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Abdominal Ultrasound – Veterinary CPD Online

Susie Coughlan — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:57:53 +0000

The next session of the popular Abdominal Ultrasound Mini Series online course starts this Friday, May 4th. The last session was sold out, and we had many happy customers who either attended the live sessions or watched the recordings. That’s one of the advantages of this course format- you have the choice of attending the scheduled sessions and asking questions as they occur to you, or sitting down with a cup of tea or a glass of wine at a convenient time to enjoy the recordings. The course format provides you with 7 hours of Veterinary CPD, and includes notes to download for each session. Watch this space as we have more essential topics coming up on Mini Series format. Find out more about the Abdominal Ultrasound Mini Series by clicking the link. Abdominal Ultrasound Miniseries Details.

Veterinary Neurology Survival Kit

Susie Coughlan — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:24:00 +0000

Survive and thrive in the veterinary neurology jungle with this brand new online course from leading neurologist Laurent Garosi. Not sure what all those tests and reflexes actually mean? Don’t know where to start with wobbling dogs, circling cats or cranial nerves? The answer is here, in this interactive, easy to attend course designed specifically to help you make sense of neurology in first opinion small animal practice. Find out why Laurent is one of our highest-rated tutors (clue: he makes neurology easy to understand and apply to your patients). The course is packed full of case videos so you can actually see what you should be looking for. Click here for your Neurology Survival Kit.

Employment Law Survival Guide

Susie Coughlan — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:24:28 +0000

Are you aware of the multitude of changes in Employment Law that are about to occur? Do you ever struggle to keep up with what you should be doing, what you can ask during recruitment and how to minimise the likelihood of a claim against you? Is managing performance of your staff ever an issue? If any of the above sound familiar, we have a fantastic free article for you which outlines some of the key changes occurring this year, and how to deal with them. Click the link for your Employment Law Survival Guide.

Veterinary Ultrasound Course – Online!

Susie Coughlan — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:21:11 +0000

Get to grips with abdominal ultrasound with this highly practical online course. You don’t have to brave the wind, rain, snow or dark nights- just log on from your computer at work or at home and make the most of this exciting opportunity. This is the first online Veterinary Ultrasound CPD course from CPD Solutions, and it features expert imager Anna Newitt. Anna always gets excellent feedback on our attendance courses, and also from the free webinar that she did for us yesterday. If you missed that one you can see it by clicking here. The brand new online abdominal ultrasound course provides you with 7 hours of CPD in three sessions. Ultrasound videos are a main feature of the online sessions, which are packed with practical tips on how to get the best images and then interpret them once you’ve got them! Nothing can beat a hands-on practical course for developing your scanning skills, but you also need support in your practice and this is what our new course will help you with. Fantastic value for money and no travelling. Take a look at the New Abdominal Ultasound mini-series now.

Veterinary CPD Giveaway at the London Vet Show

Susie Coughlan — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:30:25 +0000

Come and see us at Stand M80 at the London Vet show this week and you could win a Lifetime Membership in one of our Webinar Clubs. If you want to supplement your courses with easy and flexible online CPD, Webinar Club is perfect for you. A manageable one webinar a month in the area of your choice. Learn from leading experts and bank your CPD hours. Webinar Club from CPD Solutions is different to webinars from other providers in many ways: you choose the subject you are interested in; videos are used to make key points; leading experts are involved in the planning and provision of our webinars; we’re there to help you when you need to ask a question or have a technical challenge. Looking forward to seeing you at the London Vet Show- you could be one of our lucky winners!

Veterinary Nurse CPD from Webinar Club

Susie Coughlan — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:17:38 +0000

Webinar Club from CPD Solutions now has a dedicated site just for veterinary nurses. Qualified nurses can take advantage of the easy online format that webinars provide, and attend live sessions from their practice or home. Or anywhere else with an internet connection! Webinars are designed specifically for nurses, rather than being aimed at vets with nurses included as an afterthought. Nurses are professionals and deserve their own CPD of the same quality as vets. However they often don’t have the same budget for CPD, so we’ve included 2 logins for the price of one membership of Nurses’ Webinar Club. And until the first webinar on November 21st, Nurses get a further benefit of £50 off their Webinar Club Membership. Details can be found at Nurses’ Webinar Club.

TPLO Veterinary CPD Course 2012

Susie Coughlan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:41:25 +0000

Would you like to learn how to carry out TPLO and incorporate this valuable technique into your practice? TPLO is the technique of choice for many cruciate-deficient patients and gives dependable results with a high level of owner satisfaction. But only when you have learned to carry out the procedure properly, with practical hands-on training, and you have the knowledge that you need to select the right patients and avoid common complications. You’ll get all of this and more on our course in June 2012 with leading TPLO experts Jon Dyce of Ohio State University and Loic Dejardin of Michigan State University. The course is on 12th and 13th June 2012 in Studley, Warwickshire. Get the details on the course by clicking here , or call us in the CPD Solutions office on 0151 328 0444.

FREE Veterinary Webinar on Treatment of Liver Disease

Susie Coughlan — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:21:42 +0000

We’ve got a fantastic FREE veterinary webinar for you! Monday 26th September at 1pm with leading small animal medicine specialist Nick Bexfield of Cambridge University. If you haven’t tried a veterinary webinar before, now’s a great time to get started. And this one’s completely free to attend so you’ve absolutely nothing to lose. If you like it, join our Small Animal Practice Webinar Club and make the most of easy online CPD. Back to our Free webinar and the title is ‘Current Treatment Recommendations for Small Animal Liver Disease’. So sit back and relax with your lunch and a cup of tea, and discover the secrets of effective treatment for your liver disease patients. As you’ll have noticed, diseases of the liver are common presentations in both dogs and cats, and their management can be frustrating. Multiple options can be confusing- are you sure you’re doing the right thing? For instance, Are steroids indicated in the treatment of liver disease? Do all cats with liver disease require antibiotics? What is the optimal diet for an animal with chronic liver disease? Find out on this Free Veterinary Webinar. Can’t make the live event? It’s still worth registering as you’ll then be able to watch the recording and download your CPD certificate. Click here to register.

New Veterinary Webinar Clubs

Susie Coughlan — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:12:37 +0000

Brand New Veterinary Webinar Clubs are launching very soon. Now you can choose specific subject areas or stay with our general Small Animal Practice Webinar Club. This is the first time that vets have had a choice of Membership in a Webinar Club entirely based around a subject area that they are interested in or are actively developing. The new Veterinary Webinar Clubs for vets are in Orthopaedics and Neurology. Leading tutors cover one essential topic each month in a Live session that is simple to attend. Vets can ask all the questions that they like, and can even remain anonymous if they prefer! There’s also a brand new Veterinary Nurse Webinar Club.

Small Animal Practice Webinar Club for vets keeps you up to date in essential medicine, surgery and imaging topics and provides easy CPD hours with complete flexibility. Can’t make a live event? You can watch the recording on the website at any time and download your CPD certificate.

Veterinary Nurses now have their very own Webinar Club. These webinars are designed solely for nurses rather than vets, and will enable nurses to gain CPD hours in a very cost-effective and flexible way. Check out all of the new Veterinary Webinar Clubs here: www.veterinarywebinars.com

Free Veterinary Webinar For All Vets

Susie Coughlan — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:09:58 +0000

Better Results with Tortoises

Webinar Club from CPD Solutions has a FREE webinar for you on July 12th at 1pm. Sit back and relax with your lunch and a cup of tea, and discover the secrets of hibernation and post hibernation care in your tortoise patients. As you’ll have noticed, tortoises are becoming very popular pets. Many of their owners have never had a reptile as a pet before, and challenges with inappropriate husbandry and sub optimal preparation for hibernation can occur. Find out everything you need to know about post-hibernation care of tortoises on our FREE webinar with leading reptile specialist Kevin Eatwell. Join us on Tuesday 12th July at 1pm for an hour for the webinar ‘Rise and Shine- How to Keep Tortoises Happy Post-Hibernation’ and discover:

What should you advise an owner who comes to you for advice about hibernation?
Which species should be hibernated and for how long?
What hibernation conditions should you recommend for the best chance of a healthy tortoise afterwards?
What supportive care do you need to offer an anorexic tortoise post-hibernation?
What next after initial supportive care- your diagnostic plan

This webinar is FREE to attend- however place numbers are limited. To register, please go to our veterinary webinars site.