Feline Specialists Feature In Free Webinars

High calibre speakers, CPD in the comfort of your own armchair and all for free! Hill’sTM Pet Nutrition is offering a flying start to CPD record cards in 2011, with the launch of a series of five free webinars delivered by RCVS specialists. The webinars all focus on feline medicine and last an hour with additional time for questions. Normally costing £200, the Hills webinar series becomes free by entering a code upon registration: hillsnl. The series is entitled, “A Practical Approach to…’ and provides clinicians with tips and techniques they can implement in their practices straight away. The first presentation on feline liver disease will be delivered by Danièlle Gunn-Moore BVM&S BSc PhD MACVSc MRCVS, on the 26th January 2011. Martha Cannon BA VetMB DSAM(fel) MRCVS will present the next two webinars on Renal disease on 2nd March and Chronic Diarrhoea on 4th May. Both speakers are RCVS Specialists in feline medicine. Norman Johnston BVM&S, Dipl. AVDC, Dipl. EVDC, MRCVS, will be discussing stomatitis in the cat– a particularly problematic disease – on the 18th May. Norman is a RCVS, American and European Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry. The series will end on 8th June with Duncan Lascelles BSc, BVSc, PhD, CertVA, DSAS (ST), DECVS, DACVS, Associate Professor in Small Animal Surgery at North Carolina State, talking about osteoarthritis in the cat. The events kick off at 8.30 pm and are hosted by the Webinar Vet (www.thewebinarvet.com). One initial registration provides access to the complete series, with scheduled e-mail reminders sent out prior to the latest webinar. To register, go to www.thewebinarvet.com/hills and enter your details as well as the code hillsnl. Webinars are ideal for time pressed individuals who may not always be able to travel to a distant venue, yet still offer a ‘real- time’ and interactive experience. No special equipment is required, other than a reasonable standard PC or MAC and a broadband connection. The events are open to both vets and nurses but early registration is advisable to take full advantage of the whole Hill’s Feline webinar series.

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