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Wednesday Schedule

Minneapolis, MN
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Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, 2025
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135+ CE Hours
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
One Health in Action
by Drs. Jimmy Tickel & Darrel Styles, and Mr. Gary Flory, & Ms. Sharron Stewart.
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This full-day One Health workshop is designed to benefit veterinarians and veterinary technicians in the application of One Health approaches to disaster and disease response activities in your community. It will contain activities that enhance partnerships at State and Local levels between One Health Partners (animal, public health, and environmental agencies).

Sessions will focus on: One Health in action; Interactive HPAI scenario-based facilitated discussion; Environmental One Health considerations for veterinary practices/clients; DVM and Techs, Clinics and Clients in the Crosshairs of HPAI; Veterinary business continuity discussion with practitioners, VMA, and incident management team; Discussion on One Health Projects in natural disasters (FEMA supported flooded poultry house responses, Puerto Rico and Virgin Island One Health proposals post Harvey, Irma, and Maria).

Cost: $40/per person and includes lunch

Space is Limited to 50 participants

CE Credits: 7.25 CE credits

Workshop offered with support of the MRC STTRONG grant and the Minnesota Board of Animal Health
1:30 - 4:30 pm
Jumpstart Antimicrobial Stewardship with a Tailor-Made Plan for Your Clinic: Improve Patient Outcomes, Client Satisfaction, and Antibiotic Prescribing
by Drs. Jennifer Granick & Amanda Beaudoin and Ms. Emma Bollig
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Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections are increasingly common in companion animal practice. Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) is a process aimed at optimizing antimicrobial use while effectively treating infections. However, most companion animal practices have significant constraints in both human and material resources which make development of AS programs difficult. This workshop will review the problem of AMR and discuss actionable steps for each of the AVMA’s five core principles of AS. Special emphasis will be placed on common conditions for which practice-specific antibiotic prescribing protocols could be created. Participants will collaborate in clinic teams to work through a sample AS plan and tailor it to their needs. At the end of this workshop, participants will leave with a plan to implement at least one small step towards optimizing antimicrobial use in their clinic, while maintaining client satisfaction.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand how antimicrobial resistance occurs and the concept of antimicrobial stewardship
  2. Recognize the five AVMA core principles of antimicrobial stewardship and identify at least one action related to each principle that is practical to implement for your practice
  3. Identify opportunities to optimize how common conditions (e.g., feline upper respiratory tract infections) are managed in the context of antimicrobial stewardship.


Target audience
for this workshop includes clinic teams of a veterinarian, veterinary technician, and practice manager. Attendees who are unable to come as a team will leave the workshop with materials to engage colleagues in their practice. 

Cost: $20/per person

Space is Limited to 20 clinic teams of three (3) or a total of 60 participants

CE Credits: 2.5 CE credits

Suggested materials: one person from each clinic team bring a laptop.

6:00 - 8:00 pm
Dental Instrument ID & Sharpening Lab
by Mses. Maria Nellessen and Nichole Dean
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This two-hour lab will review the basics of dental instrument identification and usage, proper handling using a modified pen grasp, basic care and proper cleaning. Learn and practice expert techniques and tips to keep your periodontic and exodontic dental instruments in top shape for optimal dental care. Need to sharpen your own dental instruments or want help identifying random dental instruments? We encourage you to bring them along to the lab!

Cost: $100/per person

Space is Limited to 20 participants

CE Credits: 2.0 CE credits