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Small animal surgery and dentistry RVC CPD 2023 RVC CPD 2023 Small animal surgery and dentistry

Surgical procedures of the head and neck Webinar Plus: Soft tissue The trauma patient – a global approach to Canine dentistry
surgical principles case management Day 1: The foundations
Day 2: Surgical extractions and case discussions

Wednesday 13th September Monday 25th September NEW Tuesday 10th October
and Thursday 14th September to Sunday 22nd October Wednesday 27th September and Wednesday 11th October

Do you find surgical procedures of the head and neck a challenge? Would you like to improve your surgical skills and improve your Does the trauma patient quicken your pulse? Is your management of Would you like to improve the quality of the dental care you can offer
confidence in the operating theatre? orthopaedic injury disjointed? Want to learn how to POCUS your your patients?
Head and neck surgery can be challenging as the patients can be in efforts most effectively?
respiratory distress (e.g. laryngeal paralysis) or in great pain (e.g. chronic During this online course, participants will review surgical principles and This two-day course includes a strong practical component with canine
ear disease). We will review the complex anatomy of the head and neck and step-by-step guides to performing surgeries commonly encountered in Trauma patients are frequently encountered in general practice, with the and fox cadavers. The lectures, while covering both feline and canine
discuss common conditions involving investigations, surgical procedures first opinion practice. Techniques to improve surgical skills and optimise complex and often multifaceted nature of injury presenting challenges for the aspects, will concentrate mostly on canine dentistry. The course fee
and post operative care for a variety of conditions. The course will cover the outcome for your patients will be discussed. veterinary surgeon. The ‘golden hour’ of trauma management is key – this includes a set of IM3 dental instruments to use during the practical and
conditions such as ventral neck exploratory surgery for traumatic neck Why do this course? course will help you to seize the opportunity to maximise patient outcomes. take home at the end of the course.
injuries such as stick impalement, ear surgery, the management of sinonasal The course will provide you with a solid foundation to review, consolidate Benefit from multi-disciplinary insights from the only level one trauma centre Why do this course?
diseases such as Aspergillosus, laryngeal paralysis and tracheal disease. outside of North America. Enhance your patient assessment, diagnostic
and update your knowledge of surgical principles and commonly Fine-tune your dental skills, and at the same time become more
Why do this course? performed techniques, including neutering, exploratory laparotomy techniques and clinical interventions with guidance from clinicians in knowledgeable and confident addressing your dental cases.
emergency and critical care, diagnostic imaging, orthopaedic and soft tissue
If you have some surgical experience, this course will give you more and commonly performed abdominal surgeries. surgery. This collaborative course of online lectures followed by an all-day Key areas
confidence to start operating on the head and neck. If you are a more Key areas practical will allow you to apply a holistic approach to the trauma patient. • The foundations of oral diagnosis
experienced practitioner it will allow you to refine and develop your • Putting your best foot forward – how to prepare for surgery and tips • Do’s and don’ts of scaling and polishing
surgical techniques. Why do this course?
for neutering • How to take good dental radiographs
Key areas • Maximising your exploratory laparotomy – avoid the “peak and shriek!” This course will improve your confidence in managing complex trauma • How to perform closed extractions confidently and with control
cases. It will allow you to advance your skills in multiple disciplines
• Principles of gastrointestinal surgery and management of intestinal • Regional nerve blocks and analgesia for dental patients
• The larynx – laryngeal paralysis – arytenoid laterlisation biopsy foreign bodies required of trauma patients to ultimately maximise patient outcomes. • The use of muco-periosteal flaps for the surgical extraction of
procedures mandibular, maxillary and carnassial teeth
• The trachea – temporary tracheostomy placement, tracheal prosthesis • Help, it’s my first GDV case – what do I do? Key areas • Root remnant removal
Preparatory lectures will focus on the following areas:
and stents Previous participants have commented… • Radiographic interpretation and case discussions covering:
• Ventral neck – exploration for stick injuries, foreign bodies, abscesses, “The course was exactly what I needed for my surgical experience level. • Thoracic trauma: Stabilisation of dyspnoeic patient, point of care o Periodontal disease – when to extract?
ultrasound (POCUS), thoracocentesis and thoracostomy tube
thyroidectomy It really helped build my confidence and I really appreciated the practical o Fractured teeth – when to treat?
• Sinonasal aspergillosus – frontal sinus trephination, placement of advice and tips included in the webinars.” placement, evaluation of thoracic radiographs, management of thoracic o Treating teeth affected by resorption
wall and diaphragmatic injury
nasal catheters
• Ear – lateral approach to the ear canal, total ear canal ablation “This course is excellent for vets who are less experienced or less • Abdominal trauma: Stabilisation of haemoabdomen and uroabdomen, Previous participants have commented…
confident surgically. Even for procedures that I felt more confident doing,
POCUS, abdominocentesis and abdominal drain placement, evaluation
and lateral bulla osteotomy, ventral bulla osteotomy “Very clinically relevant; knowledge gained will be applied frequently.”
• Nose – rhinoplasty, lateral nasal resection there were lots of tips and advice on how to make the surgery easier.” of abdominal radiographs and retrograde urethrocystography, “Great mix of practical and theory. The course has helped build my
management of body wall and urinary tract injury
Course details
Previous participants have commented… Course type: Webinar Plus • Musculoskeletal trauma: Accurate patient assessment, acquisition confidence again (as well as realising all of my mistakes)!”
“Brilliant informative lecturers and handouts. Excellent practical Course format: A mixture of weekly webinars (which can be viewed and evaluation of orthopaedic radiographs, pre-surgical management Course details
experience and guidance.” of open fractures, reducing luxations, open wound management
live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), videos, Course type: Onsite
Course details self-assessment, quizzes, case studies, and tutor-moderated online Lectures will be complemented by on-site practical training including Course format: Lectures, case-based discussions and practical sessions
Course type: Onsite discussion forums imaging, emergency procedures and relevant surgical procedures Course length: 2 days
Course format: Lectures, case-based discussions and practical Course length: 4 weeks Course details CPD hours: 16
sessions CPD hours: Up to 16 Course type: Recorded webinars and onsite Course fee: £1,190
Course length: 2 days Relevant to CertAVP modules: Surgery case report for Small Animal Course format: Practical sessions using live dogs and cadaver material Tutors
CPD hours: 16 Practice (B-SAP.1), Small Animal Surgery (C-SAS.3) and recorded webinars to be viewed before the onsite course Simone Kirby DipEVDC FHEA MRCVS Tieraerztin, RCVS Recognised
Relevant to CertAVP module: Small Animal Surgery (C-SAS.2) Course fee: £399 Course length: 1 day and 5 hours of webinar viewing Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry,
Course fee: £999
Tutors CPD hours: Up to 13 Veterinary Dental and Oral Surgery Referrals, The Ralph Veterinary
Tutors Nicola Kulendra BVetMed MVetMed CertVDI PGCertVetEd DipECVS Course fee: £949 Referral Centre
Anna Frykfors von Hekkel BVetMed MVetMed PGDipVCP MRCVS, FHEA FRCVS, Consultant Surgeon, North Downs Specialist Referrals Tutors Rachel Perry BSc BVM&S MANZCVS (Small Animal Dentistry and Oral
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, RVC Vicky Lipscomb MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS FHEA MRCVS, Laura Cole BA VetMB PGCertVetEd CertAVP(ECC) DipACVECC Surgery) DipEVDC PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, RCVS Recognised
Lynda Rutherford BVM&S MVetMed DipECVS PGCertVetEd FHEA Professor of Soft Tissue Surgery, RVC DipECVECC MRCVS, Lecturer in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Specialist and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry,
MRCVS, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, RVC Honorary Lecturer in Dentistry, RVC, Director, Perry Referrals
Care, RVC
Proudly supported by Anna Frykfors von Hekkel BVetMed PGDipVCP MVetMed DipECVS Proudly supported by
MRCVS, Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, RVC
Thom Watton BSc BVetMed MVetMed MRCVS, Staff Clinician in Small
Animal Diagnostic Imaging, RVC
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