MyVIN: Your Personal VIN Assistant
Your MyVIN allows you to customize your VIN experience: - Invite and welcome your MyColleagues
- Customize what information you make available to your colleagues vs other VINners
- Keep your contact information updated
- Create your message board signature
- Renew your VIN membership
- Change your password
- Search for and contact VIN colleagues
- and much more.
Think of your MyVIN as your own personal assistant for all things VIN. MyVIN also includes your Password Vault
- the antidote for Password Hell! - No more remembering what site to visit and what username and password to use.
- Enter them once and your Password Vault remembers this information for many of your journal subscriptions and organization memberships.
Your Password Vault will help you jump right from VIN journal abstracts to the FULL TEXT of articles in journals you subscribe to by logging you in to those sites automatically! If you have questions about your Password Vault or want to change any portion of your VIN log in details except your password, contact the VIN membership team at 1-800-700-4636 or 1-530-756-4881 (outside North America), or email VINGRAM@vin.com.
Veterinary Cartoon Caption Fun!
Join in the fun. Get a little comic relief. Express your inner comedian. Your colleagues are waiting to read your contribution to the first in a series of cartoons in need of a caption.
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Hypercalcemia Survey
Have you seen any cases of hypercalcemia over the last 12 months? If so, we'd love for you to share your experience with all of VIN. Please take this survey to help us figure out issues of hypercalcemia in dogs and cats:
Bumping into your Colleagues? The Log out page has been UPDATED!
If you work in a multi-doctor practice, make sure you are accessing and posting under your own name so you can enjoy your own personalized settings and MyStuff. The ability to “log out” is currently available only on BETA.vin.com/ and BETA.vspn.org/. Keep an eye on this section of VIN This Week to find out what new toys you can help us perfect on Beta.vin.com. If you want the latest and greatest and want to be on the "bleeding edge" of where VIN is going, make http:Beta.vin.com your VIN Homepage.
NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK and discuss;
News reported for YOU...
Evolving stories:
* Promeris rumor
* Coping with credit card security requirements
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. Share news.vin.com with nonVINners. The VIN News Service (without access to the community discussions) is available to the general public. Now 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
Preparing veterinary students for extramural clinical placement training: issues identified and a possible solution
These findings then informed the development and content of a computer-aided learning (CAL) package titled "The EMS Driving Licence" that aimed to improve the preparation of students for placements. The CAL package included sections covering the main identified areas of concern: Preparation (including what to take), Working With People (staff and clients), Professionalism (including confidentiality), Frequently Asked Questions (from students), and Top Tips (from practitioners).
Influence of different centrifugation protocols on equine semen preservation
The loss of sperm cells in the supernatant after centrifugation can be substantially reduced by increasing the g-force up to 1800 x g or 2400 x g for a shorter period of time (5 min) compared to the standard protocol without apparent changes in semen quality, resulting in a considerable increase in the number of insemination doses per ejaculate.
Current use of pimobendan in canine patients with heart disease
Pimobendan is a drug with both inotropic and vasodilatory properties and is widely used for the treatment of heart failure in dogs. The best evidence regarding its efficacy is derived from several clinical studies of dogs with the two most common conditions that result in heart failure: dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD). The main studies addressing the effectiveness of pimobendan in dogs with DCM and DVMD are discussed in this article.
Therapeutic weight loss in obese dog
That is very sad. You'll need to change the diet to a prescription diet formulated specifically for active weight loss.
Frontal sinus aspergillosis diagnosed on second set of biopsies in chronic rhinitis dog
We opened the right frontal sinus today and curetted out a bunch of tan-grey, leathery, rounded growths. We are sending it in for biopsy, but based on what I saw on cytology, we instilled clotrimazole before replacing the bone window and closing.
Chronic nasal stridor in a young cat: differentials and next steps in chronic rhinitis workup and treatment
A retroflexed pediatric bronchoscope would allow you to visualize the area. Then pass a 3-5 French red rubber feeding tube through the ventral nasal meatus to make sure there is no obstruction. Follow this with sample collection ...
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 Virtual Coffeehouse
Tuesday, October 5, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Wednesday, October 6, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Stop by and chat with your fellow VIN addicts!
How to use VIN: Part 1
Wednesday, October 6, 9:30 p.m. EDT
(Thursday, October 7, 1:30 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Learn how to use VIN's Knowledgebase.
E-mail Nate@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.
Sunday Rounds
Sunday, October 10, 10 p.m. EDT
(Monday, October 11, 2 a.m. GMT/UTC)
Join Elise Lacher, CPA, for Performance Check-in: A More Effective Alternative To Employee Evaluations.
 The Week's Rounds Schedule
Use the Rounds link to join these discussions.
Want to See what you've been Missing?
Patient Bleeding Health Care Reform @ ACVIM Forum 2010 @ QC of Urinalysis @ Trilostane @ VIN-VSPN Rounds: Staff Learning @ Household Aggression @ Earning Respect @ For all you Multi-Taskers:
Download VINCasts to your MP3 player and listen to previous Rounds sessions while you run errands, exercise or steal a few minutes of me-time. Rounds that have available VINCasts are marked with @. Click the Rounds button on the VIN Main Navigation bar and read the transcripts of the last few Rounds, and click the complete list of rounds to get to the 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.
Who's your Buddy?
Every VINner in practice is assigned a buddy from the VIN Representative team! Your buddy wants to help you learn the tips and tricks to get the most from your VIN membership. You never need to feel lost or alone. Your buddy can help you navigate VIN like a pro, find the information you're looking for and personlize your VIN experience to fit your needs. Don't remember who YOUR VIN buddy is? Email VINgram@vin.com and they'll be happy to remind you and let your buddy know you want to get re-introduced. Not in practice? Don't have a buddy and need help? Email Feedback@vin.com and help will soon be on the way -- you might even find you suddenly have a new buddy :)
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. Need Help?
Have questions about your membership? Can't find that reference you need for a tough case? Help is a click, email or phone call away! (Hint: You can find this page anytime by clicking HELP on the main VIN Navigation Bar.)
 Book Review of the Week
Home-Prepared Dog & Cat Diets, Second Edition
Purchase it in the VIN Bookstore.
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!
Website of the Week
Spiders and more...
eVetSites Tip of the Week
Part 2 - Uploading a Sitemap to your eVetSite
What's your Diagnosis?
Archives of the Challenging and Fun Cases
Ophthalmology Case 120
Pathology Brain Teaser 47
Zoonosis Case 84
Associate - Updated and New:
Urolithiasis, Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate
Explore the rest of Associate!
New Proceedings:
ABVP 2010
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: ACVC, WWVC, AAZV, VCS and ACVP/ASVCP.
Murder Most Foul
Much screaming and crying ensued, and Lainie is now packaged up in a shipping box (aka the 'doll ambulance') to be sent express mail to the American Girl Doll Hospital. And no, I did not make that part up. We filled out a 'hospital intake form', and paid $75 to have a new head and arms attached. But M is happy, and that's what counts. :).
NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE.
Quality Management for the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Part II
October 17, 2010 - February 27, 2011 **Part I is a prerequisite for Part II**
Please be advised that the course is intensive and will require a considerable input of time and effort when coming from a background without prior experience in a clinical pathology laboratory typical of a university or reference laboratory. Focus on Equine Ophthalmology
October 27 - December 1, 2010 Students will learn how to define and understand basic ophthalmic terminology, anatomy and physiology of the horse eye; understand how to perform basic ophthalmic examinations and diagnostic techniques in the horse; understand basic ophthalmic clinical pharmacology; diagnose and treat common ophthalmic emergencies; diagnose and properly treat common ophthalmic disorders of horses. Introduction to Veterinary Herbal Medicine: CHM and TCVM
November 2 - December 7, 2010 Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) can be difficult to understand. This course is designed to provide veterinarians with detailed information on a simple and logical way to grasp the fundamental principles of CHM and TCVM. This course will consist of five (5) 2-hour real-time sessions, detailed presentations with basic theories and clinical case examples on all topics. If you're looking for more information on CE opportunities for veterinary technicians, receptionists or practice managers, visit the VSPN CE page. VSPN offers courses specifically tailored to veterinary support personnel, and certain VIN courses also are open to VSPN members. Now 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.
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