Oncology – What can I do in GP?
What Oncologist Wish GPs Knew and Did
Description: This lecture is designed to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the key aspects of veterinary oncology, focusing on the approach to masses, diagnostic testing, staging, and treatment options, with the aim of improving collaboration between oncologists and general practitioners.
Cancer Treatment Options- What to Do When Owners Decline Referral
Description: Cancer is all too common in our pets. Further guidance and treatment with a veterinary oncologist is ideal, but what do you do when pet owners decline referral? This lecture will discuss different treatments which can be done in primary practice such as targeted therapies, metronomic chemotherapy, non-chemotherapeutic drugs, and palliative care. This presentation will equip primary veterinarians with practical knowledge to manage cancer treatment within their clinics ensuring they can provide compassionate and effective care even when specialty care is not an option.
Mastering Difficult Conversations: Enhancing Communication Skills for Delivering Bad News
Description: We all communicate with people all the time every day. This talk will discuss important aspects of communication such as core communication, how to improve your communication skills, and how to use these skills to give bad news. Being a better communicator will lead to improved client compliance, client satisfaction, and job satisfaction for you and your team. We will review nonverbal communication, listening, empathy, and SPIKE theory to give difficult news to pet owners.
Practical treatment approaches for mast cell tumors in dogs and cats
Description: Mast cell tumors can quickly become complicated with multiple different approaches possible. This session will review treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy and when to use them. We will also discuss treatments which can be done in the primary clinic such as Stelfonta and how to properly use it. We will also review other injectable treatments options and surgical approaches done in primary practice.
Dr. Venable is a medical oncologist who has always been surrounded by animals growing up on a farm in the Midwest. She obtained her veterinary degree from the University of Missouri and graduated cum laude. After veterinary school, Dr. Venable pursued further training as a small animal intern at the University of Georgia. She then completed her 3-year medical oncology residency at the world-renowned Colorado State Flint Animal Cancer Center. During her residency, she achieved a master’s degree and studied new cancer therapies and clinical trials. She continues to seek out clinical trials and cutting-edge therapies for her patients. Dr. Venable has authored numerous publications and has been a speaker on local and national levels. She is the founder of Pet Cancer Care Consulting, an innovative teleconsulting service which consults with the family vet and pet owner together to give personalized responses and needed information to make an informed decision on treatments. She is also a VIN consultant, research consultant, and was an adjunct professor of veterinary oncology at Midwestern University. She is a member of many organizations and currently a director of the board of the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association. Her oncology philosophy is one of a team-based approach with the family and referring veterinarians for compassionate, individualized care, and optimal quality of life for cancer patients and their families.
Dr. Venable enjoys the outdoors and being on the trail with her wonderful husband and their young daughters. Service opportunities are important to them as they volunteer at church and abroad as her husband works for a non-profit building schools in the developing world. Together they go on projects all over the globe with Be the Change Volunteers.
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