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Cardiovascular Emergencies & CPR; Practical Session

Key learning objectives Day One: Understand the cardiovascular assessment and management of patients presented with cardiovascular emergencies Utilise and interpret a range of diagnostic techniques including ECGs, radiographs, echocardiographs and laboratory data Diagnose and manage acute canine congestive heart failure, feline cardiomyopathy and aortic thromboembolism Diagnose and manage pericardial disease and understand how to perform pericardiocentesis Diagnose and manage cardiac arrhythmias Consider the predisposing factors likely to result in cardiac …

Next Steps in Soft Tissue Surgery

This course is designed to teach you the technical aspects of a variety of soft tissue surgery procedures. Some ‘theory’ will be included in the lectures, but emphasis will be placed on ‘how’ to perform each procedure. This will maximise the time you spend in the practical room. Topics have been chosen that represent surgical conditions commonly seen in veterinary practice and include salivary gland resection, scrotal urethrostomy, anal sacculectomy, …

Canine Dentistry

Dentistry is the bedrock of ALL small animal practice. If you do primary dental work well, you will achieve greater health benefits for your patients than developing any other skill. As dental disease is so common, dentistry should also account for at least 25% of small animal practice income. Investing in your dental equipment and training will represent the most cost effective development of your practice. This highly practical course …

Cardiovascular Emergencies & CPR; Practical Session

Key learning objectives Day One: Understand the cardiovascular assessment and management of patients presented with cardiovascular emergencies Utilise and interpret a range of diagnostic techniques including ECGs, radiographs, echocardiographs and laboratory data Diagnose and manage acute canine congestive heart failure, feline cardiomyopathy and aortic thromboembolism Diagnose and manage pericardial disease and understand how to perform pericardiocentesis Diagnose and manage cardiac arrhythmias Consider the predisposing factors likely to result in cardiac …

Exotic Animal - Primates and Zoo Animal Medicine

Key learning objectives Day One: Diagnose, treat and prevent ectoparasitic, bacterial, viral, fungal and neoplastic skin diseases Understand gastrointestinal disease including bacterial gastroenteritis, gastric dilation, diarrhoea and dental caries Appreciate diseases affecting the cardio-respiratory system Understand metabolic/ nutritional bone disease, musculoskeletal and neurological disease, arthritis and limb fractures Investigate and treat infectious diseases Diagnose and treat diseases of the urogenital tract including endometrial, ovarian and mammary disease Key learning objectives …

Nutritional, Metabolic, Paraneoplastic, Congenital - Hereditary Skin Disease and Miscellaneous Skin Diseases; Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Key learning objectives Day One: Understand the pathogenesis and clinical features of the cutaneous manifestations of internal disease excluding endocrine disorders Appreciate the differential diagnosis of these conditions and the approach to their investigation and treatment Have an understanding of congenital hereditary disorders Understand the effect of deficiency or excess of vitamins or minerals in skin disease Key learning objectives Day Two: Have a working understanding of the following regulations: …

The Cardiac Patient & The Cardiovascular System

This clinically based programme will address the fundamental principles underlying cardiac disease, discuss common presentations of cardiac disease and thoroughly review current diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. You will have the opportunity to become fully informed about commonly utilised diagnostic procedures via practical ECG interpretation, film reading and hands-on echocardiography. Wherever possible, modules will include an interactive, practical element. Problem solving and case based material will feature strongly throughout the course …

Ultrasound for the Emergency Patient

A day course suitable for vets in general practice who want to learn the power of 'FAST' ultrasound scanning for assessing their patients rapidly and with confidence by familiarising themselves with POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound), AFAST™ and TFAST™. This course would also be suitable for candidates working towards a GPCert / PgC in Emergency Medicine and Surgery. Learn how to rapidly triage the emergency patient using ultrasound – and …

Introduction to Small Animal Ultrasound

This course is designed for those veterinary surgeons with limited experience of diagnostic ultrasound. By the end of the course you should be able to achieve a medium level of proficiency in the practical scanning of the normal abdominal organs and of the heart. Some common pathological conditions affecting the small animal abdomen and heart will be considered. Advice will be given on how to choose an ultrasound machine for …

TPLO Masterclass

Cranial cruciate ligament failure is, arguably, the commonest cause of serious hindlimb lameness in the adult dog. Its management, over the years, has produced wide and varied techniques. Over the past 15-20 years it is the “biomechanical” techniques that have come to the fore. Although much debate continues over which of these is superior, it is generally accepted that these techniques offer better outcomes in all but the smallest of …

Clinical Pathology; Therapeutics and Immunisation

Key learning objectives Day One: Understand how to collect diagnostic samples including sampling sites and blood volumes, faecal, urine and bone marrow samples Interpret haematological profiles based on knowledge of normal values and the changes which occur in disease processes Interpret biochemical profiles based on knowledge of normal values and the changes which occur in disease processes Evaluate bone marrow samples Understand how to collect and evaluate cytological samples Appreciate …

Laparoscopic Bitch Spay

Minimally invasive surgery has transformed the way surgical procedures have been performed on humans over the past twenty years and it is becoming increasingly uncommon for human surgeons to have to resort to open techniques. Veterinary surgery is treading the same route with many clinics now performing many or all of their bitch spays laparoscopically. The benefits are self evident and the procedure is well received, indeed sought out, by …

Feline Dentistry

A two-day series of lectures and practical sessions aiming to cover the essentials of feline dentistry. Feline dentistry poses certain unique problems and pathologies. Dedicated courses are rare, especially with the availability of specimens to practise techniques. A dedicated wet-lab, complete with modern dental units and radiography (from iM3), video displays and superb lecture facilities. Numbers will be limited to ensure 1:1 training, your own specimens and minimal sharing of …

Masterclass in Feline Endoscopy

This practical two-day masterclass will focus on advancing practitioners beyond the infamous ‘diagnostic roadblock’ commonly faced in feline practice. This course will provide an overview of selecting appropriate equipment and safe handling skills for the upper/lower intestinal tract and upper/lower respiratory tract. You’ll have the opportunity to perform endoscopy at our state-of-the-art, wet-lab facilities in Sheffield and extensive hands-on opportunities over the two days. You’ll receive guidance through the subject …

Canine Dentistry

Dentistry is the bedrock of ALL small animal practice. If you do primary dental work well, you will achieve greater health benefits for your patients than developing any other skill. As dental disease is so common, dentistry should also account for at least 25% of small animal practice income. Investing in your dental equipment and training will represent the most cost-effective development of your practice. This highly practical course will …

Principles of Anaesthesia, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine; Diagnostic Imaging

Key learning objectives Day One: Identify the type of fluid replacement required Calculate fluid requirements Appreciate different administration techniques and cannulation techniques Select appropriate agents for the restraint, pre-medication, induction and maintenance of anaesthesia Monitor anaesthesia Apply knowledge of emergency and resuscitation techniques in anaesthesia to clinical situations if required Understand the basic principles of emergency and critical care medicine of exotic pets Key learning objectives Day Two: Appreciate the …

Next Steps in Echocardiography

This course aims to provide you with the knowledge to achieve standard echocardiographic views in dogs including right and left side views and M mode. The common artefacts which may be confused with cardiac pathology will be covered and an overview of the changes seen in common acquired and congenital cardiac disease in the dog and cat will be illustrated. The theory of Doppler will be introduced and its application …

Introduction to Orthopaedic Surgery

This two-day practical course is designed to provide a solid grounding in how to deal with common orthopaedic problems and build confidence in surgical approaches and techniques. The combination of lectures and practical sessions will revise relevant surgical anatomy to enable delegates to undertake with confidence the surgical management of common articular problems. These will include femoral head and neck arthroplasty, surgery for osteochondrosis, lateral retinacular suture placement for the …

Platelet Regenerative Therapy PRP – Core Science and Practice Course

Regenerative medicine is a platelet cell and/or stem cell therapy modality. It can be used in the treatment of osteoarthritis, damaged and poorly vascularised tissues (e.g. tendons, ligaments and cartilage) and even chronic wounds that usually do not heal or only very slowly, and often with scar tissue formation resulting in chronic pain and reduced range of motion.It can be combined with surgical intervention or medically treated individuals, and can …

Medical Therapeutic Lasers

Class IV therapeutic lasers offer a wide variety of therapeutic applications to everyday clinical practice. This one-day course combines state-of-the-art seminars as well as hands-on practical instruction. Understand the science behind Laser Therapy Increased circulation and oxygenation Decreased swelling and inflammation Reduction in pain Enhanced tissue repair Appreciate the wide range of applications for the use of therapeutic lasers Management of acute lameness Pain management for chronic musculoskeletal conditions Post-surgical …