An invitation to Veterinary Medical Practitioners, Technicians and Students to attend the...
28th Annual Frank W. Jordan Seminar on Occupational
Hazards
Sunday, March 27, 2011
at the College of Veterinary Medicine
1700 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, KS
Sponsored by:
Frank W. Jordan, DVM
and the College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University
Date and Time
Sunday, March 27, 2011
8:00 am – 4:30 p.m.
Location
Frick Auditorium, Mosier Hall,
College of Veterinary Medicine,
1800 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, KS
Frick Auditorium is located on the second floor of Mosier Hall. Enter at
the Emergency Entrance. Signs will be posted in the building to direct you to
registration.
Seminar Contact Hours
6 Clock Hours
Registration Information
- Register Online
- Register with mail-in form
- Registrations are due March 18, 2011. Please complete and return registration form, even though there is no registration fee. Registrations after this date and at the conference will still be accepted, but not guaranteed lunch or a copy of the proceedings.
- Seminar Registration Fee – none
The speakers’ expenses for the conference are paid from an endowment by Dr. Frank W. Jordan, Abilene, Kansas. Dr. Jordan established this fund in 1983 to enhance continuing education for veterinary medical practitioners, faculty, and students. - Optional Catered Luncheon - $10.00
If interested in lunch, please return the attached registration form, with payment, by March 18, 2010. Call Kathleen at
785-532-4528 if you need a lunch ticket after March 18. - Refunds are not available.
Guest Speakers
Joni Scheftel, DVM, MPH, ACVPM
State Public Health Veterinarian, Minnesota Department of Health
Joni Scheftel graduated from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1982 and joined a mixed animal practice in Watertown, Minnesota. In 2001, she earned her MPH in Environmental Microbiology from the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health. Dr. Scheftel currently serves as State Public Health Veterinarian at the Minnesota Department of Health. She is responsible for zoonotic disease surveillance and zoonotic disease outbreak investigation, and serves as a liason between the Department of Health and Minnesota’s animal agriculture agencies. Dr. Scheftel has a special interest in veterinary infection control and occupational health. She currently serves as co-chair of the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarian’s Infection Control Committee, which developed the first standard precautions guidelines for veterinarians in clinical practice.
Jennifer Akers, DVM, MPH
Assistant Professor, K-State College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Akers graduated from Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2001. She was in private practice until joining the faculty at Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in 2005, where she is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Small Animal General Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Akers graduated from Kansas State University with a Master of Public Health in December of 2009.
Bill Arck, M.S.
Director of Alcohol & Other Drug Education, K-State Counseling Services
Bill grew up in Wichita, Kansas and attended Bishop Carroll high school. Drafted in 1971, Bill spent one year in Texas, two years as an Intelligence Analyst at the National Security Agency in Washington, D.C., and one year in Southeast Asia with the U.S. Air Force Security Service. His undergraduate degree is in psychology, and his Master’s is in counseling, both from K-State. For the past 26 years Bill has been the director of Alcohol and Other Drug Education Service at K-State Counseling Services.
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Seminar Schedule Sunday, March 27, 2011 |
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| 7:30 am | Registration and Coffee |
| 8:00 am | Welcome Dr. Ralph Richardson, Dean, K-State CVM Dr. Robert Larson, Professor, K-State CVM |
| 8:05 am | Zoonotic Diseases in Veterinary Personnel: Disease you don’t want to get! Dr. Joni Scheftel |
| 9:30 am | Refreshment Break |
| 9:45 am | Zoonotic Diseases in Veterinary Personnel: Protecting Yourself from the Known and Unknown Dr. Joni Scheftel |
| 10:45 am | Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 am | Infection Control Guidelines for Therapy Dogs Dr. Joni Scheftel |
| 12:00 n | Optional Catered Luncheon Must be ordered by March 18 |
| 1:00 pm | Workplace Hazards: Repetition, Radiation, Anesthesia and More Dr. Jennifer Akers |
| 2:45 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:00 pm | Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace Bill Arck |
| 4:00 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 4:15 pm | Evaluation and Adjourn |
Parking
Parking is available on the west side (off Denison Avenue) and on the east side (off Jardine Drive) of the Veterinary medical Complex. A parking permit is not required for weekend parking. Do not park in the client parking or reserved stalls as you may get ticketed.
Questions
If you have any questions please contact Kathleen Emig by phone at 785-532-4528 or e-mail at vmce@vet.k-state.edu, Veterinary Medical Continuing Education at the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine.
If you have questions regarding registration information, call Kathleen or Megan at 785-532-4528.
Accommodations
We advise you to make your room reservations as soon as possible as rooms are limited in Manhattan and blocks are reserved on room availability, first-come first-served basis.
A block of rooms has been reserved at both the Clarion Hotel. The block rates and cutoff dates are listed below. Please refer to the “Frank W. Jordan Seminar” when reserving your room.
Clarion, 530 Richards Drive, 785-539-5311
Rooms: $90.00 + tax · Cutoff date: March 11, 2011
Other motels in Manhattan are listed below.
Holiday Inn at the Campus, 1641 Anderson Ave., 785-539-7531
Parkwood Inn & Suites, 505 S 17th St., 785-320-5440
Comfort Suites, 1020 Hostetler Dr., 785-539-9449
Best Western, 601 E Poyntz Ave., 785-537-8300
Fairfield Inn, 300 Colorado St., 785-539-2400
Hampton Inn, 501 E. Poyntz Ave., 785-539-5000
Motel 6, 510 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-1022
Super 8 Motel, 200 Tuttle Creek Blvd., 785-537-8468
 l to r: Frank Jordan, Gwen Jordan, Ralph Richardson |
Dr. Frank W. Jordan from Abilene, Kansas established an endowment in 1983 to enhance continuing education for veterinary medical practitioners, faculty, and students.
Dr. Jordan’s endowment is used to finance the speaker’s expenses for this conference.
Thank You, Dr. Jordan!!!
Manhattan area information
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/index/local.htm
Visit our conference web site
http://www.vet.ksu.edu/CE/index.htm