Equine Practice

With all-new material for Autumn 2024, the University of Liverpool is delighted to present another series of mini modules on Equine Practice, providing 25 hours of CPD in a flexible, remote learning environment.

 

The Equine Practice module is aimed at first opinion practitioners who wish to refresh their knowledge on commonly encountered areas of equine practice and this year the module focuses on the area of lameness, diagnosis and therapeutics. Recently graduated clinicians or those returning from a career break will find useful updates and practical advice and delegates will have the chance to discuss case-based scenarios with our specialists in the live zoom meetings.

 

For those considering a CertAVP through the University of Liverpool, this course provides a great taster of the online module environment, format and group learning sessions. 

 

The course is taught and tutored by Liverpool and other external veterinary specialists, following a similar format to the University of Liverpool’s CertAVP modules.  With online lectures, discussion boards and weekly MCQ tests designed to help support your learning this short Equine Practice mini-module will provide a fun and interactive way to ensure you keep up to date in your area of interest.

 

Course content:

 

Week 1: 4th November

First Aid for Tendons

Speaker: Chris Baldwin BVetMed(hons) CertAVP (ESST) (EOS) AFHEA Dip.ECVS MRCVS 

Chris Baldwin will be heading our first week of the module looking at tendon lacerations and first aid for tendon injuries when faced with these emergencies in practice. Chris is one of our boarded surgeons and a Senior Lecturer at the Liverpool Vet School. He has a keen interest in fracture repair and is a member of the committee for the Association of Racecourse Veterinary Surgeons (ARVS). This week he will cover all aspects from initial approach to stabilisation, offering practical tips to help you manage these out in the field and will be holding a case-based zoom meeting to chat through examples and their management, both from a first opinion and surgeon’s perspective.

 

 

Week 2: 11th November 2024

First Aid for Joints

Speakers: Dave Stack MVB MSc DipECVS MRCVS 

This week Dave Stack will be looking at joint sepsis, offering an update on how to approach these cases in clinics and reviewing the current evidence on management. Dave is a Senior Lecturer here at Liverpool and a familiar face to many, regularly lecturing on lameness and orthopaedic surgery throughout Europe. This week will also look at performing regional limb perfusion in practice and how to effectively carry out this procedure, with practical advice from experienced clinicians. Dave will also be hosting a zoom meeting, chatting through decision making and treating joint sepsis on the road when referral is not an option.

 

Week 3: Break Week

 

Week 4: 25th November 2024

Joint Therapeutic Updates 

Speakers: Sandy Shanklin MA VetMB CertAVP(ESST) MRCVS 

Sandy Shanklin will be looking at joint therapies and the many options available to the treating equine practitioner. Sandy is a lecturer at the University of Liverpool having recently finished his surgical residency and his interests lie in minimally invasive surgical techniques. As well as reviewing the evidence available for these current treatment options, he will also be looking at future therapeutics on the near horizon, helping practitioners to stay up to date with this changing area of lameness management.

 

 

Week 5: 2nd December 2024

Remedial Farriery

Speakers: Alison Talbot BVM&S, CertEP, CertES(Orth), DIp ACVSMR, Dip ECVDI, FHEA, MRCVS, Ian Hughes DipWCF and Steve Smith BSc (Hons) Dip HE DipWCF

 

This week Alison Talbot, Ian Hughes and Steve Smith will be looking at remedial farriery, the fundamental principles behind it and how we can adapt this for individual cases when working together to manage them. Alison is one of our senior lecturers at Liverpool and has a wealth of experience in lameness and diagnostic imaging, being boarded in both fields. Ian and Steve are both very experienced and run the remedial farriery service at the Liverpool Vet School, with respective interests in remedial farriery of the sports horse and treating the laminitic. Alison will be discussing some of the predisposing factors leading to remedial farriery while Steve and Ian will be reviewing the basic principles in a whistle stop tour and how these can be adapted for some commonly seen cases. The zoom discussion this week will be an informal chat on laminitis and remedial farriery, including getting the most out of your imaging in these cases as well as the farriery options available.

 

 

Start date: 4th November 2024

Cost: £420