Help! I think I want to get my practice Fear Free Certified, but I don’t know where to start!
Are you interested in finding out what it takes to become a Fear Free Certified Practice? Have you already started the process but aren’t quite sure what comes next? Then please join us for a review of why you would want to and how you go about becoming a Fear Free Certified Practice!
Care of Hospitalized and Boarding Patients
Dr. Rachel Abrams
Join Fear Free Practice Certification Manager Dr. Rachel Abrams for an overview of the path to practice certification and a discussion about preventing and alleviating FAS in your hospitalized and boarding patients.
Practice Certification Info: SOPs
The thought of crafting SOPs got you down? Never fear, help is here! This 6.5-minute webinar is your guide to understanding how to write an SOP, what needs to be included, and what doesn’t need to be included to meet the Fear Free Certified Practice Standards.
Fear Free Design Ideas
The built environment affects the mental and physical well being of people and animals. What can you in your Fear Free Certified hospital to further foster a low-stress and healthy environment? In this webinar we will give you tips and tools for implementing Fear Free design into your spaces.
What’s that you smell?
We know that dogs’ and cats’ sense of smell if far superior to ours. What can we do to to optimize their olfactory experience? In this webinar, Fear Free Practice Certification Manager Dr. Rachel Abrams will take a closer look at Optional Facilities Standard 4.8 “Cleaning protocols to improve olfactory experience for pet are in place.”
All webinars in this series open with a brief overview of the path to practice certification and conclude with a live Q&A session.
Fear Free Facilitates Clinical Success
Dr. Ralph Harvey
Join board-certified anesthesiologist Dr. Ralph Harvey for tips and tricks to taking your Fear Free sedation efforts to the next level. This webinar will feature a case discussion as well as sedation hacks you don’t want to miss!
Fear Free: Evolving to the Hospitalized, Emergent, and Sick Patient, sponsored by Zoetis
Dr. Tamara Grubb, PhD
In this webinar, board certified veterinary anesthesiologist Dr. Tamara Grubb, PhD, discusses the interconnectedness of pain with fear, anxiety, and stress, and examines therapeutic and diagnostic strategies for both. Topics covered include the relationship between FAS and pain, diagnosing and treating both pain and FAS, reducing FAS in the hospitalized patient, and FAS and pain in the emergency setting. The relationship of pain with fear, anxiety, and stress (FAS) – a relationship that works both ways – is crucial for veterinary professionals who seek to treat their patients’ physical and emotional health. How can the veterinary professional best understand, diagnose, and treat both pain and FAS?
Case Management of Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Pain, sponsored by Zoetis
Ralph C Harvey, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVAA, UTCVM
Pain adversely affects the fearful, anxious, and stressed patient. These clinical issues are tightly interrelated, and we best manage them together. In this webinar, Dr. Ralph C. Harvey, a specialist certified by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, presents clinical cases demonstrating effective management of this deleterious continuum so as to enhance favorable outcomes for patients, clients, veterinary personnel, and practices.
Vaccinations for the Mind: Positive Puppy Socialization
Monique Feyrecilde, CVT, VTS (Behavior)
Puppies should explore the world and the people with whom they share it. When clients bring home a puppy, they have a golden opportunity to protect their newest family member from fear and anxiety later in life. By making a positive puppy transition and socialization plan, owners can help puppies have a smooth and happy puppyhood, adolescence, and adulthood. In this Fear Free webinar, sponsored by Ceva, Monique Feyrecilde, CVT, VTS (Behavior) covers techniques, products, and client education to get puppies started off on the right paw; how early detection and intervention can help shy puppies blossom; and more. Sponsored by Ceva.