Barriers to excellent feline health care are barriers to feline quality of life. In order to start breaking down these barriers, an essential component is that practitioners need to develop and nurture trusting relationships with patients and caregivers. Other ways that practitioners can begin to break down these barriers include understanding the circumstances and complexities of the family life, accommodating for these challenges, and utilizing creativity to create plans, programs, and strategies for making lifelong healthcare possible.

Learning Objectives

After attending this webinar, participants should be able to:

1. Outline the barriers to feline health care as they exist today
2. Propose strategies for overcoming barriers to the veterinary visit
1. Remaking the caregiver experience
2. Creating an experience that permits cats to cope with the stress of the visit
3. Gathering better information about cats, their circumstances, behavior, and family life
3. Understand how financial decisions are made to improve compliance
4. Provide new and evolving resources for the most common barriers encountered

Speaker Bio

Elizabeth Colleran, DVM, MS, DABVP (Feline)

Elizabeth Colleran is the founder and hospital director of two exclusively feline practices and an ABVP feline Diplomate. Both of her hospitals are now a part of a great partnership, leaving her the time to teach and write. Her membership in the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) resulted in many years on the executive board and stints as treasurer and president. She is the co- chair of the signature and most significant AAFP program: Cat Friendly Practice. Her passion for feline education has taken her around the world, talking to veterinarians and support staff about feline medicine, behavior and ethology. In 2017, the online reference DECISION SUPPORT IN MEDICINE: FELINE MEDICINE was published as part of the DSM medicine series. Dr. Colleran was the editor-in-chief and contributor. She wrote six chapters for the latest edition of the Feline Patient, ed. Dr. Gary Norsworthy, and is presently writing a book about her true passion, senior cats. Beyond cats, she loves road cycling in the mountains, exotic food, good wine, her dear friends, and crazy husband. Her husband’s new puppy is another matter altogether.

RACE Credits

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This program 20-942847/20-942849 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 1.00 CE Credits (1.00 max) being available to any one veterinarian: and/or 1.00 Veterinary Technician CE Credits (1.00 max). This RACE approval is for the subject matter categorie(s) of: Non-medical using the delivery method(s) of: Non-Interactive Distance. This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board's CE requirements.