The Cairn Podcast: Marking the Trail for Veterinarians
A Podcast for Veterinarians and Animal Lovers.
We are your centralized resource for veterinary interests, education, and personal development. How we take care of ourselves, each other, patients and pet parents, and how we grow as members of this community - this is what we hope our podcast provides!
Episodes
55 episodes
Crafting a Culture with Gretchen Sauer Part 3: Consistency and Fairness
Join Drs. Corinne, Magdalena and Dan as we welcome back Gretchen Sauer, MBA, LSSGB. We discuss the challenges of maintaining consistency and fairness in the workplace, including how consistency and fairness shape workplace culture, why fairness...
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Season 2
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Episode 55
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1:01:31
Introducing Clemson University's College of Veterinary Medicine with Founding Dean, Dr. Steven Marks
Join Drs. Corinne, Magdalena and Dan, as we welcome Steven L. Marks, BVSc, MS, DACVIM (SAIM). Dr. Marks is the Dean of Clemson's College of Veterinary Medicine, set to welcome its first class in the Fall of 2026. We discuss Dr. Marks' vision fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 54
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55:30
2024 ACVIM Recap
Join us as we discuss Dr. Dan's recent trip to Minneapolis for the 2024 ACVIM convention.2024 ACVIM Forum
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Season 2
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Episode 53
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37:33
Spectrum of Care with Dr. Tim Loonam
Join Dr. Corinne and Dr. Dan as we sit down with Dr. Tim Loonam to discuss the spectrum of care in veterinary medicine, including some amazing opportunities being provided by The Stanton ...
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Season 2
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Episode 52
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59:04
Urinary Incontinence
Ready to tackle one of the trickiest issues in pet care? Join Dr. Corinne and Dr. Dan as we discuss urinary incontinence in dogs. We review the ACVIM consensus statement on urinary incontinence published this past December, including neurophysi...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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55:54
Mindfulness Monday: Meditation Unleashed - Informal Practice
Join us with Dr. Laura Smallwood as we discuss how to make any activity a meditation practice. We explore how each of us has attempted to adapt formal meditation practices to day-to-day situations in work and life, and whether informal practice...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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54:01
Educating and Protecting Healthcare Providers in Commercial Real Estate, with Colin Carr
Join Drs. Corinne and Dan as we speak with Colin Carr, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CARR: Healthcare Real Estate Experts Nationwide. CARR is the nation’s leading provider of commercial real estate services for healthcare tenants a...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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59:10
Crafting a Culture with Gretchen Sauer Part 2: Communication and Expectations
Join Drs. Corinne, Magdalena and Dan as we welcome back Gretchen Sauer, MBA, LSSGB. We discuss why clear communication is so vital in the professional setting, how to address common misunderstandings and conflicts arising from unclear expectati...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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1:11:49
Navigating Continuing Education Conferences: A Veterinarian's Guide to Maximizing Learning
Join Dr. Corinne and Dr. Dan as they discuss how to get the most out of continuing education opportunities. The doctors cover how to prepare for success and select the best conference for you, strategic session selection, networking and collabo...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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42:02
Cardiorespiratory Review with Dr. Teresa DeFrancesco
Join us as we welcome Dr. Teresa DeFrancesco DVM, DACVECC, and DACVIM (cardiology). Dr. DeFrancesco reviews some recent publications to stimulate some fun discussion and help us reconsider some commonly held assumptions in treating ...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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35:24
Mindfulness Monday: Why We Sit, Stay and Meditate
Join us as we discuss our personal meditation experiences with Dr. Laura Smallwood. We share what first drew us to meditation as well as what has kept us practicing. Additionally, we discuss the personal benefits we have observed as well as per...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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49:24
Life in the Fast Lane Part 2: Navigating Trauma Triage with Dr. Kristin Welch
Join us for Part 2 of this exciting discussion with Dr. Kristin Welch, DVM, DACVECC. Dr. Welch is the founder and Chief Criticalist at DVM-Stat, and previously helped grow the Southeast’s first VECCS Level...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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1:07:36
Life in the Fast Lane Part 1: Navigating Trauma Triage with Dr. Kristin Welch
Join us for Part 1 of this epic two-part series as we welcome Dr. Kristin Welch, DVM, DACVECC. Dr. Welch is the founder and Chief Criticalist at DVM-Stat, and previously helped grow the Southeast’s first V...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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1:17:26
Working Up ALKP Dominant Liver Conditions: Part 2 with Dr. Tristan Weinkle
Join us for Part 2 of the epic ALKP discussion! Today we conclude our discussion with Dr. Tristan Weinkle, DVM, DACVIM board certified in small animal internal medicine (SAIM), private practice clinician, and owner/founder of Sonant Veterinary ...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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40:27
Working Up ALKP Dominant Liver Conditions: Part 1 with Dr. Tristan Weinkle
Join us as we meet at the rounds table with Dr. Tristan Weinkle, DVM, DACVIM board certified in small animal internal medicine (SAIM), private practice clinician, and owner/founder of Sonant Veterinary Imaging and Education to talk about the my...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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52:02
Crafting a Culture with Gretchen Sauer Part 1: Gratitude
Join Drs. Corinne, Magdalena and Dan as we welcome Gretchen Sauer, MBA, LSSGB. We discuss nurturing gratitude within the workplace among colleagues and clients. We explore why gratitude is important for workplace culture with an open discussion...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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1:03:29
Personalized Medicine
Join us as we embark on an exciting whirlwind tour of personalized medicine in companion animals, and how it may change the future of veterinary medicine as it enables us to focus more on individual patients instead of population medicine assum...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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58:12
Real Talk: Differentiating Neurologic and Orthopedic Disease with Dr. Bill Draper
Is it neuro or ortho? Join us as we sit down with Dr. Bill Draper, DVM, DACVIM (Neurology). Dr. Draper is a small animal neurologist and medical director of BluePearl Columbia, and he joins us to discuss the challenges in assessing lameness in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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57:34
The Cairn Podcast's 2024 Season Opener
Happy New Year! Join Dr. Corinne, Dr. Dan and Dr. Magdalena in the studio as we take a look forward at what we have in store for 2024. Thank you for being a part of this journey with us!
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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9:58
2023 Year End Reflections
Join us for our final podcast of 2023 as we look back on The Cairn Podcast's first year!Dr. Corinne and Dr. Dan reflect upon this past year's highlights, what we've learned, and what to look forward to in 2024. Thank you so...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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10:23
Mindfulness Monday: Equanimity
Join us as we discuss Equanimity with Dr. Laura Smallwood. Equanimity is the final heart virtue and can be thought of as the ability to be with things as they are, or calm in the face of extremes whether they be good or bad. This is not a passi...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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45:17
Mindfulness Monday: Joy
Join us as we discuss the topic of Joy with Dr. Laura Smallwood. Joy, and specifically Sympathetic Joy, is the third of the four heart virtues and involves rejoicing in the happiness and good fortune of someone else. We discuss how true h...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:05:54
Wait, it's not just another bacterial UTI?
Viruses, Fungi, and Nematodes, Oh my! Wait, it’s not just another bacterial UTI? Get out of the Kingdom Bacteria, and join Corinne and Dan as they entertain all the "zebras" that may cause cystitis in dogs and cats. We also include a brief disc...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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1:02:15
Mindfulness Monday: Mindful Speech
Are you ready to apply the principles of mindfulness in how we speak (or refrain from speaking) to others? Just in time to prepare for those touchy family holiday discussions, we invite you to listen as we discuss the principles of mindfu...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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56:00
Mindfulness Monday: Compassion
Join Dr. Laura Smallwood as we discuss compassion. Compassion starts with kindness, but also adds empathy, or as Dr. Laura states "I think of compassion as what happens when kindness meets up with a difficult or painful situation."We di...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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57:16