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$20 for Early Bird Registration (ends May 19th)
$25 for Standard Registration
Improving Outcomes for Clients with Financial Limitations through a Spectrum of Care Approach
Wednesday May 31st , 2023
This program has been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.
Can't make the conference? Don't worry we'll record the presentation and make it available to everyone who registers.
Please note: all times shown are Eastern
7:00 PM - 7:50 PM
Presentation:
Cases limited by client finances are a daily occurrence for many small animal practitioners. As pets are considered part of the family by their owners, conversations between pet owners and the veterinary team can become emotionally charged, especially when finances are limited and decisions about care become life or death. These cases and the discussions that go with them can create moral distress and contribute to burnout for many veterinarians. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
7:50 PM - 8:00 PM
Q&A
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Kate Boatright, VMD
Dr. Kate Boatright is a 2013 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has worked in small animal
practice since graduating. She has worked at multiple practices in Pennsylvania and is currently
employed part-time in a rural general practice clinic (Penn Ohio Veterinary Services) and provides
limited relief services to emergency clinics. Her clinical interests include feline medicine, internal
medicine, surgery, and emergency medicine. She also supervises and mentors pre-veterinary and
veterinary student shadows as well as new graduate veterinarians.
During veterinary school, she was the 2011 National VBMA Vice President and led the development of
the original business certificate program with fellow board members. She remains involved with the
VBMA as an Honors portfolio reviewer, speaker, and founding member of the VBMA Alumni.
In 2018, she began freelance writing and speaking. She wrote the Finding Balance column for Today’s
Veterinary Practice in 2020 and 2021 and the Beyond the Clinic Column in 2022. She regularly writes for
dvm360 and AAHA publications, including a new column on spectrum of care for NEWStat. She
published the Veterinary Mentorship Manual in March 2023 to support individual veterinarians and
clinics in providing strong mentorship to early career veterinarians.
Dr. Boatright has spoken both live and virtually to numerous veterinary schools and at state and national
conferences, including dvm360® Fetch conferences, AVMA Convention, AVMA’s Veterinary Leadership
Conference, and ACVIM. She founded KMB Veterinary Media LLC in 2021 to continue her work in
educating veterinary professionals through speaking, writing, and mentorship.
In addition to her clinical work, she has been active in organized veterinary medicine since shortly after
graduation. She serves as the secretary for her local association (NWPVMA), has been a District Trustee
on the PVMA Board, and currently serves as the alternate delegate for Pennsylvania to the AVMA’s
House of Delegates. She is the editor of the PVMA’s quarterly publication, The Keystone Veterinarian,
and serves on the legislative committee. In her local area, she has worked with several college pre-
veterinary clubs to help arrange shadowing experiences and host mock interviews for applicants. She
completed the PVMA’s Power of Ten Leadership training program in 2016 and has represented her state
at the annual Veterinary Leadership Conference hosted by the AVMA as an emerging leader.