
Key Information
CPD Hours: 8 hours
Course Length: One day
Course Format: Lectures, case-based discussions and practical sessions
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Course Information
- Topographic and functional anatomy of elbow and shoulder
- Discussion of common conditions affecting the elbow and shoulder joints
- Principles of arthroscopy and what general arthroscopic equipment is required to start
- Elbow and shoulder arthroscopy wet lab
This course is no longer to bookable, please register your interest cpd@rvc.ac.uk
Do you want to improve the options you can offer your patients with orthopaedic disease? Do you want to take your orthopaedic practice to the next level?
Arthroscopy is an essential skill to provide comprehensive management of elbow and shoulder disease for your patients. This one-day course, pitched at an introductory to intermediate level, is for veterinary surgeons who want to develop skills in diagnostic and surgical arthroscopy in small animals. The focus of the course will be the elbow joint and the shoulder joint.
The day will consist of practical teaching with short introduction/discussions. The morning will be devoted to arthroscopy of the elbow and the afternoon to arthroscopy of the shoulder.
Why do this course?
You will learn a practical structured approach on how to treat medial coronoid disease, receive principles and practical tips of elbow and shoulder arthroscopy and feel more confident about the diagnosis and management of common elbow and shoulder conditions.
Rebekah Knight, BVetMed PgC(SAS) PGDip(VCP) DipECVS AFHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Orthopaedics
The Royal Veterinary College
Matthew Pead, BVetMed PhD CertSAO FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Orthopaedics
The Royal Veterinary College
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