Schedule

     
                                               
                                                  
                                                         
      Gatlinburg Conference for Veterinary Technicians and Assistants
                                                            October 11 and 12, 2008
                                                       Glenstone Lodge, Gatlinburg, TN
                                                            (click above for printable schedule)

October 11, 2008

7:30 – 8:00             Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 9:30             Acupuncture for Pain Management
                                   Christine M. Egger, DVM, MVSc, CVA, CVH, DACVA Associate Professor, Anesthesiology UT                       

9:30- 9:45               break                                                              

10:00- 11:30            Electronic Collars - Facts and Myths
Chris Brudecki – director of outreach/Radio Systems Corporation 

11:30-11:50             Business Meeting

12:00 – 1:00            Lunch

1:00 – 2:30              The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
                                    (Good and Bad quality radiographs and those Ugly artifacts)
                                    Janet Paquette, LVMT

2:30 – 2:45              break  

2:45 – 3:45              Zoonotic Disease Concerns in wildlife Rehabilitation
                                    Nancy Zagaya, LVMT

3:45 – 4:00              break  

4:00 – 6:00              Ethical Decision Making in Veterinary Nursing
                                    Dr. Elizabeth B. Strand, LCSW

October 12, 2008

7:00 – 8:00            Registration and Breakfast Buffet

8:00 – 9:30            What Makes Fleas Flee
                                    James Hammon, DVM

9:30 – 9:45              Break                          

9:45 – 10:45            What Makes Ticks Tick
                                    James Hammon, DVM

10:45 – 11:45          Anesthesia Monitors/Normal Parameters     
                                    Lindsey C Scanson, LVMT                            

11:45 – 12:00          break

12:00 – 1:00            Creating Anesthesia Protocols/Commonly Used Anesthesia Drugs
Lindsey C Scanson, LVMT