New session format to provide more audience interaction at AVMA Convention Schaumburg, Illinois — Responding to requests for more opportunities to interact during convention sessions, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) will be debuting new "Inside the Issues" sessions at this year's AVMA Convention, developed to spark collegial dialog about important and controversial issues facing the profession.
Dr. Clarence Rawlings, companion animal section manager of AVMA's Convention Management and Program Committee, said the new program will start out small with 10 sessions in 2011, but, with the help of attendee feedback, will become a larger and more integrated program format at the 2012 AVMA Convention in San Diego.
"Surveys showed people want more than to sit and listen to lectures; they want more of an opportunity for interactions," Dr. Rawlings said. "We took topics that we thought veterinarians and their staff would want to be discussed. Many of these are controversial, and many of them are ones that concern us about where the profession is headed."
"Inside the Issues" sessions will be presented in three formats: better case management, debates and panel dialogues. While the formats differ slightly, they will all allow attendees to participate in the debate or discussion.
Following is a list of all "Inside the Issues" sessions:
BETTER CASE MANAGEMENT
Nutritional Supplements to Slow the Aging Process
Sunday, July 17
10 a.m., Room 100
Butch KuKanich, Darryl L. Millis, Lynne M. Seibert
Cardiac vs. Pulmonary Causes of Coughing in Small Dogs
Tuesday, July 19
10 a.m., Room 100
Claire R. Sharp, Meg M. Sleeper
DEBATES
Resuscitative Fluid for Hypovolemic Shock: Colloids or Crystalloids
Sunday, July 17
2 p.m., Room 100
Elisa M. Mazzaferro, Elizabeth A. Rozanski
Spay, With or Without the Uterus
Tuesday, July 19
8 a.m., Room 100
Robert B. Hollett, MaryAnn G. Radlinsky
PANEL DIALOGUES
Are We Obligated to Offer Palliative Care and Pet Hospice?
Sunday, July 17
12 p.m., Room 140
Steve Dale, Tina R. Ellenbogen, Valarie M. Hajek Adams, Ann P. McCleneghan, Amir Shannin
Controversies on Screening and Administering Blood Products
Sunday, July 17
3 p.m., Room 100
Urs Giger, Elizabeth A. Rozanski
How Can Standardized Diagnostic Codes Be Made Usable and Valuable?
Monday, July 18
12 p.m., Room 145
Dennis W. Balance, TBA
Physical Therapists Working With Veterinary Patients
Monday, July 18
10 a.m., Room 100
Laurie L. McCauley, Janet B. Van Dyke
What Is the Real Story Behind So Many Female Veterinarians?
Monday, July 18
12 p.m., Room 150
Anne E. Lincoln, Stacy Pritt
REPEAT: Are We Obligated to Offer Palliative Care and Pet Hospice?
Monday, July 18
12 p.m., Room 151
Steve Dale, Tina R. Ellenbogen, Valarie M. Hajek Adams, Ann P. McCleneghan, Amir Shannin
For more information, contact Michael San Filippo, media relations assistant, at 847-285-6687 (office), 847-732-6194 (cell).
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