Don’t Fear the Blood Smear! Learn How Technology Can Help Interpret It for You
.25 Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians
Overview:
This session will summarize the diagnostic power of a Comprehensive Complete Blood Count and how to use new technology tools for efficient results and interpretation support from board-certified specialists. In day-to-day practice, it is easy to overlook hematology basics, particularly, the role of a blood smear evaluation. This podcast will review when and why a blood film review should be done – namely, to verify your automated CBC results and to assess cell morphology changes. Listeners will learn how easy it is to obtain CBC analysis and a blood smear assessment in minutes, using artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Zoetis! Hear how to gain the most information from your hematology samples and rely on a network of specialists for interpretation and case guidance from Virtual Laboratory by Zoetis.
Program Agenda:
- The importance of hematology in everyday practice
- A closer look at a Comprehensive Complete Blood Count
- How an AI application makes blood smears simple at the point of care
- Managing complicated cases using Virtual Laboratory by Zoetis
Learning Objectives:
- Define a comprehensive CBC and why it should be part of every patient’s minimum database
- Understand the benefits and challenges of performing and reviewing a blood smear
- Learn how to use the Vetscan Imagyst AI Blood Smear application and virtual laboratory technology to practice the highest quality medicine with ease in your practice
Emily A. Graves VMD, MS, Dipl. ACVIM - Global Diagnostics, Medical Platform Lead – Hematology
Dr. Emily Graves received her BS degree from the University of Michigan, her VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and a MS degree from Michigan State University. Following veterinary school, she completed an ambulatory internship at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, followed by a 3-year internal medicine residency at Michigan State University. In 2006, she became board-certified in Large Animal Internal Medicine. With over 24 years in the veterinary industry, Dr. Graves worked in a variety of roles, including private practice, academia, relief work, and mobile equine medicine consulting. Beginning in 2010, she moved to the animal health industry full-time with Pfizer Animal Health, now Zoetis. Dr. Graves currently serves as the Global Diagnostics Medical Platform Lead for Hematology. Based in Colorado with her husband, Eric, her son, Mike, and their beloved lab-cross dog, Luna, she enjoys traveling, downhill skiing and camping.
Host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA
Dr. Christman is the Chief Veterinary Officer at Fetch dvm360®, the nation’s leading multimedia company in the veterinary profession. He is an international speaker on leadership, wellbeing and motivation. Author of, “Honey, Have You Squeezed the Dachshund?”, Dr. Christman is passionate about helping pet parents with pet disabilities. He is a social media personality with almost 600,000 followers on TikTok. Dr. Christman is the host of dvm360®’s, “The Vet Blast Podcast”. He continues to practice relief work both in shelter medicine and private practice. If you don’t see him hosting the Fetch conferences, you can find Adam hanging with his four adorable dachshunds. He is a fitness enthusiast and avid Disney fanatic. You can find out more information at www.dradamchristman.com
As an avid social media influencer for animal health care, he has over 800K followers on TikTok and 53K followers on Instagram. He loves to engage with fellow pet parents and veterinary professionals across social media. Christman is an advocate of Pride VMC and Pawsibilities. He is also the proud dog dad to 4 dachshunds and believes no one should be deprived of the incredible human-animal bond.
This program is pending approval for .25 of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
This CE program is sponsored by Zoetis.
