client education

Re: client education

Mac Feather — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:32:01 GMT

[quote user="STRVN"]Personally i would not be picking a subject, for subjects sake.......... I would be trying to identify what you hav a lot of client wise within your practice[/quote]

Good point Sandra.

Re: client education

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:24:06 GMT

Personally i would not be picking a subject, for subjects sake.......... I would be trying to identify what you hav a lot of client wise within your practice....ie if you happen to have a lot of diabetic cat owners, or rabbit owners etc and gear the talks towards those subjects. There is no point IMO in having a talk if its not going to be well attended. Possibly send out flyers to the diabetic patients for instance and ask if they would be interested.

You dont have to restrict your talks to a set list, you may have had a lot of pancreatic cases... you know like pancreatitis season.. when something like that happens as we all know we always seem to get a run of things like that, then grasp the opportunity and do a talk on that. Maybe even incorporate the talk with a practice tour, let the public see what goes on behind the scenes....obv not on a working day, but you get the jist.

Good luck with it

Re: client education

Freckle — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:46:36 GMT

always, but ALWAYS harrass the reps of associated products - they may just be willing to speak / give freebies / refreshments

Re: client education

lskm 23 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:17 GMT

Thanks guys, as always a wealth of knowledge and ideas

Re: client education

Fiona Leathers — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:50:10 GMT

Debbie Grant is the Boeringer pain person

Re: client education

ginny — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:35:15 GMT

The last place i worked did arthritis and it was really well attended.

Boehringer sponsered a pain expert (sorry, i've forgotten her name! ) to speak about pain pathways and analgesics. The Hills rep spoke about j/d, weight loss and paid for refreshments.

It went on a bit though because of questions

Re: client education

Mac Feather — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:24:07 GMT

Worming,tick/flea control.

Re: client education

Mac Feather — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:23:07 GMT

Insurance,microchipping,vaccination.

Re: client education

Saskia Quinn — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:52:02 GMT

neutering and the benefits, behaviour, basic obedience to add to the list

Re: client education

Sarah Nicholas — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:11:23 GMT

Any of the usual clinic things - geriatrics, puppies/kittens?? Dental care - or even general grooming stuff ie how to clip claws??

Re: client education

Katie Tallett RVN MBVNA — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:10:18 GMT

arthritis, senoir pet, fireworks,basic first aid

hope this helps, ill let you know if i think of any more....