Continued Practice Development

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! [...]

Stuart reports on his recent trip to Dublin to attend the European Congress on Veterinary Dentistry (ECVD). Team Westport are on a dental mission to improve the level of dental care we can give to our furry friends. It all began about a year ago when one of the vets chose a fascinating series on feline Dentistry for our Journal [...]