Birds and reptiles online

Date: Monday 17th September, 2012 - Sunday 28th October, 2012
Start time: 9:00 AM
Duration: 36 hour(s)
Cost: £699

Provider: Royal Veterinary College

This six week online course will cover avian and reptile medicine for the practitioner and will also address the latest anaesthesia, analgesia and critical care medicine for these species. The emphasis will be upon common conditions and their latest therapies although the discussion groups may allow discussion of more advanced cases.

The course consists of a mixture of notes, specific case presentations and assessments, self assessment activities and online discussions. The majority of discussion board activities will be case based. Participants can earn up to 36 CPD hours if the course is fully completed.

Key areas to be covered:
• Common diseases affecting cage birds and pet rodents and their latest medical treatments
• Safe anaesthetics protocols for a variety of different procedures in cage birds and reptiles
• Common surgical procedures and analgesia for cage birds and reptiles
• Critical and emergency care therapy in cage birds and reptiles

Programme:
Week One
• Introductory week where delegates introduce themselves.
• An idea about how to maximise the number of cage bird and reptile clients visiting your practice and ways to make your practice bird and reptile friendly.
• An overview of resources available to clinicians that deal with cage birds and reptiles in practice including journals, societies, e-mail discussion groups, textbooks, client information handouts etc.

Week Two
• Digestive tract and associated organs (e.g. liver), diseases of cage birds and reptiles including current therapies

Week Three
• Respiratory, cardiovascular and urogenital tract diseases of cage birds and reptiles including current therapies

Week Four
• Neurological and musculoskeletal system diseases of cage birds and reptiles including current therapies

Week Five
• Anaesthesia and analgesia and common surgical procedures of cage birds and reptiles

Week Six
• Critical and emergency care therapy of cage birds and reptiles

To book: Contact the CPD Unit on Tel: 01707 666865, or email cpd@rvc.ac.uk. Further details available at www.rvc.ac.uk/cpd

Who is it for?

Veterinary Surgeons

The Speakers

Simon Girling, BVMS (Hons) DZooMed CBiol MSB MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Zoo & Wildlife Medicine

Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as

36 hours

Registration and Booking

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