Description
Course Summary
This 45 minute eCPD tutorial covers urogenital tract surgery in adult horses, and compliments the neonatal surgery and castration and hernia webcasts. It discusses the diagnosis and treatment of urolithiasis, disorders of the penis including paraphimosis and penile neoplasia in male horses, as well as ovariectomy and caesarian section in the mare.
Course Tutor
Jessica Kidd BA DVM CertES(Orth) Dipl ECVS MRCVS
RCVS and European Specialist in Equine Surgery
Course Length
The course is worth 45 minutes of CPD for UK delegates and 0.75 AVNAT points for Australian and New Zealand delegates
The course is provided with unlimited lifetime access for on-demand learning
Course Notes
Unfortunately course notes are not available to accompany this tutorial
Release date: Jun 2018
Speaker
Jessica Kidd BA DVM CertES(Orth) Dipl ECVS MRCVS
RCVS and European Specialist in Equine Surgery
Jessica attended veterinary school at Purdue University in the States, followed by two years in mixed practice in New England. After this she completed an internship at a referral racehorse hospital in Ocala, Florida and then returned to the UK to complete an equine surgery residency at the University of Bristol. This was followed by time as a surgery lecturer at the University of Glasgow’s veterinary school followed by holding the position of the University Equine Surgeon at the University of Cambridge where she was also the Head of the Equine Hospital. She is currently the surgeon at the Valley Equine Hospital in Lambourn, Berkshire. She has presented veterinary presentations at national and international meetings and has taught numerous CPD courses for other veterinary surgeons on specialised equine subjects. She holds the RCVS certificate in Equine Surgery (Orthopaedics), is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons, and is an RCVS and European recognised specialist in Equine Surgery. Her areas of interest are both soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery and investigation of lameness cases
CPD Hours
This online course is worth 45 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 0.75 AVNAT CPD points to this continuing education activity.
This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 0.75 CPD points.
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:
Intermediate
– 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
Pawprints
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