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If you are a veterinary professional that wants to improve the lives of your patients and their people, then the Partners for Healthy Pets initiative was designed specifically with you in mind.
Have a feline-only practice or want to increase your focus on cat care? Learn ways to help your practice be even more feline-friendly and increase the satisfaction of cat owners.
Partners for Healthy Pets understands that delivering veterinary services to cats is a different breed of care. That’s because a visit to the veterinarian is often traumatic for a cat, which can make cat owners reluctant to bring them in.
Although some veterinary practices are exclusively dedicated to the care of cats, others would like to develop an increased focus on feline healthcare. Whichever category your practice falls into, here you’ll find tools and resources to help your practice maintain or develop a strong emphasis on felines.
The Pouncing on Opportunity article from the May issue of Trends magazine provides additional discussion related to the Cat-Friendly Practice Program.
Presented by: Elizabeth J. Colleran, DVM
Recommended for veterinary professionals and practices who want to:
Overview
The number of pet cats is increasing, but the number of cats visiting veterinarians is on the decline. That’s because many owners forego necessary routine care to avoid the stress the visit brings to the cat and the owner. This webcast offers strategies to lessen the stress of the veterinary visit and create a more cat-friendly practice. Improving your understanding of your feline patients’ needs creates a win-win for all involved—the cat, the client, and the practice.
Presented by: Ilona Rodan, DVM, DABVP
Recommended for veterinary professionals and practices who want to:
Better handle cats in a manner that greatly reduces feline fear and fear-associated aggression, and subsequently human injury
Develop a standard operating procedure for handling cats
Educate team members and clients how to prevent feline stress during veterinary visits
Overview
A majority of cat owners state that their cat hates to go to the veterinarian, and almost 40% of clients think veterinary visits are personally stressful. This lack of visits results in poor feline health and welfare, and less successful practices. During this web conference, you’ll learn about respectful feline handling and gain a better understanding of normal feline behavior. Learning these relatively simple, newer handling techniques will prevent feline fear and fear-associated aggression, improve job satisfaction and safety, and get cats back into your practices.
The AAFP’s Cat-Friendly Practice (CFP) program contains the tools for practices to integrate a feline perspective and embrace the standards needed to elevate care for cats. The CFP designation is a recognized symbol of excellence that demonstrates your practice’s dedication to provide better care for cats.
The CFP program equips practices with the tools, resources, and information to improve the treatment, handling, and overall healthcare of cats by:
New video segments designed to help assist veterinary teams about ways to enhance feline visits to the veterinarian.
The AAFP has many informational resources to help veterinary teams become more knowledgeable about feline behavior and cats’ unique needs, as well as, educational resources for cat owners on feline healthcare. Resources include:
PRINT-READY BROCHURES FOR CAT OWNERS: Topics include Getting Your Cat to the Vet, Feline House-Soiling, Environmental Needs and more.
VIDEOS FOR VETERINARY TEAMS: This 8-part video series outlines ways a practice can minimize stress for both the cat and client during visits. Videos include “Understanding Feline Behavior,” “Enhancing the Feline Examination,” and more. To view the entire list of educational videos, click here.
VIDEOS FOR CAT OWNERS: Video series for cat owners that educates owners on why it is important to bring your cats to the veterinarian routinely. To view entire list of videos, click here.
