Training
Dr. Shafford is passionate about educating and building the confidence of those individuals providing anesthetic and analgesic care on a daily basis: technicians and veterinarians in your hospital or animal care facility. She has experience teaching a variety of lectures and labs, and offers in-house continuing education for your veterinary team. Veterinary Anesthesia Specialists is approved by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards as a provider of educational seminars and workshops. Thus, your team members can receive RACE-approved continuing education credits to apply toward state licensure renewal requirements.
Examples of commonly requested topics:
- Blood pressure monitoring & management
- Peri-operative pain management
- Advanced anesthetic & analgesic techniques
- Recognition & treatment of anesthetic complications
- Anesthetic considerations for dental patients
- Anesthetizing the high-risk patient
- When & how to use an anesthetic ventilator
All of these topics are available with a hands-on component to enhance the learning experience.
In addition to providing in-house continuing education, Dr. Shafford routinely speaks at regional and national veterinary conferences. Her current speaking schedule includes the following:
- American Veterinary Medical Association Annual Convention — July 20, 2008, New Orleans, LA
- VetPartners Mid-Year Meeting — August 21, 2008, Kansas City, MO
- Wild West Veterinary Conference — October 15 – 17, 2008, Reno, NV
- Oregon Veterinary Technician and Assistant Association — October 19, 2008, Portland, OR
- Beyond Buprenorphine – 21st Century Pain Management for Laboratory Animals — February 9 – 10, 2009, Tempe, AZ
- Western Veterinary Conference — February 15 – 19, 2009, Las Vegas, NV
- Portland Veterinary Medical Association — April 21, 2009, Portland, OR
Please contact us if you are interested in having Dr. Shafford share her enthusiasm for anesthesia and pain management at your clinic or conference venue.