Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease - Case Study

Description

Course Summary

Myxomatous mitral valve disease accounts for 75% of canine cardiac disease seen in general practice, and is a chronic and progressive disease. This CPD will cover all aspects of the disease, including diagnosis and treatment. This case study tutorial follows ‘Poppy’, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with a grade 4 heart murmur, who is admitted to the hospital for dental treatment under anaesthesia.

The case study involves a short recorded tutorial, a quiz and further reading suggestions.

Course Tutor

Charlotte Pace BA (Hons), RVN, VTS (Cardiology), PGCert (VetEd), FHEA
Cardiology Nurse

Course Length

The course is worth 60 minutes of CPD for UK delegates and 1 AVNAT point for Australian and New Zealand delegates

The course is provided with unlimited lifetime access for on-demand learning

Release date: March 2021

Speaker

Charlotte Pace BA (Hons), RVN, VTS (Cardiology), PGCert (VetEd), FHEA
Cardiology Nurse

Charlotte qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2003, whilst working in practice in London. In the same year she moved to the Royal Veterinary College to work as a medicine nurse. In 2006 she became the dedicated cardiology nurse for the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. In 2010 she passed American veterinary technician exams and became the first nurse to hold the Cardiology qualification outside the US. From 2012 to 2015 she taught degree and diploma level veterinary nurses, and now enjoys working in busy private practice.

Information

Upon purchase, the case study will be immediately available to view from ‘My Courses’. Every eCPD case study now comes with lifelong access, so you can view the learning materials as may times as you like, with no time limits!

If you make any personal notes during the tutorial using ‘take notes’, these will be saved, along with your certificate and CPD record for permanent access in ‘My Courses’.

CPD Hours

This online course is worth 60 minutes of CPD.

A certificate will be available from the ‘My Courses’ section, for you to download and print, once you have completed the course. A permanent record of your total CPD hours will also be recorded in your account section.

AVNAT

Australia and New Zealand

The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated 1 AVNAT CPD point to this continuing education activity.

This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 1 CPD point

Levels

This course has been listed as ‘Intermediate’ level

All of our courses are aimed at veterinary nurses in general practice, but everyone who works in the veterinary profession is very welcome to attend, whether you are a clinical receptionist, veterinary surgeon, student nurse or have been a qualified nurse for over 20 years!

The courses are not formally assessed for skill level, so the following CPD levels are just a rough guide to help you decide if a course may be more or less suitable:

Introduction
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice approaching a new topic or looking for a refresher course

Intermediate
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice along with referral / specialist nurses looking for a refresher course

Advanced
– maybe most suitable for referral / specialist nurses and highly experienced qualified nurses in general practice

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Invoice

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Please ask your practice manager or accounts department to visit the website, register an account in their own name, and during checkout, complete the ‘delegate name’ and ‘delegate email’ sections with your personal details. We will then register you a personal account on your behalf, and transfer the course booking over to your new personal account. We will of course email you all the information you need to access this new account and your CPD course.

If you need an invoice and no other payment method is available to you, then please email [email protected] with all the following information:

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Please note the following:

Invoices must be requested a minimum of 4-6 weeks prior to a course starting, to allow time for the payment to be received
Delegates will not be allowed access to any course without prior payment
An invoice will be emailed to the contact provided and the course booking will be reserved for 7 days, whilst payment via debit / credit card or BACS is arranged
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