The Cairn Podcast: Marking the Trail for Veterinarians

Join for us for part 2 of this amazing episode with Jennifer Rogers and Melissa Payne from PAALS. We continue discussing specific PAALS programs, and how you can get involved to support this organization through fundraisers, fun events, volunteering, and even foster opportunities for dogs that are in training. With the incredible leadership at PAALS and community support, we can all be a part of matching highly trained service dogs with individuals in need.

Join us for Part 1 of this beautiful two-part series as we welcome Jennifer Rogers and Melissa Payne from Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services (PAALS). Jennifer is the founder of PAALS and current director of training, and Melissa is the executive director.  PAALS is the only Assistance Dog International (ADI) accredited organization based in South Carolina, and is a founding member of Animal Assisted Intervention International (AAII). We discuss the history and founding of PAALS, the extensive training that PAALS service dogs go through, matching service dogs with their new owners, and some of the specific PAALS programs. Please stay tuned for Part 2 coming soon, and see below to learn more about PAALS and how you can help this amazing organization!

Episode links and resources:
PAALS Homepage
https://www.paals.org/about
https://www.paals.org/support-us
Midlands Gives
Paddle for PAALS
Paddle for PAALS Facebook Page
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Join Dr. Laura Smallwood as we explore mindfulness of feeling tones, including the three basic feeling tones that we should practice paying attention to. We discuss how learning to recognize pleasant, unpleasant and neutral feeling tones can help us respond better to life's changing circumstances.

A guided meditation by Dr. Smallwood on mindfulness of feeling tones can be found here.

Dr. Smallwood will be teaching an 8 week online course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) beginning on June 5th, 2023. Please consider registering for this course available through the link above. Spots are limited!

Happy National Heartworm Awareness month! Join us as we discuss cardiorenal syndrome and dive into some of the unusual heartworm positive cases we have seen in April.

Before diving into our cases, we discuss pathophysiology of heartworm-induced renal disease, prevalence of heartworm disease, current treatment options for heartworm disease, and the interplay of the cardiovascular and renal systems.

References are available on our website.

Join us for Part 2 as we continue our leadership discussion with Dr. Tim Loonam. We explore how the specific mindset and approach of a professional athlete can be applied to those of us in the veterinary profession, and the importance of a team-oriented mindset. This concludes an invaluable discussion for anyone interested in building their own resiliency, leadership and longevity, in any profession.

Please see Part 1 Episode notes for references.

Join us for a brief recap as we discuss our journey so far, look forward to what's ahead, and invite our listeners to participate in future episodes! We revisit the importance of mindfulness as a foundation for daily life and work, preview future veterinary and mindfulness topics, and reflect on whether we have honored our mission so far.

Join us for Part 1 of this amazing two-part series as we welcome Dr. Tim Loonam to discuss building resiliency and leadership qualities. Dr. Loonam is a former army ranger, veterinary practice owner, and still practices as a mixed animal veterinarian while lecturing at veterinary schools across the country. We specifically discuss servant leadership, why it is so effective, and how its absence from past veterinary school curricula has hurt our profession. This is also an invaluable discussion for anyone interested in building their own resiliency and personal leadership style - if you interact with people, leadership qualities are essential.

Dr. Loonam's recommendations:

John Maxwell Leadership Resources

John C. Maxwell - Developing the Leader Within You 2.0

Maxwell Leadership Podcast

The Veterinary Leadership Institute

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership

Jocko Willink - Discipline Equals Freedom

Jocko Willink - The Dichotomy of Leadership

Jocko Podcast

Dr. Goldman and Dr. Hall discuss how veterinary point of care ultrasound techniques can be employed to benefit veterinary patients. AFAST, TFAST and VetBLUE are standardized focused ultrasound protocols currently offered through FASTVet.

We also discuss several veterinary studies examining the accuracy of these techniques and how they can be used in complement with other diagnostics, in various abdominal, pulmonary and cardiac disease states.

The full Episode 8 bibliography is available on our website.

Join Dr. Laura Smallwood as we further explore mindfulness of the body, including techniques we can use  to improve body awareness. Improving body awareness helps us to become more present, focused, and connected with the external world. Additionally, improved body awareness can help improve overall health, detect early disease and reduce the chance of injuries.

Guidance for the body scan meditation can be found here.

Dr. Smallwood will be teaching an 8 week online course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) beginning on June 5th, 2023. Please consider registering for this course available through the link above. Spots are limited!

Join Drs. Paige Mackey and Ashleigh Seigneur as they discuss their experiences in transitioning from full time veterinary internists to locum and mobile specialty work, serving multiple hospitals in different locations. Dr. Dan Hall also discusses his gradual transition from a full time staff cardiologist to a mobile practitioner. We explore the factors that led to our transition away from being full time associates, tips for getting started as a locum or mobile practitioner, the value of relationships with primary care veterinarians, challenges in adapting to different hospital settings, the joy of engaging with hospital staff, how mindfulness strategies help our veterinary patients relax, setting boundaries, and a surprise crash course on tax and investment strategies from Dr. Mackey! Dr. Mackey references white coat investor as an invaluable website that helped her learn more about financial options.