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Jun 3

Webinar – 6/3/20 – Decreasing Stress at the Veterinary Hospital Begins at Home – HSVMA

Name: Webinar – 6/3/20 – Decreasing Stress at the Veterinary Hospital Begins at Home – HSVMA
Start: 2020-06-03T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2020-06-03T18:00:00-07:00

June 3, 2020 @ 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT

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In this era of low stress veterinary visits, what about the patient that is stressed long before they arrive at the hospital? Please join HSVMA as we welcome veterinary behaviorist Dr. Meredith Stepita to discuss working with pet owners to implement a behavior modification plan at home, before the visit, to support the patients with stressors such as car rides, carriers, etc.

Dr. Stepita’s objectives for this webinar are to:

Identify sources of canine and feline stress that occur prior to the veterinary visit

Provide a step by step guide clinicians can use to teach pet owners how to lay a foundation for behavior modification at home before the veterinary visit

Understand the role select anti-anxiety medications and non-pharmaceutical treatments play in decreasing patient stress that occurs before the veterinary visit

We hope you will join us as we explore this important topic.

REGISTER – https://sheltermedicine.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Eha0XXTMTl6ueT9uvJk71g

This webinar is RACE-approved for 1.5 hours of veterinary CE credit and is available at no cost as a benefit for HSVMA members.

Not a member? We encourage you to join so you can take advantage of free access to our live and archived CE webinars and other member benefits.

PRESENTER: MEREDITH STEPITA, DVM, DACVB

Dr. Stepita received her DVM from the University of Tennessee in 2006. After completing an internship and working in general practice in Arizona she entered into the Clinical Veterinary Behavior Residency Program at the University of California-Davis, becoming a Board-Certified Veterinary Behaviorist in 2011. She spends most of her time in her San Francisco Bay Area-based practice, Veterinary Behavior Specialists, helping pet owners improve their pet’s behavior problems, and finds working with dedicated pet owners to be highly rewarding.

Dr. Stepita’s research involves the frequency of parvovirus in puppies attending puppy socialization classes. Results of this study showed that vaccinated puppies attending these classes were no more likely to be diagnosed with parvovirus than those not attending these classes. She has authored chapters on canine aggression, feline anxiety, feline house soiling, and canine and feline mourning in veterinary texts. Dr. Stepita is also a local and national speaker. Her areas of interest include canine and feline anxiety and aggression, the human-animal bond, and animal welfare.