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Breathe easy – managing BOAS patients How to diagnose and treat common stifle Arthroscopy of the elbow and shoulder The trauma patient – a global approach
Wednesday 24th June problems – the cruciate and the patella Wednesday 21st October to case management

Would you like to enhance your skills in managing high risk Wednesday 16th September NEW Do you want to improve the options you can offer your patients with Tuesday 1st December
brachycephalic dogs with upper airway obstruction? Do you want to perform surgery for cruciate disease and patellar luxation orthopaedic disease? Do you want to take your orthopaedic practice to Does the trauma patient quicken your pulse? Is your management of
Brachycephalic dogs are increasingly popular pets and can be extremely without needing costly orthopaedic kits? the next level? orthopaedic injury disjointed? Want to learn how to POCUS your efforts
challenging to manage in the hospital environment. They are high-risk Arthroscopy is an essential skill to provide comprehensive management most effectively?
patients and require special techniques to care for them. This blended course combines online learning with a full day of practical of elbow and shoulder disease for your patients. This one-day course,
teaching, designed to give you the confidence and capability to tackle Trauma patients are frequently encountered in general practice, with the
The course will have lectures from specialists in ECC, anaesthesia, and these common conditions in general practice. pitched at an introductory level, is for veterinary surgeons who want to complex and often multifaceted nature of injury presenting challenges.
surgery, followed by a cadaver practical allowing delegates to review develop skills in diagnostic and surgical arthroscopy in small animals. The The ‘golden hour’ of trauma management is key – this course will help you
and practice surgical techniques such as wedge resection rhinoplasty, Online recorded webinars will cover the essential theory, diagnosis focus of the course will be the elbow joint and the shoulder joint. to seize the opportunity to maximise patient outcomes.
alarvestibuloplasty, partial staphylectomy, folded flap palatoplasty and (including joint taps, cytology, and radiographic review), and the surgical The day will consist of practical teaching with short introductions/
temporary tracheostomy tube placement. In addition, we will discuss techniques required before stepping into theatre. During the practical day discussions. The morning will be devoted to arthroscopy of the elbow and Enhance your patient assessment, diagnostic techniques and clinical
post-operative recovery and how best to manage these patients when you will practise your surgical skills under expert guidance using plastic the afternoon to arthroscopy of the shoulder. interventions with guidance from clinicians in emergency and critical
hospitalised. You will also have the unique opportunity to practice nasal bones and cadaver limbs, reinforced by case-based discussions and care, diagnostic imaging, orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery. This
surgical techniques on “Frank” a custom-made silicone model with a decision-making scenarios. Course details collaborative course of online lectures followed by an all-day practical will
close to real feel! By the end of the course, you will not only understand the principles of Course type: Onsite CPD hours: 8 allow you to apply a holistic approach to the trauma patient.
cruciate and patellar surgery but also be able to apply them confidently in
Course details your own practice. Course length: 1 day Course fee: £799 Course details
Course type: Onsite CPD hours: 8 Course details Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAS.7 Course type: Webinars and onsite CPD hours: 16
Course length: 1 day Course fee: £849 Tutors Course length: 1 day onsite and Course fee: £1,099
Course type: Webinars and onsite CPD hours: 12 8 hours online
Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAS.2 Rebekah Knight BVetMed PGC(SAS) PGDipVCP DipECVS AFHEA
Course length: 1 day onsite and 4 Course fee: £999 Tutors
Tutors hours online MRCVS, Lecturer in Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery, RVC
Richard Meeson MA VetMB PhD MVetMed PGCertVetEd DipECVS
Stefano Cortellini DVM MVetMed DipACVECC DipECVECC FHEA Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAS.7 FHEA FRCVS, Professor of Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery, RVC Laura Cole BA VetMB PGCertVetEd CertAVP(ECC) DipACVECC
DipECVECC MRCVS, Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care, RVC
MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care, RVC Tutors Proudly supported by Storz and Veterinary Instrumentation Anna Frykfors von Hekkel BVetMed PGDipVCP MVetMed DipECVS
Carolina Palacios Jimenez DVM CertVA PGCertVetEd PhD DipECVAA MRCVS, Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, RVC
MRCVS, Lecturer in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, RVC Richard Meeson MA VetMB PhD MVetMed DipECVS PGCertVetEd
FHEA FRCVS, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, RVC Thom Watton BSc BVetMed MVetMed MRCVS, RCVS and EBVS®
Lynda Rutherford BVM&S MVetMed DipECVS PGCertVetEd FHEA European Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Consultant
MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, The Royal (Dick) Rhiannon Strickland BVetMed MVetMed PGCertVetEd DipECVS FHEA Radiologist
School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh MRCVS, Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, RVC
Proudly supported by Veterinary Instrumentation Proudly supported by Veterinary Instrumentation Proudly supported by Veterinary Instrumentation and IMV
Practical skin reconstructive techniques Webinar Plus: Soft tissue surgical principles
and wound management Monday 21st September to Sunday 18th October

Thursday 10th September
Would you like to improve your surgical skills and improve your
Help, I have created a MONSTER (wound)! confidence in the operating theatre?
During this course, participants will review surgical principles and step-
Managing wounds and large skin reconstructions can be extremely by-step guides to performing surgeries commonly encountered in first
challenging. This course will help you to utilise wound management and
skin reconstruction techniques to get those monsters under control! opinion practice.
This blended course combines online learning where we will discuss The course will provide you with a solid foundation to review, consolidate
wound healing, how to manage open wounds and skin reconstruction and update your knowledge of surgical principles and commonly
performed techniques, including neutering, exploratory laparotomy and
techniques followed by a full practical day where you will be able to
practise and consolidate this theoretical knowledge. The cadaver commonly performed abdominal surgeries.
workshops will include tension relieving techniques, subdermal pattern Course details
flaps, axial pattern flaps and skin grafts. Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16
Course details
Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429
Course type: Webinars and onsite CPD hours: 14 Relevant to CertAVP module(s): B-SAP.1, C-SAS.3
Course length: 1 day onsite and Course fee: £1,049
6 hours online Tutors
Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAS.2 Nicola Kulendra BVetMed MVetMed CertVDI PGCertVetEd DipECVS
Tutors FHEA FRCVS, Consultant Surgeon, North Downs Specialist Referrals Olive, Lurcher
Lynda Rutherford BVM&S MVetMed DipECVS PGCertVetEd FHEA Vicky Lipscomb MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS FHEA MRCVS,
Professor of Small Animal Surgery, RVC
MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, The Royal (Dick)
School of Veterinary Studies
Rhiannon Strickland BVetMed MVetMed PGCertVetEd DipECVS FHEA
MRCVS, Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, RVC
Proudly supported by Veterinary Instrumentation