Video Length: 40:40
How do you prevent stress and tough times from affecting your lifesaving? Learn how to stretch the resources you do have to save the most lives possible, even in high-stress moments in your shelter or clinic. Leave with tangible ideas for how to use techs and managers to do medical work, how to work strategically through crisis and how effective management is key ensuring everyone is doing everything they can to save the lives in your care.
This presentation was recorded by Maddie's Fund® at the 2020 American Pets Alive! Conference.
Dr. Bardzinski obtained her doctorate of veterinary medicine from Mississippi State University. Initially, she came to Austin to complete an internship in equine veterinary medicine and then afterwards began working in shelter medicine and performing high volume spay/neuter surgeries. She has been working as a veterinarian at Austin Pets Alive! for just over 6 years and currently resides in Austin with her cattle-dog Paisley and crazy cats Kase and Sake.
After completing a PhD in conservation genetics at University of Colorado, Dr. Wilcox volunteered at a local shelter during her years of post-doctoral research at University of Arizona. The shelter animals compelled her to shift her professional goals, and she finished her veterinary degree at University of Wisconsin in 2008. She returned to Tucson as a shelter vet and eventually became medical director at Humane Society of Southern Arizona. She moved to Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) as their first "shelter" vet five years ago. PACC presented abundant challenges as the largest open admission municipal shelter in Southern Arizona. Community support toward PACC shifted dramatically in 2014 when life-saving medical stories were broadcast and key programs successfully launched.