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 [...]
Gillian attended a one day course focusing on geriatric medicine recently. The course, aptly named "Ageing Disgracefully", was presented by Yvonne McGrotty, a European and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Small Animal Medicine. Yvonne taught Gillian when she was a final year undergraduate at Glasgow Vet School - this was during her residency training - and it was interesting to [...]
I recently spent a day in (a very rainy) Glasgow with Professor Anne French – RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology. Anne works at Glasgow Vet School where she is Professor of Cardiology and Director of the small animal hospital. The day was aimed at teaching general practitioners, like myself, to use ultrasound in order to improve our diagnosis [...]
Stuart reports on his recent trip to Malaga to attend the European Congress on Veterinary Dentistry (ECVD). Malaga may sound like a nice place to go for a wee trip but other than a brief walk at lunch into the Old Town, I spent most of my time in a large hotel listening to some of the world’s top vet dentists! [...]