WRVMA In-Person Lecture: Tips & Tools to Facilitate Nutritional Conversations
Event Details
Presented by: Martha Cline, DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition)
Communication techniques can enhance nutritional conversations in the exam room. Well-meaning pet owners can become entrenched in and confused by certain feeding practices. This presentation will review communication skills to help make potentially contentious conversations into effective ones.
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the 3 aspects of communication including the content, process, and perceptual.
2. Use open-ended inquiry as an effective means to collecting a nutrition history versus a closed-ended inquiry.
3. Utilize a collaborative approach with the veterinary team and pet owner to look for common goals when selecting a diet for a pet.
Agenda
| October 1 | |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Buffet Dinner with Cocktail Hour |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Lecture |
For More Information:
Martha Cline is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a rotating internship at Oradell Animal Hospital in New Jersey and then returned to the University of Tennessee for a small animal clinical nutrition residency. She is board certified with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Nutrition). In December 2021, she joined Nestlé Purina PetCare and currently serves in the role of Senior Manager for Veterinary Technical Communications. She previously practiced clinical nutrition full time at Red Bank Veterinary Hospitals in New Jersey (2013-2021) where she still provides clinical support. In 2021, she served at the Chair of the AAHA Task Force for the Nutrition and Weight Management Guidelines.
Lecture generously sponsored by:
