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Webinars: Behavioural medicine Webinar Plus: Advanced shelter medicine Webinar Plus: Canine endocrinology Webinar Plus: Feline behavioural medicine
Various dates in March and July NEW Monday 28th April to Sunday 25th May Monday 2nd to Sunday 29th June Monday 15th September to Sunday 12th October

This series of webinars will explore a range of behavioural medicine Are you working in the field of shelter medicine and want to learn more? Can we use SGLT2 inhibitors in dogs? Is the ACTH stimulation test Would you like to enhance your understanding of feline emotional health
topics. The importance of a cat friendly approach to veterinary visits Join the RVC Shelter Team to update your knowledge and meet with like- the optimum test to diagnose Cushing’s syndrome? Cannot get DOCP and its impact on clinical behaviour?
will be discussed along with the value of offering appropriate advice minded people. Our course is designed for veterinary surgeons providing to work in your cases? Never used continuous subcutaneous glucose This course will explore the importance of behavioural medicine in
to caregivers as to how they can optimise the environment at home in care for populations of small animals, often with rehoming-charity clients. monitoring in your diabetic dogs at home? Is there a place for super feline practice. It will discuss normal feline behaviour as it relates to
order to improve the health and welfare of their feline friends. The impact Throughout the course we will be delving into different areas of shelter concentrated insulin Toujeo? Do you really need to measure basal misunderstanding and misconceptions, which can influence clinical
of ageing on feline behaviour and the role of the veterinary practice medicine and the latest evidence and controversies in this field. hormone values when you are using dynamic testing? Is the urinary behavioural presentations.
in improving early identification of feline cognitive dysfunction will be We will cover all the topics that you love to discuss including: whether, corticoid creatinine ratio a valuable asset in ruling in or ruling out Consideration of the feline environmental needs will be related to the
considered. The series will also cover the importance of identifying when, and how to neuter, managing infectious disease, and how to Cushing’s syndrome? concept of environmental optimisation and the role that plays in managing
behavioural concerns within the general veterinary practice context, support behaviourists. We will explore strategies for decision making The field of canine endocrinology has changed a lot in the past few feline cases, both within behavioural and internal medicine. There will be
the role of behavioural change in the identification of chronic pain and that balances the welfare of all animals in your care with the needs of years. During this course we will aim to make you more comfortable discussion of the veterinary practice role in educating feline caregivers in
approaches to managing separation related behavioural concerns in individuals, all in the varying contexts of different shelters. and confident in diagnosing and managing a range of canine endocrine order to reduce the incidence of behavioural problems in the domestic cat
canine patients. disorders. You will be updated on the rational use of drugs such as DOCP population and reduce the impact of emotional distress on physical health
Course details and prednisolone for hypoadrenocorticism and a range of insulin types
Webinar topics Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16 and GLP-1 agonists for diabetes mellitus. In addition we will discuss the of feline patients.
• Monday 17th March: Comprehensive healthcare for our feline patients use of and monitoring of “old” drugs like Trilostane used in new ways and Course details
– the importance of creating a cat friendly experience from the 1st Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429 the diagnosis and monitoring of hypothyroidism. Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16
appointment Relevant to CertAVP module(s): B-SAP.1, C-SAM.9 Course details Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429
• Monday 24th March: Advising caregivers on the impact of providing Tutors Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16
a cat friendly home on feline health and welfare Tutor
• Monday 31st March: Behaviour change in older cats Louise Allum BSc MA VetMB PGCertVetEd GPCert(SADen&OS) FHEA Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429 Sarah Heath BVSc PGCertVE DipECAWBM(BM) CCAB FRCVS, RCVS
MRCVS, Head Vet, Shelter Medicine Program, RVC
• Monday 7th July: Identifying behavioural concerns in a veterinary Bree Merritt BSc BVMS PGDipCABC MSc(Vet Epi) FHEA MRCVS, Relevant to CertAVP module(s): C-SAM.3 and 8 Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in
consult – the key to earlier intervention and better outcomes RVC PhD Candidate: Canine demography and rehoming and Shelter Tutors Behavioural Medicine, Behavioural Referrals Veterinary Practice
• Monday 14th July: Looking beyond lameness – using behavioural medicine educator, RVC David Church BVSc PhD MACVSc FHEA MRCVS, Professor of Small
change to identify chronic pain Animal Studies, RVC
• Monday 21st July: Managing separation related behavioural concerns Stijn Niessen DVM PhD DipECVIM-CA PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS,
in dogs Honorary Professor of Internal Medicine, RVC, Founder and Director of
Veterinary Specialist Consultations and VIN Europe, Amsterdam
Course details
Course type: Webinar Course fee: £50 each or
Course length: 1 hour per webinar £275 for all 6 Webinar Plus: Brains on fire – Top tips for Webinar Plus: Oncologic emergencies Webinars: Medical mysteries
CPD hours: 1 per webinar diagnosing and treating immune-mediated Monday 2nd to Sunday 29th June Various dates in September and October NEW
Tutor CNS diseases in practice
Sarah Heath BVSc PGCertVE DipECAWBM(BM) CCAB FRCVS, RCVS Would you like to be more confident with cancer-related emergencies? Would you like to practice your small animal medical clinical reasoning
Recognised Specialist and EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Monday 28th April to Sunday 25th May NEW The aim of this course is to provide veterinary professionals with the skills in a fun and interactive format?
Behavioural Medicine, Behavioural Referrals Veterinary Practice basics as well as new advances in recognition and management of During this series of four interactive webinars we will use a case-
Have you struggled to diagnose and stabilise a patient with immune- common emergencies in dogs and cats with cancer. The course will equip based approach to enhance your clinical reasoning skills as well as
mediated neurological disease? Would you like to better understand you with the knowledge to recognise and treat dogs presenting with your knowledge base and understanding. The webinars are entirely
these conditions and optimise your long-term management plan? hypercalcaemia of malignancy, cranial vena cava syndrome, hyperviscosity case based rather than subject based so that clinical thinking can
Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases of the nervous system are syndrome and malignant effusions. We will review the current and be articulated clearly and important knowledge relevant to that case
increasingly common and often represent a diagnostic and therapeutic emerging treatments for chemotherapy-induced side effects and analyse presented in an appropriate context. Each case discussion will cover the
challenge in practice. These conditions can present as an emergency, the literature on management of patients with neutropenic sepsis. We aim logical approach to one or more clinical signs, interpretation of clinical
requiring prompt recognition and initiation of appropriate therapy. to cover treatment of chemotherapy extravasations and we will explain the pathology and other diagnostic aids appropriate to the case.
I am using things I have learnt on a daily In this course we will discuss the most common immune-mediated pathophysiology of tumour lysis syndrome. Lastly, discussing common The case discussions will be interactive with opportunity for you to explore
neuro-oncological emergencies will provide you with the basis for the
basis in practice. I am now doing more diseases of the nervous system, including how to recognise their typical stabilisation of patients with seizures, increased intracranial pressure and particular clinical questions of interest.
presenting signs, commonly performed diagnostics, decision-making
For webinar dates, please visit our website.
in house haematology and biochemistry regarding referral and acute management options. We will then move on spinal compressions due to brain and spinal tumours.
and even bought a new microscope! to consider long term monitoring. Our aim is to give you the confidence to Course details Course details
recognise and successfully manage these challenging patients.
Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16 Course type: Live webinars Course fee: £50 each or
Haematology and cytology for small animal practitioners online Course details Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429 Course length: 1 hour per webinar £175 for all 4
Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16 CPD hours: 1 per webinar
Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £429 Tutors Tutors
Alexandra Guillén DVM DipECVIM-CA (Oncology) MRCVS, Lecturer in
Tutors Veterinary Oncology, RVC David Church BVSc PhD MACVSc FHEA MRCVS, Professor of Small
Abbe Crawford BVM&S BSc PhD FHEA MRCVS, Lecturer in Veterinary Francesco Rogato DVM MVetMed MRCVS, Staff Clinician in Veterinary Animal Studies, RVC
Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC Oncology, RVC Jill Maddison BVSc DipVetClinStud PhD FACVSc SFHEA MRCVS,
Joe Fenn BVetMed MVetMed DipECVN FHEA MRCVS, Senior Lecturer Andy Yale BVMedSci BVM BVS PGCertVetEd PGDipVCP MVetMed Professor of General Practice, RVC
in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, RVC DipECVIM-CA (Oncology) FHEA MRCVS, Lecturer in Veterinary
Oncology, RVC