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Culture can seem like a nebulous concept, but a positive culture is essential to a successful practice. Joanne Graham, CVPM, SHRM-CP, CCFP, a certified veterinary practice manager (CVPM), has been helping hospitals improve their work culture from real-world experience she garnered at her own hospital. She shows what a positive culture can do for a workplace and how you can take steps to improve your own.

Feeding vs. Fasting: Research Suggests Small Treats Prior to Anesthesia Can Outweigh the Risks

Featuring two renowned veterinary anesthesiologists—Tamara Grubb DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVAA and Ralph C. Harvey DVM, MS, DACVAA—we talk about how pre-anesthesia practices and procedures play a role in creating Fear Free veterinary visits and how new research suggests that in many cases, we should be taking a different approach than what was once the norm. It’s been a long-held practice that when it comes to feeding vs. fasting before going under, fasting was the hands down way to go. But that’s changing.

The Role of Fear Free in Emergency, Critical Care and Internal Medicine

The fields and practices of emergency, critical care, and internal medicine are a vital part of the profession, and referral practices are often in a world of their own when it comes to many day-to-day practices. Things moves fast, patients are often in extreme amounts of pain and distress, and clients are often overwhelmed. Many professionals across all veterinary fields might ask how Fear Free can help address some of those issues. The answer is—a lot. In this podcast, we talk with us two of the most renowned board certified veterinarians in these respective fields—Dr. Alice M. Wolf, who is board certified in Internal Medicine. and Dr. Tony Johnson, a board certified veterinarian in Emergency and Critical Care—to help elaborate on the role Fear Free can play in these life-saving specialties.

Client Service Representatives (CSR) are often the first and last person whom clients interact with. CSRs play an integral part of the Fear Free experience before, during, and after the clients visit. Stacey Wheeler, the Client Care Services Supervisor of Bloomberg Animal Hospital, talks to us about how Fear Free training can benefit CSRs day-to-day work life and the clients they interact with.

In the Fear Free practice, trainers and veterinary professionals form a symbiotic relationship for the benefit of the patient’s health. On this podcast, Mikkel Becker, chief developer of the Fear Free Trainers Course, gives her thoughts on the place of trainers in patient’s health and wellbeing, what the relationship between trainers and vet professionals looks like in practice, and more!

Over the last few decades, dental health has come to the forefront of veterinary care. Dental care can be one of the most lucrative and effective parts of your business, but how does Fear Free fit in? Dr. Jan Bellows, one of the most renowned experts on veterinary dental care, gives his thoughts of the importance of dental care and the role of pet owners in this podcast.

Want to take your Fear Free education to the next level? In this podcast you’ll learn about the exciting new content we have in store for you in the Level 2 course you will receive with your renewal. The Level 2 module chairs and authors, Dr. Kathryn Primm, Monique Feyrecilde LVT and Kelly Capasso join us to talk about Fear Free Level 2 and how it will make your medicine and work even better.

When Pooka first started going to see Dr. Bloom for routine check ups, she was never huge a fan of the experience, but it was “relatively” manageable. She was extraordinary well behaved at home, but veterinary visits just weren’t her thing—a scenario that is all too familiar for the veterinary profession. However, her behavior at the vet quickly escalated after a devastating cancer diagnosis required more intensive treatments. In fact, her behavior became so much of a problem that treatment was literally becoming impossible during a time when Pooka’s life depended on it. Thankfully, Dr. Bloom was in the midst of adopting something that would turn out to be transformative for not only him and the rest of the veterinary industry, but for Pooka as well: Fear Free. In this podcast, we talk with both Pooka’s owner, Howie Nisenbaum, and Dr. Bloom about Pooka’s inspiring journey through treatment.

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Featuring two renowned veterinary anesthesiologists—Tamara Grubb DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVAA and Ralph C. Harvey DVM, MS, DACVAA—we talk about how pre-anesthesia practices and procedures play a role in creating Fear Free veterinary visits and how new research suggests that in many cases, we should be taking a different approach than what was once the norm. It’s been a long-held practice that when it comes to feeding vs. fasting before going under, fasting was the hands down way to go. But that’s changing.