This course will cover the common ocular presentations seen by general practitioners and will be particularly useful for recent graduates.

Immune-mediated disease - When the immune system goes haywire The immune-system is a miraculous system but when it is hypersensitive, it can lead to a number of diseases. The course will review the mechanisms underlying the different hypersensitivity reactions as well common immunosuppressive/immunomodulatory drugs used in veterinary medicine. The course will focus on three of the most common immune mediated diseases which we see in practice, namely immune mediated Haemolytic Anaemia, Polyarthritis and Thrombocytopaenia and aims to help you confidently work up these tricky cases.

Gain a better understanding of reptile husbandry, medicine and surgery, to provide veterinary care with competence and confidence. You will discover why reptiles are different from other animal classes in a biological, anatomical and physiological sense. Many reptile disorders are related to suboptimal husbandry; hence, it is critical to have an understanding of reptilian biology and captive management to diagnose and treat reptilian disorders. With this knowledge, you will be able to sound like a vet who has a real interest in reptiles and know how to handle a variety of species and take appropriate samples. Diagnostics, hospital care, anaesthesia, analgesia and critical care will be covered, along with the diagnosis and treatment of commonly occurring diseases and injuries. The emphasis of this course will be on captive reptiles; however, interesting and relevant information on the diagnosis and treatment of some conditions in free-living animals will also be mentioned.

Signs of kidney disease can include excessive drinking, changes to the hair, weight loss as well as vomiting. The course will review key information on the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic kidney disease as well urinary tract infections in cats and dogs. Lucy will share her tips and tricks on diagnosis and management of these often challenging cases.

Ophthalmic surgery is often put in the too hard basket and referred on to specialists. This course is designed to give you a better understanding of the principles and practicalities of performing eye surgery with the aim of expanding the range of procedures you can confidently offer your clients. The course will feature a number of video procedures to help guide your learning. Veterinary nurses with a special interest in the topic are welcome to enrol in this course. Please be aware that the course is designed for qualified veterinarians and you should consider this in light of your knowledge and experience before you register.

This course focuses on practical wound management in busy small animal clinics. We will discuss wound management from acute traumatic to chronic non-healing and multidrug resistant infections. Our focus will not be on complex surgical skin grafts but on methods that can be performed by any vet in practice, without the use of restricted antimicrobials. Wound cleaning, multi-drug resistant wound infections and managing healing without skin grafts will be covered, and case studies will be used to demonstrate the differences between wound healing and management in dogs and cats.

Guinea pigs are a common and much-loved pet around the world. Although much of the earlier veterinary focus on guinea pigs was as a laboratory animal, their popularity as pets has seen this focus shift towards the provision of veterinary care for a companion pet.

Have you ever had a trauma patient arrive, and all you can think of is ‘where do I start?’ This course is designed for emergency veterinarians as well as general practitioners around how to deal with traumatic emergencies.