Angie Hibbert RCVS Recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine at Langford Veterinary Services (University of Bristol) will discuss case-based information on the pathogenesis, diagnosis andmanagement of Feline LowerUrinary Tract Disease, as well as looking into how stress plays a significant role.

This webinar is sponsored by Protexin Veterinary, as part of their dedication to furthering the education and management of this disease area in cats.

Archived Under: Feline Medicine

James will discuss how technical advisers can use data better? / How to talk to farmers better.

James Hanks specialises in the use of livestock information by farmers and technical advisers . Since 2001 he has been responsible for the development and application of the InterHerd+, InterHerd and Herd Companion program in the United Kingdom. He works closely with NMR, Europe’s largest milk recording organisation, and regularly trains technical advisers, students and farmer discussion groups on the use of livestock information. Dr Hanks has also worked with livestock services in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He is a director of PAN Livestock Services Ltd and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading.

Archived Under: Bovine

Professor Lloyd is a former President of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology, the European College of Veterinary Dermatology and the Veterinary Wound Healing Association, and founding editor of the journal Veterinary Dermatology. Professor Lloyd’s research interests are focused on cutaneous infection and immune responses in companion and farm animals with special interest in colonisation, transmission and pathogenesis of infection by staphylococci, including the emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in domestic animals, antimicrobial resistance and yeasts of the genus Malassezia

Archived Under: Dermatology

Amy will discuss using Interherd + to achieve fertility results.

Amy graduated from Liverpool in 1996 and gained her DBR (Diploma in Bovine Reproduction) in 2004. Since graduating she has worked at McMurtry & Harding in the Derbyshire Dales and regularly uses Interherd+ to monitor and improve dairy herd fertility. She will discuss using Interherd+ to facilitate initiating and maintaining routine fertility visits.

Archived Under: Bovine

Anthony Chadwick will discuss how you can get more value from your CPD.

Anthony set up The Webinar Vet in 2010 and has changed the way vets do their CPD all around the world. He also runs vet skin treatments dermatology clinics in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds.

Archived Under: Veterinary Practice Management

Professor Lloyd is a former President of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatology, the European College of Veterinary Dermatology and the Veterinary Wound Healing Association, and founding editor of the journal Veterinary Dermatology. Professor Lloyd’s research interests are focused on cutaneous infection and immune responses in companion and farm animals with special interest in colonisation, transmission and pathogenesis of infection by staphylococci, including the emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in domestic animals, antimicrobial resistance and yeasts of the genus Malassezia

Archived Under: Dermatology

This webinar aims to deliver some important pointers and ideas to help you become a better sonographer and, hence clinician.

The webinar is designed for those who have some knowledge and ultrasound experience and, gives you hints on subjects such as – how to find those elusive adrenal glands, visualizing the stomach effectively, and how not to miss important findings.

For beginners it is advised to watch the webinar ‘Basic Ultrasound, getting you started’ first, to make best use of this webinar. Robert has over twenty years experience in General Practice & Emergency Centres. Robert’s main interests are surgery and emergency work.

In 2006 he completed the Post Graduate course in Emergency and Critical Care and qualified, as a Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Surgeons, during 2007 in the same discipline. Since then he has developed his interest in Ultrasonogra-phy both in the Emergent situation and General Practice and now offers tuition Australia wide. Robert won the Dec 2011 major prize, for his article in the Post graduate C&T magazine, referencing gall bladder sonological appearance in anaphylaxis.

Archived Under: Diagnostic Imaging

The nature of intelligence has been debated by philosophers for millennia. More recently intelligence has been equated with our cognitive abilities of logic, reasoning and memory. Other psychologists however, see personality and motivation as an integral part of intelligence and optimal functioning. There is a growing consensus that the ultimate purpose of intelligence is to enable us to navigate, manoeuvre and adapt to an often unpredictable and surprising world in order to remain effective and achieve our goals.

This talk will focus on four key psychological capacities that enable us to do this; Cognitive intelligence is about finding out and understanding how the world works. Knowing how the ‘world works’ comes from our ability to reason and evaluate the evidence that is offered to support an assumption, a conclusion or a specific course of action.

Emotional intelligence is about understanding the sources and the role of emotions in our lives. Understanding emotions are central to our ability to adapt to unpredictable world around us and give us a sense of fulfilment, achievement and success through the meaning we assign to our emotional experiences.

Cultural ‘intelligence’ is a form of social intelligence that enables us to understand how people think, feel and behave in relation to the values and beliefs they have been taught (and learn) about the nature of good and bad, right and wrong. This form of intelligence is the basis of leadership.

Motivation is about why people initiate behaviour as well as what determines the direction, the character and the intensity of that behaviour even before they experience a specific outcome. People are motivated to achieve certain goals if they agree with the ‘what’, the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of those goals. The next webinar in this series will describe how our beliefs about the nature of our abilities predict whether we are likely to remain motivated and confident in the face of a challenge.

Archived Under: Motivation and Well Being Webinar Series

Great leaders are emotionally aware, of self and of others. They are positive at work and therefore drive positive emotions in their staff, resulting in higher productivity. It is possible to learn how to be a good leader by understanding the components of emotional intelligence and actively practicing the skills you need to overcome the common EI challenges.

After attending this session, you will be better able to:

·         Appreciate that effective leaders move the collective emotions of the group in a positive direction

·         Recognize the most common ways people demonstrate lack of emotional intelligence

·         Avoid typical emotional intelligence challenges common to veterinary leaders by practicing the techniques we recommend

Ever witness the devastation that you, the boss, leave in your path when you’re in a bad mood? Great leaders are emotionally aware, of self and of others. In this session, you will learn how to positively influence the group’s emotions, differentiate between common leadership styles, and apply them at the right time. You will also chart your own path to becoming an emotionally intelligent leader. Don’t be that person who leads the team right down the drain!

Archived Under: Veterinary Practice Management

Confidence is a multidimensional concept. It is the feeling we have when we believe that we will be able to adapt, if necessary, in order to affect a good outcome. In other words, it is a combination of the feeling about whether a specific event will end in a desired outcome as well as what we or others believe we can do to favourably affect that outcome. Note that confidence has an object in that we feel confident about a specific outcome related to a specific event. The belief that you can favourably affect an outcome is called self-efficacy. Unlike self-esteem, (which relates to our beliefs about our self-worth), self-efficacy refers to our beliefs about our ability to achieve specific goals and affect the outcome of specific events.

People often ask; “How do I motivate my team? How do I get the most out of my team in a way that also makes them feel good about themselves?” To answer these questions it is first of all important to understand what we mean by motivation. People often write “I am a highly motivated person” on their CV. This view of motivation views it like an ‘entity’; something you were born with, or not. Seeing motivation as something we (and other people) possess has limitations. A more practical way to interpret motivation is to see it as a process as opposed a possession. With this view of motivation, people are motivated to achieve certain goals if they agree with the ‘what’, the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of those goals. In other words, people are motivated by a purpose they believe to be worthwhile (or more worthwhile than an alternative) and when they feel they are achieving them in the ‘right’ way. This lecture explores the basis and origin of those feelings.

Archived Under: Motivation and Well Being Webinar Series

Matt Colston will discuss Reproductive Performance during this webinar.

Archived Under: Sheep Veterinary Society

Feeling stressed? Of course you are. You have too much on your plate, pressures at work, demanding clients, difficult cases and on top of it all you need to get home in time as your partner is going out. You are under a lot of pressure so much that at times your quality of work suffers and so does your personal life.

This is how it is for many Vets but Stress is a normal and often useful physiological response. You just need to know how to use this response to your benefit so it works for you as an individual. Problems occur when our body and our mind are unable to recover from the response either because of sustained stressful stimulus or because we have entered an unproductive thinking pattern. Left unchecked, this can lead to depression.

This webinar will equip you with practical tools and techniques that you can take into your daily life as a Vet to help you keep your stress levels in check. It will raise your awareness to what causes you stress, how it’s affecting you and how you currently deal with stressful situations. It will empower and motivate you to create and make choices that work for you, allowing you to re—gain control. By being back in control you will be more proactive, creating plans of action and adding what—if scenarios so you are always one step ahead. It will demonstrate the benefits of changing how you approach a situation, what you are in control of and what you aren’t, so you can make a choice of how to respond to a situation. In doing so, you can embrace the challenges and opportunities you face as a Vet, learn from them, and gain a sense of fulfillment and enjoyment in your career and life as a Vet.

Archived Under: Motivation and Well Being Webinar Series

Melissa Packer will discuss Colic during this webinar.

Archived Under: Equine

The majority of us became vets to work with and treat animals. Is your career everything you had hoped for? Is it living up to your expectations? Are you living the life you had always envisaged? Or asking you asking yourself, is this it? I’m not happy but I don’t know what to do? I want to change but don’t know how. What is your vision for yourself and what are your goals? Have you set up your life surrounded by the things that are important to you or have you just fallen into a job and situation and you want more.

This webinar will introduce you to how coaching can help you gain clarity on what is important to YOU in YOUR life and career as a Vet, so you can get the most out of being a Vet and make your career work for you. Have you ever asked yourself: Where do I see myself in 1, 5 and 10 years time— are you still in the same practice, are you working part—time, are you a partner? It is vital that we know what we want and where we are going in our career, so we can define where we are now (our starting point) and what we need to do to move forwards towards our end point/goal. The webinar will teach you the art of goal setting, how to visualise and keep the end in mind. How by being proactive and on- – purpose in nature we can take control of our lives, be empowered and motivated to take responsibility for ourselves, so gaining a much greater sense of achievement and satisfaction in what we do. Having direction and a goal makes the journeys we take more rewarding and allows the obstacles that arise along the way to become stepping—stones rather than barriers to our progress.

Archived Under: Motivation and Well Being Webinar Series

This webinar will cover the basics of applied behavior analysis and how these principles can be applied in clinical veterinary practice to client-owned birds to modify problem behavior.

Dr. Hess is one of approximately 150 avian specialists in the world board-certified by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. After graduating from Yale, she received her veterinary degree from Tufts. She completed an internship and residency in avian/exotic medicine at the Animal Medical Center in NYC where she became head of the Avian & Exotic Pet Service. She then practiced exotic pet medicine in several private hospitals until 2010, when she opened the only all-exotic animal hospital in the NY area, the Veterinary Center for Birds & Exotics (www.avianexoticsvet.com), in Bedford Hills, NY. The Center is the only American Animal Hospital Association accredited bird & exotic specialty practice in NY and only one of 4 in the world.

From 2009-2010, Dr. Hess was President of the Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV). She is currently AAV treasurer and Chairperson for the AAV Social Media Committee. She is also a member of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians and the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. She lectures nationally and internationally about exotics and has published numerous articles and chapters on exotic species. She is a senior editor of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery and a guest editor of the Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, Veterinary Clinics of North America, and Exotic DVM Magazine. She appears as a guest expert on TV and radio regularly worldwide, including on Animal Planet’s exotic pet series, “Little Pets 101.” She also discusses exotic pets on her show, “Bird’s Eye View,” on www.petliferadio.com. She lives in Westchester County, NY with her husband, 2 children, 4 birds, and 4 cats.

Archived Under: Behaviour

Fiona Lovatt will discuss ”Iceberg Diseases” When you see a little, there’s a lot under the surface.

Archived Under: Sheep Veterinary Society

Alex Dugdale will discuss Field Anaesthesia during this webinar.

Archived Under: Equine

Fiona Lovatt & Paul Roger will discuss Welfare assessment / outcomes and Legislation affecting Sheep Keepers and Clinicians

Archived Under: Sheep Veterinary Society

Alex German will discuss Top Tips for Weight Management in Cats.

Alex German is a graduate of Bristol University, and received his PhD from the same institution in 2000. He is currently Royal Canin Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine at the University of Liverpool. His research interests include small animal gastroenterology and obesity biology.

Archived Under: Feline Medicine

Rose Grogono-Thomas will discuss Lameness.

Archived Under: Sheep Veterinary Society

Alison Talbot will discuss Lameness & MRI during this webinar.

Archived Under: Equine

Naomi Smith will discuss Physiotherapy during this webinar.

Archived Under: Equine

Neil Sargison will discuss Skin Diseases / Ectoparasites

Archived Under: Sheep Veterinary Society

Lesley Stubbings will discuss Ewe Nutrition

Archived Under: Sheep Veterinary Society

Henry Tremaine will discuss Dentistry during this webinar.

Archived Under: Equine

Shaun McKane will discuss Endoscopy during this webinar.

Archived Under: Equine