Welcome to the Pet HealthZone®: Bringing Personalized Pet Data into the Exam Room
1.0 CE Credit Hour / Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians
Overview:
What if your clients could learn about the conditions most likely to affect their pet – before they ever stepped foot into your exam room? Learn about the new digital platform launched by Nationwide that will put the power of 40+ years of pet health data, generated by you and the pets you treat, into the hands of veterinary healthcare teams and the pet families you serve.
If the owner of every 5-year-old Rottweiler knew that their dog was 10 times more likely to suffer from osteosarcoma than other dogs, how would that change the quality (and timing!) of the conversations you and your team have with them? If pet owners knew young adult life stage American Cocker Spaniels are 16x more likely to develop cherry eye, or that Labrador Retriever puppies are 6.5x more likely to have a foreign body ingestion, how could that help target at-home monitoring, or strengthen your recommendation for senior checkups?
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the role that an evidence-based approach to life stage management can take in practice
- Understand how personalized pethealth recommendations were developed and can be delivered
- Identify ways personalized pethealth insights can streamline your communications, fortify your recommendations, and augment your team's capabilities
Jules Benson, Chief Veterinary Officer
Jules Benson, BVSc, MRCVS, is Chief Veterinary Officer at Nationwide. He is a veterinary industry strategist focused on ways technology and data can transform the veterinary profession and the lives of animals. A member of the Veterinary Innovation Council Board of Directors and MentorVet Advisory Board, he has nearly 20 years of experience in private practice, start-ups, marketing, and pet health data.
Adam Christman, DVM, MBA
Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, is the chief veterinary officer for dvm360®—an MJH Life Sciences Company™—who oversees content strategy and development and is the brand voice and personality for dvm360®’s multimedia channels. As a charismatic leader, he brings wit, humor, and authenticity to animal health care as the host of dvm360 Live!™ a new web-based talk show, The Vet Blast Podcast, continuing education webinars, and live media broadcasts.
Christman has also been in private practice and shelter medicine for 18 years and is currently a member and Treasurer of the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association. He received his DVM degree from Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and his MBA from Aspen University.
Christman is a national thought leader, speaker and author on practice management, social media, and rehabilitation, and co-authored, Honey, Have You Squeezed the Dachshund? A Pet Owner’s Guide for Owners Who Are Terrified of IVDD—a book on dogs with disabilities. He has been featured in multiple publications and appeared on various multimedia shows throughout the country sharing his expertise and passion on all things veterinary medicine.
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 has been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
This activity is sponsored by Nationwide.
