The Conference
The conference aims to provide topical and useful education targeted at Veterinary Surgeons in practice in a setting where there is ample opportunity to meet informally with speakers, colleagues, pharmaceutical and equipment representatives. Bookings may be made for the full conference, one day or a half day. Practices may opt to mix and match, by paying the full conference fee and sending delegates on different days or half days. Partners are welcome to join delegates at the conference dinner on Tuesday evening.
The Venue
Stirling Court Hotel is set in 300 acres of parkland with the spectacular backdrop of wooded hillsides and the Wallace Monument. The centre is a member of the Conference Centres of Excellence Consortium, providing high quality service and delivery. With the National Swimming Academy’s 50m swimming pool, a state of the art fitness suite and 9-hole golf course all located within the spacious grounds of ‘the most picturesque university campus in Europe’, delegates can exercise their bodies as well as their minds during their stay.
Stirling is within easy reach of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The town has been at the centre of Scotland’s history for 1,000 years and is known as the “Gateway to the Highlands”. For more details visit the website: www.explore-stirling.com.
The main aims of this charitable organisation are to:
- organise the annual CPD Conference in Stirling
- award grants to vets to allow CPD attendance
- support local CPD initiatives
The Trust is indebted to its membership and to pharmaceutical companies’ support to continue its work.
The Programme
Companion Animal Programme – Tuesday 7th June 2022
| Sessions | Topics | Speaker(s) |
| 9.30 -10.30 | Shelter Medicine Part 1: how is it relevant to me? | Ian Futter |
| 11.00 –12.00 12.00 – 1.00 | Suture Materials – There’s more to life than Catgut! Top Tips for the Bendy Bits | Sam Woods Ross Allan |
| 2.00 – 3.00 | Thoracic Radiography & CT: When to Use Which? | Tobias Schwarz |
| 3.30 – 5.00 | Dentistry in Veterinary Practice – Improving Compliance and Care for our Patients | Claire Harrison |
Equine Programme – Tuesday 7th June 2022
| Sessions | Topics | Speaker(s) |
| 9.30 -10.30 | Refresher on Equine Dental Anatomy | Chris Pearce |
| 11.00 –12.00 12.00 – 1.00 | Application of modern dentistry in geriatric care Feeding the Geriatric horse/pony | Chris Pearce Jo-Anne Murray |
| 2.00 – 3.00 | Investigating weight loss in the older horse | Andy Durham |
| 3.30 – 4.15 4.15 – 5.00 | Update on diagnostics and treatment of Equine PPID Orthopaedic conditions of the older horse and pony | Andy Durham Graham Hunter |
Nursing Programme – Tuesday 7th June 2022
| Sessions | Topics | Speaker(s) |
| 9.30 -10.30 | How to broach the nutrition subject | Nicola Lakeman |
| 11.00 –12.00 12.00 – 1.00 | What’s the Evidence Base for what we do in Practice? Rabbit Anaesthesia and Analgesia: it’s more than just drug doses! | Nicola Lakeman Jo Hinde |
| 2.00 – 3.00 | Help them NOW! The VNs role in behaviour management | Linda Ryan |
| 3.30 – 5.00 | Dentistry in Veterinary Practice – Improving Compliance and Care for our Patients | Claire Harrison |
Companion Animal Programme – Wednesday 8th June 2022
| Sessions | Topics | Speaker(s) |
| 9.30 -10.30 | Shelter Medicine Part 2: case examples | Ian Futter |
| 11.00 –12.00 12.00 – 1.00 | Managing Urolithiasis No need to feel twitchy! What’s new on the canine antiepileptic horizon? | Nick Bommer Fabio Stabile |
| 2.00 – 3.00 | Help – this animal has a sore eye! | Ben Blacklock |
| 3.30 – 4.15 4.15 – 5.00 | Small Animal Oncology – using TKIs – when how and why? Rabbit emergencies – fly strike/gut stasis | Clare Knottenbelt Jo Hedley |
Production Animal Programme – Wednesday 8th June 2022
| Sessions | Topics | Speaker(s) |
| 9.30 -10.30 | Maedi Visna in commercial flocks in the Scottish Borders | Andrew Robinson |
| 11.00 –12.00 12.00 – 1.00 | OPA – tackling the iceberg Impact and future plans for Cattle Health Schemes | Chris Cousens George Caldow |
| 2.00 – 3.00 | Where are we now on sustainable worm control in livestock? | Dave Bartley |
| 3.30 – 4.20 4.20 – 5.00 | Future Shape of Disease Surveillance in Scotland Livestock Health Scotland (project updates) | George Caldow Nigel Miller |
Business Management Programme – Wednesday 8th June 2022
| Sessions | Topics | Speaker(s) |
| 9.30 -10.30 | The art of great leadership – be the boss you always wanted | Paul Horwood |
| 11.00 -12.00 | Setting yourself up for financial independence | Vet You |
| 12.00 – 1.00 | Financial Wellbeing | Brewin Dolphin |
| 2.00 – 3.00 | Responsible and Ethical Investing for the future | Brewin Dolphin |
| 3.30 -5.00 | Personal Brand – Why do clients choose you? | Paul Horwood |