COURSE DESCRIPTION
Originally presented in early 2021, this on-demand course features four sections, through which we’ll learn how to make end of life care an enjoyable and rewarding component of veterinary practice. Discover ways to create happy memories for your clients, your patients, and your staff. We will explore end of life care from both a medical perspective and an interpersonal, relationship-building perspective.
This on-demand course is only available for IntroVet Academy members. Click here to learn more about IntroVet Academy.
included in IntroVet Academy
VIDEO 1: Reframing Pet Dying and Death
In this video, we will take a “new look” at DEATH AND DYING, giving participants a fuller appreciation of the last chapter of life, hospice care, natural death, and euthanasia. We will view the final stage of a pet’s life from different perspectives, and learn how veterinary medicine is stepping up to fill a void in care.
Estimated time to complete: 60 minutes
VIDEO 2: Happy Endings - Not just for fairy tales
In this video, we will cover the CONCEPTS AND PARADIGM SHIFTS necessary to understand animal hospice, including the object of care, the goals at end-of-life, decision making, tough conversations, and competing principles (medical and ethical).
Estimated time to complete: 50 minutes
VIDEO 3: Helping You Help Them
In this video, we will emphasize that end-of-life is an “EXPERIENCE”. We will discuss ways to make that experience better for everyone including “bucket lists’ and emotional support for families, practical help for children, and ideas and methods to avoid compassion fatigue in caregivers.
Estimated time to complete: 50 minutes
VIDEO 4: Helping You Help Them
In this video, we will address challenges of COMMUNICATION, including the “tough” conversations, the four buyer types and discussions with children. We will offer participants tools/the skills to engage in confident, compassionate and effective communication.
Estimated time to complete: 65 minutes
Upon viewing this recording and passing the quiz with a score of 70% or better, you’ll earn 4 hours of RACE Approved CE.
BENEFITS
Earn 4 hours RACE Approved CE
Learn at your own pace! Registration includes unlimited access to course videos for 12 months
Instant access to course videos and notes immediately following registration
Instant delivery of your CE Certificate, upon successful completion of the entire course and passing quiz score (70% or better)
*This course is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 4 CE Credits, with a maximum of 4 CE Credits being available to any individual veterinarian or veterinary technician.
These RACE approvals are for the subject matter categories of: medical and non-medical program, using the delivery method of anytime/on-demand. These approvals are valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board’s CE requirements. RACE course numbers: 20-858579
IntroVet is also an NYSE Approved Sponsor, for providing continuing education to veterinarians and veterinary technicians licensed in New York State.
Happy Endings: Not Just a Fairy Tale
Only Available For IntroVet Academy Members
On Demand
included in IntroVet AcademyMEET THE SPEAKERS
Fiona McCord
BVM&S, MS, JD
Dr. Fiona McCord is a veterinarian and attorney who has practiced in the Dallas area for the last 35 years. In 2014, she finally decided what she wanted to be when she grew up and launched Compassionate Care Pet Services to fill what she saw as a gap in the care available to pets and their families during the final stages of a pet’s life.
As a premiere end-of-life provider in DFW, Dr. McCord seeks to improve the experience of pets and people during the last stage of a pet’s life, their death, and the grief that follows. Her practice has evolved as demand for services has increased. Compassionate Care has offered end-of-life consultations, in-home quality-of-life and hospice visits, assisted natural death, in-home euthanasia, anticipatory grief support, a priority client program, concierge after care, and a pet loss support group. Regardless of the stage and scope of practice, the goal of CCPS will always be the provision of comprehensive care for pet owners during the final days of their pet’s life and beyond.
Dr. McCord holds a veterinary degree, law degree, and Masters in Veterinary Cardiovascular Physiology. She is certified in Pet Loss Counseling by the APLB, Pet Loss and Grief Companioning, and is an AHPC certified veterinarian. She is a member of IAAHPC, AVMA, CCVMA, APLB, and HABA. But when asked about her educational background, she will tell you that though the degrees may sound impressive, the best teacher has been her life experience and the hundreds of clients with whom she has shared the last moments of a beloved pet’s life.
Colleen Ellis
CT, CPLP
In 2004, the death of her dog, Mico, guided Coleen Ellis to start Pet Angel Memorial Center. In 52009 Coleen founded Two Hearts Pet Loss Center, assisting others in providing meaningful pet death care services, and serving as an educational resource in the pet grief discipline. Coleen is Certified in Thanatology, is a Certified Pet Loss Professional, and teaches Pet Loss & Grief Certification courses. In the fall of 2011, Coleen released her first book Pet Parents: A Journey Through Unconditional Love and Grief. In 2014, she helped found The Pet Loss Center, and remains a consultant and advisor.
Coleen is a well-recognized leader in the world of pet end of life care, and has been called “United States most well-known pet funeral director” and “The Pet Loss Pioneer” by major publications. She is a founder and past co-chair of the Pet Loss Professionals Alliance, past president and current Executive Director of the IAAHPC, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for her alma mater, Fort Hays State University where she was the 2018 Alumni Achievement Award recipient.
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