Director of Veterinary Medicine, Associate Veterinarian Loyal, Adobe Animal Hospital San Francisco, California, United States
Disclosure(s):
Brennen A. McKenzie, MA, MSc, VMD: No financial relationships to disclose
Presentation Description / Summary: How do we help as many pets and their humans as possible? How do we ensure that every patient gets the high-quality, evidence-based care they deserve when resources are often limited? Spectrum of care has become an important strategy for addressing the problem of access to veterinary care. This session looks at the concept of a spectrum of care and how evidence-based medicine can support this approach to maximizing both the quality and accessibility of veterinary care.
Learner Outcomes: 1. Interrogating the concepts such as standard of care, spectrum of care, gold standard, and evidence-based medicine and how these relate in the pursuit of providing effective, accessible veterinary care. 2. Understand how scientific evidence supports spectrum of care and where the evidence gaps are that need to be filled. 3. Developing a method for implementing spectrum of care in practice that is consistently and explicitly evidence based.
Learning Objectives:
Interrogating the concepts such as standard of care, spectrum of care, gold standard, and evidence-based medicine and how these relate in the pursuit of providing effective, accessible veterinary care.
Understand how scientific evidence supports spectrum of care and where the evidence gaps are that need to be filled.
Developing a method for implementing spectrum of care in practice that is consistently and explicitly evidence based.
