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Logical clinical problem solving online Haematology and cytology for small animal Practical endoscopy Webinar Plus: Clinical, diagnostic,
Monday 26th January to Sunday 8th March practitioners online Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th February and therapeutic approach to the

Do you find medical cases frustrating rather than fun? Does the thought Monday 26th January to Sunday 15th March Do you have an endoscope in your practice that rarely leaves the seizuring patient
of seeing a patient with chronic diarrhoea make your heart sink? Would (one week break w/c 16th February) cupboard? Or are you performing endoscopy on a regular basis and Monday 2nd to Sunday 29th March
you like to increase your confidence so that you can assess and manage would like to improve your technique?
medical cases competently? Would you like to enjoy practice more and Do you want to increase your skills in examining blood smears and fine This two-day lecture and cadaver based practical course aims to guide Have you ever struggled to recognise if a patient with reported seizures
get a buzz of excitement rather than a frisson of fear from medical cases? needle aspirates to expand the clinical service you can provide? clinicians on how to use their endoscope effectively and with confidence. is really having an epileptic seizure? Are you sometimes unsure about
This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills The ever-widening availability of in-house haematology analysers has You will receive tuition on handling and use of both flexible and rigid decision making when it comes to management of seizures in both the
required to apply logical problem-solving skills to some of the important provided many benefits for patient care. In many practices however, there endoscopes along with discussion of the most commonly performed emergency setting and long-term management of epileptic patients?
clinical signs seen in small animal practice. is a skills gap in relation to blood smear examination in-house. Yet this is diagnostic procedures. This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to confidently
We will introduce you to the concept of logical clinical problem solving an essential skill for these machines to be used reliably and safely. This Course details approach the seizuring patient. It will look at recognising epileptic seizures
and specifically discuss the problem-based approach to vomiting, course is for practitioners who wish to develop and enhance their skills and differentiating them from alternative paroxysmal episodes which may
diarrhoea, weight loss, PU/PD and anaemia. in haematology and cytology. The course uses a case-based teaching Course type: Onsite with CPD hours: 18 mimic seizures. We will review the classification and diagnostic approach
approach. There is an active tutor-moderated discussion forum to discuss introductory online lecture to patients with epileptic seizures, with an emphasis on what can be done
Course details any questions regarding techniques, the study cases, specific topics in Course length: 2 days Course fee: £1,099 in a first opinion setting.
Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42 haematology and cytology and participants’ cases. Tutors Finally, this course will look at decision making when it comes to treatment
Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £729 Course details of seizures including how to control seizures in the emergency setting, as
Relevant to CertAVP module(s): B-SAP.1, C-SAM.8, 9 and 10 Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42 Ruth Gostelow BVetMed MVetMed PhD DipACVIM DipECVIM FHEA well as long-term management of the epileptic patient.
MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine, RVC
Tutors Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £729 Ed Hall MA VetMB PhD DipECVIM-CA FRCVS, Emeritus Professor in Course details
Jill Maddison BVSc DipVetClinStud PhD FACVSc SFHEA MRCVS, Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-VP.2 Small Animal Internal Medicine, University of Bristol Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16
Professor of General Practice, RVC Tutors Rosanne Jepson BVSc MVetMed PhD DipACVIM DipECVIM-CA FHEA Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429
Lucy McMahon BVetMed DipACVIM DipECVIM-CA FRCVS, RCVS Barbara Glanemann DrMedVet DipECVIM PGDipVetEd FHEA MRCVS, MRCVS, Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine, RVC Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAM.7 and 10
Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Associate Professor in Small Animal Medicine, RVC Aarti Kathrani BVetMed PhD DipACVIM (SAIM) DipACVIM (Nutrition) Tutors
Internal Medicine, Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists, Winchester FHEA MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine, RVC
Balázs Szladovits DVM DipACVP PGDipVetEd FHEA MRCVS, Alberta de Stefani DrVetMed PhD DipECVN MRCVS,
Associate Professor in Clinical Pathology, RVC Proudly supported by Storz Senior Lecturer in Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC
Sophie Wyatt BVetMed MVetMed DipECVN PGCertVetEd FHEA
MRCVS, Lecturer in Small Animal Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC

Neurological emergencies in practice Update on cardiac disease in dogs and cats Webinar Plus: Feline endocrinology Getting the best out of your microscope –
online online Monday 2nd to Sunday 29th March the essentials

Monday 26th January to Sunday 8th March Monday 2nd February to Sunday 15th March How do you know whether a cat should go on insulin instead of the Thursday 26th March
Neurological emergencies in general practice What’s new in cardiology? more convenient sodium-glucose co-transporters (SGLT2). How do you Have you ever felt frustrated on a Bank Holiday weekend or out of hours,
– when should I be worried? This problem-based course will examine some of the key challenges in most likely achieve diabetic remission in cats? Can acromegaly occur when you looked down the microscope, wishing you could make sense
The aim of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge small animal cardiology, suggesting practical solutions based on evidence in non-diabetic cats? Should I be using TSH to diagnose and monitor of all the cells on your smear?
hyperthyroidism? If you are curious about these questions, you will learn
and skills required to confidently deal with neurological emergencies in that will help you manage your cardiac patients to a high standard. New a lot on this course! Then this hands-on CPD is for you! This course will help you gain
general practice and to strengthen problem-solving skills in veterinary advances will be reviewed, and there will be opportunities for online confidence about what can be seen down the scope and what it means.
neurology. It will help to develop a clear strategy for assessing and discussion with your colleagues and the course tutors. In the past decade, significant advances have occurred in the field of This will help you maximise the value of the practice microscope to the
localising the problem and thus increase confidence and problem-solving feline endocrinology. Diabetes can be treated by inducing glucosuria benefit of your patients and clients, whatever the day or time.
skills. The course will include clinical case sessions where real cases This course will help you develop a logical approach to your patients with with oral medications, achieving diabetic remission is heavily promoted,
will be presented and discussed by the tutors and participants, and it will cardiac disease. You will learn about cardiac diagnostic techniques and there are additional options for diagnosis of hyperthyroidism (but As well as lectures to refresh the basics in haematology, cytology, and
provide practical tips and support to enhance and apply knowledge in how to use them for maximum effect, as well as therapeutic decision- which option is best?) and acromegaly is now recognised as a severely urinalysis, this course offers practical sessions on the microscope, where
practice. making based on current evidence. underdiagnosed endocrinopathy in diabetic cats, as well as non-diabetic you can immediately apply what you have just learned.
There should be something for everyone on this six-week online course, cats. In summary – lots to discuss!
Course details whether you are phobic about cardiology or passionate about it. Course details Course details
Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42 Course details Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16 Course type: Onsite CPD hours: 8
Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £729 Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42 Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429 Course length: 1 day Course fee: £499
Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAM.7 and 10 Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £729 Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAM.6 and 8 Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-VP.2
Tutors Tutors
Elsa Beltran Ldo Vet DipECVN PGDipVetEd FHEA MRCVS, Tutors Tutors Anke Hendricks DrMedVet CertVD DipECVD PGCertAP FHEA MRCVS,
Associate Professor in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC Joshua Hannabuss BVetMed MVetMed PGDipVCP DipACVIM Yaiza Forcada DVM DipECVIM-CA PhD PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, Associate Professor in Veterinary Dermatology, RVC
Abbe Crawford BVM&S BSc PhD FHEA MRCVS, (Cardiology) MRCVS, Lecturer in Veterinary Cardiology, RVC Honorary Senior Lecturer of Internal Medicine, RVC, Founder and Emma Holmes BVetMed MVetMed DipACVP (Clinpath) FHEA MRCVS,
Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC Virginia Luis Fuentes VetMB PhD CertVR DVC DipACVIM Director of Veterinary Specialist Consultations and VIN Europe, Clinical Pathologist II, IDEXX Laboratories Ltd
Steven De Decker DVM PhD MVetMed DipECVN FHEA MRCVS, DipECVIM-CA MRCVS, Professor of Veterinary Cardiology, RVC Amsterdam
Associate Professor in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC Nekesa Morey BVM&S DipACVIM BSc MS MRCVS, Stijn Niessen DVM PhD DipECVIM-CA PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS,
Alberta de Stefani DrVetMed PhD DipECVN MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Lecturer in Veterinary Cardiology, RVC Honorary Professor of Internal Medicine, RVC, Founder and Director of
Veterinary Specialist Consultations and VIN Europe, Amsterdam
Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC