Key Information
CPD Hours: 16 hours
Course Length: Four weeks
Course Format: A mixture of pre-recorded weekly webinars (which can be reviewed throughout the course), live weekly Q&A sessions with the tutors, online case assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online discussion forums
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Course Information
- Feline diabetes mellitus update
- Feline acromegaly – update on presentation, diagnosis and treatment
- Feline hyperthyroidism
- Uncommon feline endocrinopathies (hyperadrenocorticism, hypoadrencorticism, hyperaldosteronism)
- What to do when endocrinopathies clash with co-morbidities
How do you know whether a cat should go on insulin instead of the more convenient sodium-glucose co-transporters (SGLT2)? How do you most likely achieve diabetic remission in cats? Can acromegaly occur in non-diabetic cats? Should I be using TSH to diagnose and monitor hyperthyroidism? If you are curious about these questions, you will learn a lot on this course!
In the past decade, significant advances have occurred in the field of feline endocrinology. Diabetes can be treated by inducing glucosuria with oral medications, achieving diabetic remission is heavily promoted, there are additional options for diagnosis of hyperthyroidism (but which option is best?) and acromegaly is now recognised as a severely underdiagnosed endocrinopathy in diabetic cats, as well as non-diabetic cats. In summary – lots to discuss!
Why do this course?
You will feel much more confident about managing your feline cases with hormonal disease.
The webinars for this course will be pre-recorded and can be viewed as recorded versions throughout the course. A live Q&A session with the tutor will run on the following dates at 12.30pm London time.
Live Q&A dates:
Thursday 6th March
Thursday 13th March
Thursday 20th March
Thursday 27th March
Yaiza Forcada, DVM DipECVIM-CA PhD PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine Founder and Director of Veterinary Specialist Consultations and VIN Europe, Amsterdam
Honorary Senior Lecturer Internal Medicine, The Royal Veterinary College
Stijn Niessen, DVM PhD DipECVIM-CA PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, European and RCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine Founder and Director of Veterinary Specialist Consultations and VIN Europe, Amsterdam, Professor (Adjunct) Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA President-Elect European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Honorary Professor Internal Medicine, The Royal Veterinary College
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