What's coming next year?!
2012 is upon us and it’s hard to believe the 20th anniversary year of VIN has now come and gone. VSPN’s double decade will be coming in a few years – based more on the re-launch of VSPN in the mid-1990’s rather than the initial formation of VSPN shortly after VIN appeared on the Internet. In the mean time – this year will have many official and new firsts including a broader database of content (on many levels), more new CE, VSPN Notebook® version 4.0, conference attendance with booths at 6 major USA conferences, and more. Stay tuned!

Library Highlights
Speaking of 2012 – be sure to check out the ‘VSPN Library Highlights” this week for some great ideas to jumpstart your New Year.

1. Complications from frozen isoflurane
2. C-section anesthetic protocol
3. “Cribbing” dog
4. Dental equipment maintenance
5. Linear granuloma
6. IMHA patients
7. Correct IV catheter
8. OSHA/DBPR inspections
9. Swab for neonatal budgie
10. Feline Cardiopet proBNP
11. Equine deworming protocol
12. Dental month 2012
13. Canine CRF nutrition
14. Compassionate care funds
15. Inappropriate advances by client
16. Abandonment laws
17. Localvets.com
18. Scheduling multiple practices
19. Keeping instrument tape on
20. Mystery shelter puppy case
21. Generic fipronil
22. Cat neuter stand
23. Blood pressure monitor

FROM THE VIN NEWS SERVICE:

• Heartwarming stories of healing boost spirits of veterinarians
  >>>Message Board Discussion
• Spike in dog-flu reports attracts media attention
  >>>Message Board Discussion
• Purdue veterinary school becomes ‘college’
  >>>Message Board Discussion

VSPN CE Course Catalog
See what's on our schedule!

Course opens soon! Enrollment closes January 13, 2012!

Practical Review for Veterinary Technicians: VTNE Preparation Class

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Friday Chat
Friday, December 30, 2011; 10 pm ET (USA)
Friday Chat: Join Marisa for the last chat of 2011

VIN-VSPN Closed
December 31, 2011-January 2, 2012
No chats or rounds: VIN Holiday - offices closed.

How to Navigate VSPN
Wednesday, January 4, 2012; 9pm ET (USA)
How to Navigate VSPN: Join Charlotte for a tour of your VSPN.

Starting us off in 2012!
Friday, January 6, 2012; 10 pm ET (USA)
Friday Chat: First chat of 2012 – Come share your most memorable moments, patients, and/or clients from 2011 with Lynda.

Sunday, January 8, 2012; 9:30 pm ET (USA)
Sunday Rounds: Elizabeth will be here for a post-holiday case round-up; share your most challenging holiday case and what you learned from it.

Web Sites of the Week

1. New Year's Healthy Resolutions
2. Popular New Year's Resolutions

Abstract of the Week
Interspecies transmission of the canine influenza H3N2 virus to domestic cats in South Korea, 2010.

Book Review
Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology, 1st Edition
>>>VSPN Review by Brandy Tabor, CVT, VTS (ECC)

Recent Handouts/Rounds Highlights

• VSPN Notebook(R) Rounds: Common Household Toxins
• Journal Rounds: “Comparison of ultrasonic Doppler flow monitor, oscillometric, and direct arterial blood pressure measurements in ill dogs”

VSPN Library Highlights:

The New Year is upon us. Many clinics, hospitals, practices, and management teams will take this opportunity to reflect on 2011 and look at ways to improve the business and client services. Often the question is where to begin setting goals or refining protocol. Change can be challenging to the staff and clients. Nevertheless this is an important component of success and is what we all strive for. Over the years VSPN moderators and members have discussed ways to “bring in the new.” Although the following span a wide range of time, there are suggestions in each that can be applied to the present. We would like to challenge you all to read the following and share in the VSPN message boards the goals your clinic or you personally have set for 2012 and how you plan on implementing them.

• What New Services Do You Plan To Introduce This Year?
• Teaching and Learning New Techniques in the Clinic
• 2011 Looking Forward for a New Year and New Goals-Personally and Professionally
• Goals for the New Year - practice, career, and you

Available in the VIN Store:

• VSPN Notebook(R) Version 3.0 PLUS the 3.0 Supplement
• VSPN Notebook(R) Version 3.0 Supplement (if you purchased a previous version of the NB(R)
• VIN Store certificates (perfect for any student or colleague!)
• VT VSPN logo window slick decal (FREE) - a great way to show off your dedication!

And FREE to all VIN/VSPN member clinics:

• VSPN client brochure – trifold
• VIN client brochure – trifold
• VSPN insert to slip inside the VIN client brochure