthesia risk for that patient? In this course we will explore, using a body systems approach, how disease and anesthesia interact to influence your decision making process.

Visit the CE Participant Resource Center to learn the basics of online CE, how to find your course area, CE participation requirements, and much more!

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