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Continuing education

Innovations for B S AVAIC-Ve t courses : Autumn 1993 BSAVA/C-Vet continue to lead the field in further education courses for both the veterinary surgeon and the veterinary nurse. This Autumn’s courses see some new innovations to the already successful formula. One-day, weekend and the more advanced tier 2 courses will again be avail- able, but included in the week- end courses is the first of a series of modular courses to incorporate the syllabus of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeon’s Certifi- cate subjects beginning this Autumn with radiology.

Overseas speakers

Also, internationally respected overseas speakers have been invited to this session of courses. These include Professor Johnny D. Hoskins of Louisiana State University who will talk on all aspects of paediatric medicine at the weekend course entitled ‘Canine paediatric problems: medical and surgical’; Professor Colin F. Burrows and Professor Gary Ellison both of the Univer- sity of Florida, Gainesville, who

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will lecture as the medical/ surgical team from the veterinary school on gastrointestinal tract disorders, at a weekend course entitled ‘Management of small and large intestinal disorders’ and a one-day course entitled ‘Management of gastric dis- orders’; and, Dr Michael S. Garvey of The Animal Medical Center, New York, who will talk on critical care for the dog at the one-day course of the same name and on feline medicine at the tier 2 course entitled ‘Feline emer- gency medicine’.

The Autumn session includes the following courses:

One-day courses 93/12 Critical care for

93/15 Management of

Weekend courses 93/9 Dermatology for

93/10 Canine paediatric

the dog London

gastric disorders London

practitioners London

problems: medical and surgical Wokingham

module 1 Coventry

of cats and dogs London

and large intestinal disorders Birmingham

93/13 Radiology -

93/14 Behavioural problems

93/16 Management of small

Tier 2 course 93/11 Feline emergency

medicine Lancaster The registration fee for each

course also includes a compre- hensive set of course notes. There are still some places available on most of this Autumn’s courses, but do not delay as most courses are filling fast!

Requests for further details of courses and booking enquiries should be made as soon as pos- sible to BSAVA Registrations Office, Kingsley House, Church Lane, Shurdington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 5TQ, tele- phone (0242) 862994, fax (0242) 863009.

Diary September

16 to 18 Homeopathy. Minneapolis Mar- riott. Contact: Carve1 G. Tiekert, Coordinator, American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, 2214 Old Emmorton Road, Be1 Air, Maryland 21015, USA, tele- phone (410) 569 7777, fax (410) 515 7774.

20 to 22 British Veterinary Association Congress. Edinburgh Conference Centre, Henot-Watt University. Contact: BVA Congress Office, Westrade Fairs, 28 Church Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 1DD, telephone (0923) 778311, fax (0923) 776820.

24 to26 New Practical Small Animal Gastroenterology Course. Uni- versity of Edinburgh. Contact: Hamish Macandrew, UnivEd Technologies, 9 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh EH8 9NW, telephone (031) 650 3476/5, fax (031) 650 3474.

30 ‘What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?’ University of Glas- gow. Contact: Mrs Barbara Gibbons, CPD Unit, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, telephone (041) 330 4995.

October

9 to 10 Small Animal Wound Manage- ment Course. University of Edinburgh. Contact: Hamish Macandrew, UnivEd Technolo- gies, 9 Hope Park Square, Edin- burgh EH8 9NW, telephone (031) 650 3476, fax (031) 650 3474.

Send details to: Simon Wolfensohn; Archway Veter- inary Surgery, 2 1 High Street, Highworth, Swindon, Wilt- shire SN6 7AG, at least two months in advance.

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