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While shining a light on the many different areas of the field of veterinary technology, we aim to have thought provoking discussions about the issues facing veterinary technicians and nurses with the leaders in our field.
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
HAPPY VET TECH WEEK CAFFEINATORS!
In our latest Instagram Live we discuss our favorite week of the year, Vet Tech Week. Thank you for all you do (and we all know, we do a LOT). We also introduced a partnership with VetBloom and Ethos who have given our caffeinators some FREE CE. Click the link below to sign up for three courses that VetBloom as made available to you all. Also coming this week is going to be the launch of vettechcafe.com. Our website that has been in the works is finally going to be published. We're excited to have this website as yet another way to interact with our caffeinators.
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Hello Caffeinators!! We got together recently with all of our podcasting friends to bring you another super-episode! We chatted with Lewis Kerkham and Rob Anderson from the Two Vets Talk Pets podcast, Cat Robinson from Radio Vet Nurse, Tasha McNerny from the Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds podcast, and lastly, our hosts, Jordan Porter and Yvonne Brandenburg from the Internal Medicine for Vet Techs podcast. We talked a lot about Vet Tech Week here in the US, and what Vet Nurses day (10/9) looks like down in Australia, and different ideas people have to celebrate. It's also really cool to hear the guys DVM perspective from the Two Vets Talk Pets podcast about how they view technicians. We also, circle back through COVID-19 as that was what originally brought us together 6 months ago. We definitely recommend you check out their podcasts as well-they're all fantastic!
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
This is a big one for us. This episode culminates our first year of the Vet Tech Cafe Podcast. We bookended our first year with two guests who are very important people in both our personal and professional lives. Our first guest was Liz Hughston, and we're ending Year 1 with Brandy Helewa. As a team, they hosted a study group in preparation for the VTS(ECC) in 2013 where the four of us met. They helped both of us, and dozens more that year and in subsequent years, prepare for that exam. To say that all of us have a little bit of Biz in us is an understatement. Brandy has moved on to another passion of hers-books and literature, and in this episode we talk about what it looked like for her to walk away from veterinary medicine. It's a decision many of us have grappled with, and we thought some might benefit from hearing her perspective. She discusses the differences in lifestyle, happiness, and an unexpected burden of leaving veterinary medicine behind-guilt. This is our first October episode, and you'll understand why that matters to us and to Brandy when you listen! You do not want to miss this one! Thank you to all of our guests and listeners for making our first year of the Vet Tech Cafe Podcast what it has become. We absolutely love putting this together and we're so excited to see what our second year brings!
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
We accidentally released this episode without adding in our standard intro and outro that so many of you have told us you enjoy. The content is all the same, we just added the intro and outro.
Are you ready to feel uncomfortable? Are you ready to push your boundaries a bit? Are you ready to grow as a human? If not, keep scrolling. Theresa Cosper has been an RVT for 8 years and is currently at an academic institution where she manages a teaching lab for veterinary students. But we're not talking about any of that in this episode. This episode is The Vet Tech Cafe continuing its mission to discuss the issues that face our profession with those who live and experience those issues firsthand, and talk about ways to inspire change. This was a very real, and very difficult, episode for us to record and there is some very real and difficult language in here. Racism is as real in veterinary medicine as it is everywhere else. We invite you to open your heart and join the discussion.
https://www.blackdvmnetwork.com/
https://www.facebook.com/latinx
https://www.aaha.org/connexity (enter the code CAFE for $25 off registration)
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Are you ready to feel uncomfortable? Are you ready to push your boundaries a bit? Are you ready to grow as a human? If not, keep scrolling. Theresa Cosper has been an RVT for 8 years and is currently at an academic institution where she manages a teaching lab for veterinary students. But we're not talking about any of that in this episode. This episode is The Vet Tech Cafe continuing its mission to discuss the issues that face our profession with those who live and experience those issues firsthand, and talk about ways to inspire change. This was a very real, and very difficult, episode for us to record and there is some very real and difficult language in here. Racism is as real in veterinary medicine as it is everywhere else. We invite you to open your heart and join the discussion.
https://www.blackdvmnetwork.com/
https://www.facebook.com/latinx
https://www.aaha.org/connexity (enter the code CAFE for $25 off registration)
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
We had set out to do 5 or 6 taproom episodes this year. Here we are at Taproom Episode number 9! This Taproom comes to you from our latest Instagram Live that we did on 9/17. We did a bit of a recap of #IVECCS2020 as well as giving a little preview of what's coming up for the Vet Tech Cafe and you, our listeners.
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
This is our celebratory IG Live/Zoom call to commemorate the night the Vet Tech Cafe came into existence one year ago at IVECCS in Washington, DC! So if you're interested to watch us struggle with technology yet again, check it out!
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds. Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner. Veterinary Technician Specialist (Anesthesia/Analgesia). Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds Podcast. Animal Pain Awareness Month. Author. Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds Symposium. Lecturer. Certified Veterinary Technician. What is the common denominator in all of these? Tasha McNerney. In this episode of the Vet Tech Cafe, we cover it all. Let us get you a cup of coffee and join us in the conversation!
https://ivapm.org/animal-pain-awareness-month/
https://www.veterinaryanesthesianerds.com
https://www.veterinaryanesthesianerds.com/podcast
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Have you ever considered the forensic side to veterinary medicine? If you're interested in hearing more about that, this is the episode for you! We chat with Lisa Smith, MS, LVT, VTS(ECC) to discuss what it looks like to obtain a Master's Degree in Veterinary Forensics, obtaining evidence in cases that present to your hospital that may involve abuse or neglect, and mandated reporting, and so much more! This episode will definitely appeal to fans of the true crime genre. All that said, there are some heavy topics in here, but this is unfortunately a very real side of veterinary medicine and we as veterinary technician and veterinary nurses must understand our responsibility in helping these patients. There might also be some light-hearted fun-poking at Jeff for his love of pumpkin spice coffee. So grab a cup of your favorite coffee and join us at the Vet Tech Cafe!
#PumpkinSpiceBooTrain
Links:
https://todaysveterinarynurse.com/articles/the-case-for-veterinary-midlevel-professionals/
National link coalition - https://nationallinkcoalition.org/
Aaha protocol for animal abuse - https://www.aaha.org/about-aaha/aaha-position-statements/animal-abuse-reporting/
https://vetforensics.med.ufl.edu/programs/masters-degree/
https://www.aspca.org/animal-rescue/forensic-investigations
https://www.sirchie.com/evidence/evidence-packaging-labeling-sealing.html
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8 1st Edition
by Eric R. Miller DVM DACZM DECZM (Hon. – ZHM (Editor), Murray E. Fowler DVM DACZM DACVIM DABVT (Editor)
https://www.amazon.com/Fowlers-Zoo-Wild-Animal-Medicine/dp/1455773972
Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia 2nd Editionby Gary West (Editor), Darryl J. Heard (Editor), Nigel Caulkett (Editor)
https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Animal-Wildlife-Immobilization-Anesthesia/dp/081381183X
