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Webinar Plus: Recognising and Webinar: Practising quality-of-life Webinar Plus: Healthy and happy RECORDED
responding to animal abuse in veterinary assessment driven small animal medicine animals: Welfare beyond the five WEBINARS
practice freedoms

Monday 7th November NEW NEW Monday 23rd January 2023 NEW
to Sunday 4th December Friday 18th November to Sunday 19th February 2023
Would you like to know more about what you can do to help if you suspect We all agree that quality of life of our patients is “everything”. In contrast, Would you like to know how you can best support patient emotional Available to purchase and view at any time.
your patients or human clients are victims of abuse? as a profession we all pay surprisingly little attention to measuring and wellbeing as well as physical health? Our recorded webinars available include:
monitoring quality of life. Let’s change that!
Everyone responsible for an animal, including owners and veterinary Much progressive research argues that good animal welfare requires • Effective clinical coaching – how can we get the best from our
professionals, has a duty of care to protect that animal’s health and welfare. Our veterinary oath dictates we should do everything in the interests a shift away from simply preventing animal suffering and a move towards coaches and students?
Compromised welfare, which leads to unnecessary animal suffering, can of the welfare of the animal under our care; we are also urged to practice the promotion of positive, pleasurable experiences and states. While there • How to bring your practice up to speed with hygiene and
have numerous causes ranging from unintentional neglect to intentional evidence-based medicine. In order to comply with both demands, it is are many strategies routinely employed by veterinary professionals to help antimicrobial stewardship
cruelty. Unintentional neglect can often be easy for veterinary staff to detect. essential we start measuring, documenting and monitoring the quality of reduce patient stress and promote positive physical and emotional states • Supporting students with specific learning differences in the
Intentional cruelty on the other hand can be much more difficult to identify, life of our patients. Treatment decisions, diagnostic decisions and even there is scope to do much more to cater for the species-specific and veterinary workplace
and even when cruelty is suspected many frontline veterinary staff may not euthanasia decisions should be guided by this most important parameter. individual needs of the diverse array of animal patients encountered in Recorded Webinar Plus
know what steps they can or should take to intervene on an animal’s behalf. But if we don’t measure this most important parameter, how can we be contemporary veterinary practice. • Recorded Webinar Plus: Navigating the CertAVP A module
sure we are doing the right thing?
Why do this course? This course aims to provide you with an overview of recent developments For full library of recorded webinars and recorded Webinar
This course aims to provide you with an understanding of what constitutes Why do this course? in animal welfare science, ethology and anthrozoology (incorporating Plus courses please visit our website www.rvc.ac.uk/cpd
abuse, and an overview of the legal and extra-legal ways in which animal This course will be of interest if you want to learn how to make animal ethics). Through the use of illustrative case studies you will be
abuse can be defined, measured, punished and prevented. You will also scientifically validated quality of life assessment central to your introduced to some of the ways in which animal welfare can be improved
examine the links between animal cruelty and inter-human violence. consultations. in light of this emergent knowledge.
Key areas Key areas Why do this course?
• Defining and identifying animal abuse in veterinary practice • The scientific evidence that makes quality of life measurable Understanding the relationships between animal behaviour and welfare,
• Case studies including hoarding, neglect, sexual abuse, violence • Currently available tools to measure quality of life in pets and appreciating the different factors that can shape behaviour and impact
• Legislation designed to protect animal welfare • The effects of quality of life measurement on the patient, the owner on welfare means you will be better placed to support your patients.
• Resources for veterinary professionals and the veterinary team Key areas
• Veterinary social work • How you can start making quality of life assessment central to your • The evolution of welfare (definitions, legislation, research)
• The link between animal and human abuse consults TOMORROW • Developments in ethology, anthrozoology and animal ethics
• mpacts and support for victims and front-line staff (rescue, rehabilitation, You may also be interested in: • One Health and welfare
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compassion fatigue, burn out, PTSD)
Webinar Plus: Euthanasia and bereavement – understanding and
This course can be purchased on its own or as part of a series with: supporting your clients, your colleagues and yourself on page 17. This course can be purchased on its own or as part of a series with:
Webinar Plus: Anthrozoology for veterinary professionals – see page 16
Webinar Plus: Anthrozoology for veterinary professionals – see page 16 Book both and automatically receive a discount of £25 at the checkout. Webinar Plus: Recognising and responding to animal abuse in veterinary
Webinar Plus: Healthy and happy animals: Welfare beyond the five Course details practice – see page 18
freedoms – see page 19
Course type: Webinar
Course details Course format: Live webinar with an opportunity for Q&A with the Course details
Course type: Webinar Plus with a live weekly Q&A session
Course type: Webinar Plus with a live weekly Q&A session lecturer plus access to recorded version for 2 weeks Course format: A mixture of weekly pre-recorded webinars (which can
Course format: A mixture of weekly pre-recorded webinars (which can Course length: 2 hours be reviewed throughout the course), live weekly Q&A sessions with the
be reviewed throughout the course), live weekly Q&A sessions with the CPD hours: 2 tutor, self-assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and
tutor, self-assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and Course fee: £50* tutor-moderated online discussion forums
tutor-moderated online discussion forums *Recorded version will be available to purchase for £30 approximately 2 Course length: 4 weeks
Course length: 4 weeks weeks after the live course date. CPD hours: Up to 16
CPD hours: Up to 16 Relevant to CertAVP module: Animal welfare, professional conduct
Relevant to CertAVP module: Animal welfare, professional conduct Tutor and veterinary ethics essay for the A Module (A-FAVP.1)
and veterinary ethics essay for the A Module (A-FAVP.1) Stijn Niessen DVM PhD DipECVIM-CA PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, Course fee: £379 for 1 course, £699 for 2 courses or £999 for all 3
Course fee: £379 for 1 course, £699 for 2 courses or £999 for all 3 RCVS Recognised Specialist and EBVS European Specialist in
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Small Animal Internal Medicine, Medisch Centrum voor Dieren, Tutors
Tutors Amsterdam, Honorary Professor of Internal Medicine, RVC Alexander Badman-King PhD, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Exeter
Fenella Eason PhD, Associate Lecturer Anthrozoology, University of Exeter Fenella Eason PhD, Associate Lecturer Anthrozoology, University of Exeter
Jessica Gröling PhD, Associate Lecturer Anthrozoology, University of Exeter Jessica Gröling PhD, Associate Lecturer Anthrozoology, University of Exeter
Samantha Hurn, PhD, Associate Professor and Programme Director Samantha Hurn, PhD, Associate Professor and Programme Director
MA and PhD Anthrozoology, University of Exeter MA and PhD Anthrozoology, University of Exeter
Ruth Serlin BVetMed CertVA PGCAP FHEA MRCVS, Lecturer in Emily Stone PhD, Research Associate Anthrozoology, University of Exeter
Veterinary Professionalism, RVC