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Feb 21

Online Course – Starts 2/21/24 – Lifesaving by the Numbers: Effective Population Management in Animal Shelters – VIN (fee applies)

Name: Online Course – Starts 2/21/24 – Lifesaving by the Numbers: Effective Population Management in Animal Shelters – VIN (fee applies)
Start: 2024-02-21T00:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-02-21T23:59:59-08:00
Location: Virtual

February 21

$41 – $110

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Course Information:
Proactive population management is a cornerstone of health and welfare for shelter populations. Reducing length of stay in animal shelters reduces the risk of infectious disease, as time in the shelter is the top risk factor. Behavioral welfare is improved when animals spend less time in the shelter.

Strategies to reduce length of stay include daily population rounds, tracking animal flow through the shelter and removing bottlenecks, pathway planning, open selection, managed admissions, and fast-tracking of highly adoptable pets. The course will also cover practical strategies to build efficiency in medical programs, as many of the common bottlenecks are related to the provision of veterinary care. Additionally, while daily population rounds are crucial for collaboration across shelter teams and are key to ensuring animals keep moving on their shelter pathway, they can be challenging to implement, particularly in large shelters.

Presenter: Erin Katribe, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice)
Course Open: February 21-March 9, 2024
Real Time Sessions (RTS): Wednesday, February 28, 2024; 8:00-10:00 pm ET (USA) World Clock Converter
Total CE Credit: 2
RACE Category: 2 hours Medical

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the participant should be able to

discuss the benefits of reducing length of stay on individual animal health, lifesaving capacity of the shelter, and individual animal behavioral welfare.
define capacity for care in a shelter.
discuss how to determine average or median length of stay.
define pathway planning.
dDiscuss the following strategies for reducing length of stay:
- Pathway planning
- Fast-tracking
- Open selection
- Managed intake/admissions and intake diversion
discuss the goals and practical implementation of daily population rounds.
discuss the importance of tracking key metrics in shelter populations, including length of stay, intake and outcome metrics, and disease incidence metrics.

Level and Prerequisites: This basic VIN CE course is open for enrollment to veterinarians and veterinary technicians/technologists interested in strategies to reduce length of stay while also reducing infectious disease spread in the shelter setting.