Continued Practice Development

Recently Liesbeth traveled to Swindon to attend a two-day feline medicine course as part of her on-going postgraduate certificate in feline medicine. This month two topics were covered, feline soft tissue surgery and feline ophthalmology. The first day was taught by a RCVS specialist in small animal surgery, Dr Guillaume Chanoit who covered the fundamentals of surgery and some of [...]

Last week, Nicola attended London Vet Show, an annual two day conference covering a huge range of veterinary topics with talks from many international specialists. The conference was a fantastic opportunity to learn about the latest developments in the management of a whole host of conditions, from epilepsy to feline diabetes to asthma and bronchitis. It was also a great [...]

This week Liesbeth attended a two day continuing professional development course as part of her two year post graduate certificate in feline medicine.  The first day covered feline neurology and was presented by Laurent Garosi DVM FRCVS DipECVN who is an RCVS and EBVS European specialist in veterinary neurology.  Dr Garosi covered the neurological exam in the cat and the [...]

Recently Sam continued his studies in orthopaedic surgery by attending the AOVET course on the principles in small animal fracture management hosted in Oxford. This was an intense course covering the principles of all things ortho. The AOVET course is a world renowned orthopaedic teaching institute and is hosted by high-calibre speakers who are leading clinicians in there field with [...]

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the attempt to revive a patient after they have suffered a cardiac arrest. As animals are so severely unwell in this situation, CPR only has about a 6% success rate, so this is something that the veterinary profession is working to improve all the time. In Human medicine the CPR success rate is also much lower than [...]

Last week Liesbeth travelled down to Swindon to undertake two days continuing professional development on feline medicine as part of a two-year programme. The first day covered the feline musculoskeletal system and orthopaedics.  The speaker was James Grierson, a RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery and EBVS European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Surgery.  The day was spent covering feline [...]

This week Liesbeth continued her studies on the feline medicine certificate programme in Swindon.  The feline gastrointestinal tract and liver disease were covered in detail, followed by a further day on feline endocrinology. The feline gastrointestinal tract day was lectured by Professor Tim Gruffydd-Jones B.Vet.Med.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Bristol), M.R.C.V.S. who is an RCVS specialist in feline medicine.  The day started examining oral diseases.  Feline gingivitis and dental [...]

Last week Liesbeth travelled down to Swindon to continue her studies on feline medicine in order to obtain a certificate in this area.  This month the lectures were provided by Kerry Simpson, a RCVS specialist in Feline Medicine. The first day concentrated on feline cardiology.  Heart murmurs and heart disease in cats is something we deal with regularly at the practice.  The lectures [...]

Last week Liesbeth travelled down to Swindon for two courses on feline medicine as part of a two-year programme to obtain a certificate in feline medicine.  The first course was on clinical pathology and laboratory diagnosis, held by Kathleen Tennant (BVetMed Cert SAM Cert VC PGCAP FRCPath MRCVS), the clinical lead in charge of the diagnostic laboratories at Langford Veterinary [...]

Liesbeth and Gillian were fortunate enough in November to attend a conference in Thailand. The International Society of Feline Medicine, Asia-Pacific Congress was held on the beautiful island of Phuket. During the welcome speech we learned there were 400 delegates from 28 different countries - a truly international event.  Fortunately for us, all lectures were delivered in English! The main [...]