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!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
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 whe…
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 fortun…
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 i…
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 liste…
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 …
Cannabinoid Use in Veterinary Medicine
Join Dr. Corinne Goldman and Dr. Dan Hall at the rounds table, as they meet to discuss the use of cannabinoids in veterinary medicine. We discuss the endocannabinoid system and its three main compone…
Rapamycin use in cats with subclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Join us for this exciting discussion as we welcome Dr. Joshua Stern, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology) to discuss results of the recently completed RAPACAT trial, evaluating the effects of delayed releas…
Veterinary Forensics and Shelter Medicine with Dr. Jennifer Bonovich
Join us for an incredible and inspirational discussion with Dr. Jennifer Bonovich, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Science in Veterinary Forensics. Dr. Bonovich has an extensive backgroun…
Mindfulness Monday: Kindness
Join Dr. Laura Smallwood as we discuss kindness. Specifically, how does 'kindness' differ from 'being nice'. We discuss how true kindness originates from love and interconnectivity, whereas being nic…
Acute Kidney Injury
Join Dr. Corinne and Dr. Dan as we refresh our understanding of acute kidney injury with a focus on early recognition, the value of POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) in the identification of renal inj…
Aerodigestive Disease in Dogs
Join Dr. Corinne Goldman and Dr. Dan Hall as they meet at the rounds table, reviewing recent literature from the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine regarding the role of alimentary disease in th…
Mindfulness Monday: Mindfulness of Stress
Join Dr. Laura Smallwood as we move beyond the foundations of mindfulness practice and into practical applications, and explore mindfulness of stress. Mindfulness of stress involves understanding our…
Diabetes in Small Animal Medicine with Dr. Patty Lathan Part 2
Join us for Part 2 as we finish our diabetes discussion with Dr. Patty Lathan, including practical use of Bexacat™ the new SGLT2 inhibitor for use in feline diabetes mellitus management. Dr Lathan is…
Real Talk: Diabetes in Small Animal Medicine with Dr. Patty Lathan
Join us for Part 1 of this epic diabetes discussion as we we sit down with our dear friend, classmate, and colleague Dr. Patty Lathan, VMD, MS, DACVIM (SAIM), Small Animal Internist and endocrinologi…
Mindfulness Monday: Mindfulness of Mental Phenomena
Join Dr. Laura Smallwood as we explore the fourth and final foundation of mindfulness. Mindfulness of mental phenomena involves learning from what we notice during our meditation practice as well as …
Part 2 From Farm To Table: The Life of a Large Animal Veterinarian with Melinda McCall
Join us for Part 2 of this wonderful episode, as we finish our discussion with Dr. Melinda McCall to discuss her career as a large animal veterinarian. Melinda recounts how she became involved with l…
From Farm To Table: The Life of a Large Animal Veterinarian with Melinda McCall
Join us for Part 1 of this insightful, hilarious, and heartwarming episode, as we welcome Dr. Melinda McCall to discuss her career as a large animal veterinarian. Melinda discusses how her early chil…
Mindfulness Monday: Mindfulness of Thinking
Join Dr. Laura Smallwood as we explore mindfulness of thinking and the phenomenon of meta awareness, a characteristic unique to humans (as far as we know!). Mindfulness of thinking is the 3rd foundat…
Practice Ownership and Entrepreneurship Part 2
Join us as we conclude our entrepreneurship discussion with Dr. Tim Loonam. We discuss soft skills to improve staff enthusiasm, tips for networking, following your values, and how to build mutually b…
Practice Ownership and Entrepreneurship Part 1
Join us for Part 1 of another fantastic discussion with Dr. Tim Loonam. We discuss changes to the veterinary profession catalyzed by the KPMG and Brakke Megastudy of 1999. We then go on to discuss th…