| Emergency
Medicine - A Common Sense Approach to Urgent Problems |
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Thursday 5th
February 2009
Tutor: Kate Murphy
This course will be
suitable for general practitioners but may appeal particularly
to those with an interest in small animal medicine or emergency
medicine.
The course will
start with an approach to logical assessment and decision making
of a patient (triage), there will be a discussion of logical
fluid therapy, an approach to the poisoned pet, the dyspnoeic
pet, the seizuring pet and the pet with acute renal failure and
finally a short session on how to do cardiopulmonary
resuscitation without killing yourself! About
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| Clinical
Pathology - Detective Work for General Practitioners |
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Thursday 19th March
2009
Tutor:
Kostas Papasouliotis
This course will be
suitable for all general practitioners especially those with an
interest in small animal clinical pathology.
The main aim of this
interactive course is to improve the skills of the delegates in
the interpretation of laboratory test results through discussion
of carefully selected case examples to highlight the main
principles. There will be lectures on how to achieve the most
from your in-house diagnostic lab, interpretation of the
haemogram and haemostatic test results, interpretation of
biochemical data and an update on recent developments in the
area of laboratory medicine. About
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| Anaemia
and Bleeding Disorders - An Approach to Diagnosis and Management
of Common Problems. |
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Thursday 11th June
2009
Tutor: Kate Murphy
The course will
start with an overview of the diagnostic approach to patients
with anaemia and will discuss the typical features of common
diseases. A further session will consider the current
recommendations for treating common causes of anaemia.
Non-regenerative
anaemia can require bone marrow sampling. A video presentation
will be shown to explain how to get a diagnostic bone marrow
sample. Bleeding disorders can be caused by problems affecting
either the primary or secondary haemostatic pathways.
The aim will be to
demystify bleeding patients and to talk about the diagnostic
approach, common causes and new differentials and their
management. A practical approach to blood transfusion therapy
will be presented. About
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| Small
Animal Medicine -
A Problem Orientated Approach to Small Animal Medicine Cases |
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Thursday 24th
September 2009
Tutor: Ian Battersby
Medicine is a
logical discipline and this session will help you to develop a
sound problem orientated approach to your small animal patients.
The day will be based around medical case examples that could be
encountered in practice, initially demonstrated and discussed by
the tutor. You will then work through progressively more
challenging cases in small groups with help from the tutor.
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| Small
Animal Cardiology - How to Cope With Heart Cases |
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Thursday
8th October
2009
Tutor:
Sarah Smith
The course is aimed
at the general practitioner and will cover the diagnosis and
treatment of common heart diseases in cats and dogs. It will
cover clinical examination, diagnostics; ECG
and Xray, Echodoppler, Lab tests and "what to do if you
haven't got a scanner".
Teaching material
will include examples from real cases and will help
practitioners to spot heart failure, and to understand when
treatment is appropriate, and which drugs to reach for. Heart
disease in animals is a changing and sometimes confusing area,
and this course will offer up to date information to help the
busy vet in practice. About
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| An
Approach to Dermatological Problems in Companion Animals |
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Thursday 5th
November 2009
Tutor:
Aiden Foster
Topics to be covered
will include an approach to allergic skin diseases of cats and
dogs with particular reference to the use of diagnostic tests
and evidence for successful therapeutic interventions. Although
uncommon to rare there will also be consideration of when to
include autoimmune skin diseases in the differential list. There
will also be some case discussion to include dog, cat and rabbit
skin diseases. About
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| Everything
You Wanted to Know About Seizures, Tremors & Twitches |
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Thursday 26th
November 2009
Tutor:
Laurent Garosi
Involuntary movement
disorders result in some of the most dramatic neurological
presentations and without a doubt one of the most distressing
ones for the owners.
The saying “a
video is worth a thousand words” cannot better apply to this
day. Epileptic seizures are one of the most frequently
encountered involuntary movement disorders.
During this course,
we will present a practical and logical approach to the
diagnosis and treatment of epileptic seizures in dogs and cats.
We will discuss how to differentiate seizure activity from other
movement disorders using video footage. About
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