Our Keysteps Online website providing video veterinary CPD and veterinary CE has had an upgrade! The login area at www.keysteps.net now contains much more information about the programme, together with a programme clip and feedback from subscribers. We’ll be developing this area further in the future. Once you login as a subscriber or register for a free trial, the vet’s CPD site has been subdivided into several additional channels to make it easier for vets to find specific programmes. There are now channels on Surgery, Medicine, Exotics, Surgical Refreshers, Business Skills and one for the most Recent programmes. Take a look now at www.keysteps.net
New Look for online Veterinary CPD
January 13th, 2010 Susie CoughlanVAT rate change for Veterinary CPD courses
January 4th, 2010 Susie CoughlanAs I’m sure you know, the VAT rate increased from 15% to 17.5% on January 1st 2010. This has caused adminstrative challenges for everyone in business, and has hit small businesses such as veterinary practices particularly hard. It’s clear that the government is sadly lacking in ministers who have successfully run businesses. Anyway I’m sorry to add to your challenges when it comes to booking your veterinary cpd for 2010, but if you have a Spring 2010 Brochure, the VAT rate and the prices including VAT are now wrong. As brochures have to be produced well in advance to allow you to book the courses of your choice, I’m afraid we had to include the old 15% VAT rate in this brochure. When you’re booking courses using this brochure, please calculate the VAT at 17.5% and send in the correct course fee. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Matthew Watkinson - where has he been working?
December 7th, 2009 Susie CoughlanI must apologise in advance for this post which is not about veterinary CPD at all; however I just have to say something on this issue. I expect most vets and nurses have seen Matthew Watkinsons ‘expose’ article of the veterinary profession by now- if not see the link below.
TPLO Veterinary CPD Course
November 18th, 2009 Susie CoughlanIf you’d like to learn how to perform the TPLO (Slocum technique) next year, we’ve got the course for you. A highly practical, 2-day intensive course with leading TPLO specialist Jon Dyce of Ohio State University. This course has successfully taught hundreds of vets to carry out the Slocum TPLO; join them and make use of this valuable procedure in your practice when you attend this course in May 2010. Details are on the website in the Orthopaedic Courses section. There’s also a free article to download in this section which will give you practical tips from the experts for case selection and performance of the procedure.
New Orthopaedic Veterinary CPD Courses
September 22nd, 2009 Susie CoughlanWe’ve got 2 new courses for next year, designed as a follow-on from our very popular Introduction to Orthopaedics course. The latter, designed by specialist Orthopaedic surgeon Toby Gemmill, has helped hundreds of delegates to start out in orthopaedic surgery and taken away some of their anxiety when faced with procedures such as femoral head and neck excision and dealing with patellar luxations. So if you’ve been on Introduction to Orthopaedics or another introductory course, check out ‘Moving on with Joint Surgery’ and ‘Moving on with Fracture Surgery’ in the Orthopaedic Surgery section of our website. These could be the next step in developing your decision-making and practical skills.
Website Competition Winner
September 16th, 2009 Susie CoughlanI’m delighted to announce the winner of our first website competition! Amanda Kleinman wins £100 of Amazon vouchers after correctly identifying the veterinary item in the picture. I’m sure you got it right- yes it was a stethoscope. We did keep the first one easy on purpose- the next pic will be a bit harder. Around 200 people entered the competition so if that’s repeated with the next one it gives you a very good chance of winning. Let us know if you’d rather we offered a different prize for the competition, and also if there are any additional courses you’d like to see in our veterinary cpd and veterinary nurse cpd range.
A Chance to Increase Your Practice Profitability
August 12th, 2009 Susie CoughlanWe’re running some new courses with veterinary business expert Malcolm Wright. Lots of vets have requested business courses specifically designed for practice, and these will fit the bill.
New Website includes Free CPD
August 8th, 2009 Susie CoughlanI’m very pleased to announce that our new website is up and running! It’s taken a while, but the new site has a lot more features for vets and nurses. It should also be a lot easier to find what you’re looking for as the subject areas are more clearly demarcated. Nurses have their own dedicated area, and there are free CPD articles on different subject areas available throughout the site.
Arthritis in Dogs - Help for Owners
July 9th, 2009 Susie CoughlanArthritis in dogs is a serious problem in veterinary practice. How many patients do you have with arthritis? It’s a challenge to manage as it’s a chronic condition and often requires both medication and lifestyle modification. Owners also relate strongly to their dogs with arthritis and often want to apply treatments that they have found effective themselves. There’s also some useful information on the internet- but a lot of material that is not at all useful and may give owners false expectations for their dog.
Keysteps Online Winners
June 22nd, 2009 Susie Coughlan
Keysteps Online is our video based veterinary CPD programme for vets and nurses. We recently asked all of our subscribers what they thought of the service, good bits and bits that could be better, and what they’d like to see more of on the site. Most importantly, we asked how Keysteps Online helped them in their work, and also in their lives.
