Tails from the Pancreas (Dec 2025)

Description

This course is aimed at nurses working in general practice

Week 1

The Exocrine Pancreas

Pancreatic anatomy and physiology
Enzymes (and hormones) of the pancreas
Brief synopsis of exocrine diseases which affect the pancreas

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Describe the normal physiology of the exocrine pancreas and surrounding organs
Describe common exocrine disease processes which affect the pancreas
Common investigations of exocrine pancreatic disease
Treatment options available

Week 2

Feline Diabetes Mellitus

Pathophysiology of DM in the cat
Clinical pathology relevant to the diabetic cat
The clinical signs associated with feline DM
Advanced imaging and diagnostic techniques
Treatment options available both as an inpatient and an outpatient

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Discuss the disease process of feline DM
Understand how to assist with the clinical investigations of feline DM
Explore the use of novel feline diabetic treatments (SGLT2-inhibitors)
Understand how nurses can support patients/owners through a DM diagnosis
Discuss the long term management of DM at home

Week 3

Canine Diabetes Mellitus

Aetiology and pathophysiology of DM in the dog
Pathophysiology of diabetes insipidus
The clinical signs associated with canine DM
Treatment options available both as an inpatient and an outpatient

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Understand predisposing diseases to canine DM
Discuss the use of interstitial glucose monitoring devices
Understand insulin therapy and maximising efficacy within individual cases
Confidently discuss ongoing treatment with owners

Week 4

Pancreatic Neoplasia

The pathophysiology of insulinoma
The clinical signs associated with insulinomas

Learning objectives
After completion of this week, participants should be able to:

Note the clinical investigations associated with an insulinoma, including clinical pathology and advanced imaging
Discuss treatment options available for insulinoma patients – medical and surgical
Be aware of the complications of insulinomas and their treatment

The course will be fully tutored by Beth Thomas and will consist of 10 hours of CPD and will be provided in various formats, including tutorials, tasks, case scenarios, forum discussions and quizzes. This course is tutored for 4 weeks, followed by a two week extension of untutored ‘catch up’ time, before the course officially ends.

All delegates will then have unlimited lifetime access to the learning material for future reference

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Speaker

Beth Thomas RVN VTS (SAIM)
Internal Medicine Nurse, VetsNow Manchester Referrals

Beth has been an internal medicine nurse at a referral hospital in Manchester for the last 5 years. She qualified in 2014 in the lovely county of Yorkshire and then made her way across the Pennines in 2016. Beth has worked in mixed practices, both first opinion and referral before she decided to peruse a full-time position within small animal internal medicine. Beth gained her Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS-SAIM) status in small animal internal medicine in 2021 and is currently looking for her next educational adventure! She enjoys emergency medicine, endocrinology and haematological disease and can always be found within two metres of a microscope.

AVNAT

Australia and New Zealand

The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated 10 AVNAT CPD points to this continuing education activity.

This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 10 CPD points.

CPD Hours

This online course is worth 10 hours 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.

Information

Upon purchase you will be registered to attend the course, for 4 weeks from the start date. The course will consist of various interactive tasks and lessons, including quizzes, case studies, forum discussions and further reading material.

The course is fully tutored, with new material will be provided each Monday morning, but the onus will be on the individual delegate to ensure that all tasks are fully complete. The certificate will only be issued at the end of the course when all tasks have been accomplished. Fewer CPD hours will be awarded at the the end of the course if there are unfinished tasks or there has been no contribution to the discussion forum, for example

The course is fully flexible, and there are no weekly ‘deadlines’ – the lessons and tasks may be completed whenever is convenient for each delegate, and any live lessons with be recorded and made available later that same day. Furthermore, all the course material will be available for a further 2 weeks, to allow delegates the opportunity to catch up on missed lessons and tasks, or to take the opportunity to delve further into the suggested reading texts. Please note however, that the course will not be tutored by the speaker during these final two weeks, but the time spent will count towards your CPD hours

After 6 weeks, the course will be complete and there will be no further opportunity to gain the certificate or CPD hours, however, you will have unlimited lifetime access to the tutorials, further reading and quizzes for future reference. If you make any personal notes during the course using the ‘take notes’ app, these will be saved, along with your certificate and CPD record for permanent access in ‘My CPD’

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

Pawprints

You will earn 205 Pawprint Points (£20.50 website credit) when you purchase this course

Our loyalty scheme rewards you with 10% in website credit to spend on future courses. Choose pay with Pawprint Points during checkout.

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Invoice

Debit or credit card is the preferred payment method

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:

Full name of delegate
Email address for delegate
Course(s) booking
Any discounts / promotions being redeemed
Practice name and address
Invoice name and address (if different)
Corporate group name (Linnaeus, IVC, Medivet, VetPartners etc) (if applicable)
Practice code (eg Vet4Pets practices)
Booking / invoice reference (if required)
Email address to send the invoice (practice manager, accounts department or head office – not your own email address please)

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
There will be an administration fee of £2.50 +VAT per invoice generated. You may book multiple delegates / multiple courses on a single invoice to the same practice

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