Key Information
CPD Hours: 14 hours (6 hours for the recorded webinars and 8 hours for the practical day)
Course Length: See above
Course Format: Recorded lectures, case-based discussions and practical sessions
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Both lecturers were very personable and interactive. Good quality and availability of specimens and equipment.
Course Information
Key Areas
- Update on current techniques in anaesthesia and analgesia, including intubation techniques
- Common surgical conditions and how to deal with them
- Approach to dental abscesses and extractions including dental nerve blocks
- Flank ovariohysterectomy/ovariectomy in rats and guinea pigs, abdominal castration of guinea pigs
- Liver lobe torsion surgery
- Partial ear canal ablation and bulla osteotomy
- Nephrectomy
Would you like to improve your confidence when performing small mammal surgical procedures in first opinion practice?
This course of recorded webinars will be followed by an all-day practical covering a variety of surgical conditions that can pose challenging for the small mammal surgeon. The focus of the practical day will be on procedures that are performed in general practice and will be on a variety of small mammal species. These will include dental and orofacial procedures such as abscess resection, in addition to surgery of the gastrointestinal, urinary and reproductive systems.
This course consists of recorded webinars and a day of practical sessions. The recorded lectures allow you to learn at your own pace and they can be listened to at a convenient time - these are a prerequisite for attending the practical component.
Why do this course?
This course will be of interest to you if you see rabbits and other small mammal patients on a regular basis and wish to update your knowledge and improve your surgical skills.
Tutors
Vicki Baldrey, BSc BVSc DZooMed (Avian) MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Exotic Species and Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College
Joanna Hedley, BVM&S DZooMed (Reptilian) DipECZM (Herpetology) MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Exotic Species and Small Mammal Medicine and Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College
Nadene Stapleton, BVSc MRCVS CertAVP (Zoological Medicine)
Exotics Clinician
The Royal Veterinary College
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