Educational offerings

Our Clinical Pathology education services offer a variety of learning opportunities to help boost your confidence in the clinic laboratory. Our wet labs provide hands-on experience with laboratory techniques, while our lectures and discussions can cover a wide range of topics related to diagnostic procedures.

Access to educational opportunities for clinical staff and doctors can yield happier and more confident veterinary teams! Dr. Jeffries was fortunate enough to begin her veterinary journey in a hospital that fostered this mindset and it has instilled a passion in her to continue learning and teaching.

During undergrad she taught for several years at Pima Medical Institute's Veterinary Technology Program (Tucson, AZ campus). During her tenure there she co-authored the Immunity and Defense chapter in Colville and Bassert's Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians 3rd Ed textbook.

She has presented at several Veterinary Conferences ranging from case studies, research abstracts, and most recently at the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association's CVMA West Pathology in Practice conference.

Our educational offerings can be tailored to your individual practice needs and we are happy to brain storm topics and formats. Reach out to us if you would like to discuss these opportunities (clientservices@rmvetclinpath.com).

Wet labs

Hands on learning can be the best way to solidify skills in the lab. Depending on the topic, a hybrid model of lecture and hands on practice may be right for you and your staff.

Examples of potential topics include:

Hematology: educational lecture discussing parts of a full CBC including blood smear evaluation, manual differential count, PLT estimation, morphology evaluation and interpretation of CBC data and indices. Discuss particular things that can be missed if only relying on automated instruments (misclassification of cells, agglutination, neoplastic cells, inclusions, etc.).
Urinalyses: discuss fundamentals of dip sticks and false +/- results. Preparation of direct and concentrated preparations and microscopic evaluation and ID of crystals, bacteria, and cells.

Lecture format

Information heavy topics may be best for lecture format as we can discuss topics more in depth.

Examples of potential topics include:

Basics and methodology of in-house diagnostics: patient side antibody/antigen testing and considerations, saline agglutination testing, Rivalta test for FIP, effusion analyte testing (glucose, lactate, triglyceride, K+, creatinine, Tbili), blood typing and cross matching, and others that may be pertinent to your practice).
In-house cytology 101: sample collection, preparation, and interpretation with case based examples.
Ancillary diagnostics: lymphoma diagnostics (PARR, flow cytometry), serum protein electrophoresis/ immunofixation, and immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry (IHC/ICC).