Ian Ramsey will discuss Anaemia.
Ian Ramsey graduated from Liverpool University, obtained a PhD on feline leukaemia virus at Glasgow University and then completed his residency at Cambridge University where he was awarded the RCVS Diploma in Small Animal Medicine and the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. In 1998 Ian returned to Glasgow University where he is now the Professor of Small Animal Medicine. Ian is the editor of the latest (7th) edition of the BSAVA Small Animal Formulary.

Archived Under: Feline Medicine

Correct skin preparation for surgical procedures is a vital component of aseptic technique when working as a surgical nurse. This webinar will look at the techniques for skin preparation based on current recommendations and research – from clipping hair to the final application of antiseptic solution prior to draping. It will also cover which antiseptic solutions to use and when; what dilutions to use; and protocols you can easily adapt for use in your clinic.

Harrie Phillips is an Accredited Veterinary Nurse, as well as a UK registered veterinary nurse.  She completed her Diploma of Veterinary Nursing (Surgical) in 2009 has worked in a variety of clinics from general practice, emergency, specialist and universities.  She also holds qualifications in management, human resources, training and assessment, and sterilisation.

Harrie now dedicates her time to training veterinary nurses, and is the owner and Managing Director of Veterinary Nurse Solutions. In 2009 she was awarded the VNCA’s Professional Development Scholarship to travel to the UK to further study rehabilitation and physiotherapy for neurological patients. Harrie has also volunteered as a veterinary nurse for Vets Beyond Borders in India.

Archived Under: Nurse

Lisa Milella will discuss Dental Radiography.

Lisa Milella will discuss Dental Raciography.

Lisa graduated from the University of Pretoria (Onderstepoort), South Africa in 1997 and has since been working in the UK. She soon developed an interest in dentistry and decided to pursue this interest to specialist level. She is a diplomat of the European Veterinary Dental College.
Lisa is the principal of a dedicated dental and oral surgery referral practice in Byfleet, Surrey. She is also involved with the undergraduate dentistry training at the small animal practice, Bristol University. Lisa has published and presented papers both in the UK and internationally.
Lisa has served on the committee of the British Veterinary Dental Association for the past 8 years and has just finished her term as president.  She is also actively involved with International Animal Rescue and travels abroad to treat rescued dancing bears, slow lorises and any animal in need of dental treatment.

Archived Under: Dentistry

Dr Sarah Caney will discuss feline hypertension.

Dr Caney, CEO of Vet Professionals has worked as a feline-only vet since 1994. She is internationally recognised as one of only eight veterinary specialists in feline medicine in the UK.

Archived Under: Feline Medicine

This webinar will examine how to successfully hit your targets!

Nancy is a physics graduate and spent the first ten years of her career working in the electronics industry. Initially, she worked as a Manager progressing up to Director level. After eight years as an independent consultant, she got tired of book-keeping and answering phone messages, so she started Vinehouse.

Nancy has notched up over 20 years experience in the communications field. As a successful author she has written ‘Difficult People Made Easy’, the eZine, ‘Challenging People’ and has also designed the ‘Difficult People Calculator’.

Nancy is an exciting and inspirational speaker guaranteed to engage and stimulate your audience. She personally coaches over 100 people every year and presents and trains groups all over the UK, as well as Europe and the US. She has the skill to take complex situations, show you what’s going on, and then deliver straightforward strategies for dealing with them.

Archived Under: Veterinary Practice Management

Dr Jane Armstrong discusses Feline Hepatic Lipidosis.

Dr. Jane Armstrong is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College in Canada. Following a year in private practice, she completed an internship at the University of Illinois, followed by a residency in internal medicine and a Master’s degree at Michigan State University. Dr. Armstrong was a faculty member at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine for 7 years before moving to the University of Minnesota. She completed an MBA at the Carlson School of Management in 1999. She is now a Professor in the Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department at the University of Minnesota. Her interests within small animal internal medicine include clinical nutrition, especially obesity, and gastrointestinal diseases. Dr. Armstrong holds board certification in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. She is a recent past-President of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Small Animal) and the Comparative Gastroenterology Society, and is a member of the WSAVA Liver Standardization Group.

Archived Under: Endocrinology, Feline Medicine, Internal Medicine

Mike will discuss Episodic Weakness.

Mike Herrtage graduated from the Liverpool University and is currently Professor of Small Animal Medicine. He is Dean of the Cambridge Veterinary School and is in charge of the small animal medicine and diagnostic imaging services at the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital. He was awarded the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (B.S.A.V.A.) Woodrow Award in 1986 for outstanding contributions in the field of small animal veterinary medicine and the B.S.A.V.A. Blaine Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of small animal medicine in 2000.

Mike’s clinical responsibilities include all aspects of small animal medicine and diagnostic imaging, but he has a particular interest in endocrine and metabolic disorders. Mike is currently President of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He has spoken at many international meetings and published over 180 articles in refereed journals.

Archived Under: Orthopaedics

Do you look at other people at times and think to yourself how confident they appear compared to how you feel?  I have to admit that I do at times! This is very common and very normal! The aim of this session is to explore the fascinating psychology that helps us understand the relationship between personality, motivation, confidence and fulfilment, achievement and success in our careers and our lives. This session is specifically tailored to anyone who ever has or hopes to work in general practice.

Confidence is a multidimensional concept. It is a combination of the feeling that a specific event will end in a desired outcome (this is optimism) as well as an evaluation about what we or others can do to favourably affect that outcome (this is known as self-efficacy). Confidence always has an object, in that we feel confident about a specific outcome in relation to a specific event. This is in contrast to the concept of self-esteem, which is more of a global judgement about our sense of self-worth.

Describing ourselves as ‘confident’ (on a CV for example) is to view confidence as something we possess in varying amounts as opposed to something we experience when we interact and interpret the ‘world’ in certain ways. This session explores the basis and surprising origin of the ingredients of confidence; optimism and self-efficacy. It also explores how we can learn to enhance our confidence in situations where we experience adversity, challenge and even failure.

The session also highlights two distinct reactions to adversity and failure; the “helpless response” and the “resilient” (aka the “mastery-oriented”) response and how they relate to what motivates us as well as how we can go about motivating others.   Research has shown that by working on our ‘belief systems’, we can learn to display a more resilient or optimistic response and thus stay motivated in the face of a predicament. In fact, what we believe failure ‘means’ or ‘says about us’, is a stronger predictor of whether we are likely to fall apart or remain motivated when we are having trouble, than our actual skills and ability. Like confidence, motivation is a process and therefore also has a focus. In other words, we feel motivated to achieve something specific as opposed to possessing a certain amount of motivation. Furthermore, research is challenging the assumptions that a ‘history of achievement and success’, high intelligence, and constant praise are the predictors of confidence,
motivation and the routes to a career full of fulfilment, achievement and success. This session discusses these findings and how they relate to our day-to-day work in veterinary practice.

Archived Under: Veterinary Practice Management

If you’re a Vet Clinic owner or manager and you LOVE the idea of a steady flow of new clients coming into your practice each week of the year – but you HATE the idea of having to “sell-sell-sell” then this session is for you.

Archived Under: Veterinary Practice Management

Anthony Chadwick will discuss how to do Dermatology in Practice

Archived Under: Dermatology