Lectures & Workshops
Making the complex click.
Practical veterinary education that connects clinical knowledge with everyday patient care.
Rachel Poulin, RVT, VTS (Internal Medicine) brings more than 20 years of patient care, conference speaking, and teaching to lectures, hospital workshops, and interactive case discussions for veterinary technicians and teams.
Conference lectures
Has Diabetes Changed? A Canine and Feline Update for Veterinary Technicians
Evolving diabetes care and the technician’s role in monitoring, nursing support, and helping owners manage daily care.
Pancreatitis: Small Organ, Big Drama
Practical nursing priorities, including pain and nausea assessment, nutritional support, monitoring, and discharge education.
Totally Tubular: Feeding Tube Nursing
Feeding tube care from hospitalization through home care, including nursing responsibilities, troubleshooting, and client teaching.
Beyond IBD: Caring for Dogs with Chronic Enteropathy
Supporting diagnostics, nursing care, and client communication throughout a complex care journey.
Making Chronic Disease Care Work for Patients and Clients
Helping clients understand care routines, communicate challenges, and support consistent follow-through at home.
Finding Your Voice: Speaking Up for the Patient
Practical ways to communicate patient concerns, ask thoughtful questions, and follow through on patient advocacy.
Hospital workshops & team education
Cage-side rounds and case discussions: Interactive learning around nursing priorities, monitoring, and communication.
Lunch-and-learns: Focused presentations on internal medicine nursing, diabetes care, feeding tubes, client education, and patient advocacy.
Tailored team training: Discuss your team’s experience and learning goals to choose a topic and format that fits your hospital.
Additional topics
Past presentations include diabetic ketoacidosis, teaching the diabetic pet owner, lymphangiectasia and protein-losing enteropathy, hyperadrenocorticism, leptospirosis, Fanconi syndrome, and foundational clinical nursing. Contact Rachel to discuss an updated presentation for your audience.
Bring Rachel to your next event
Planning a conference session or education for your hospital team? Let’s discuss what would be most useful for your audience.
When you get in touch, please share:
- Your organization and event name
- Proposed dates and location
- Audience roles and approximate group size
- Topics or learning goals
- Preferred format and session length
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Bookings, availability, session details, and fees are arranged directly with Rachel.
CE lectures are in development; RACE approval will be sought. No CE credit is implied unless explicitly stated for a specific event.
