VetNI

Veterinary Northern Ireland

Employment law, Marketing and communicating – Great Business lectures at Conference!

By

louise-simpsonEmployment Law by Louise Simpson  Proactively help your business with our first class business lectures at conference!  We have Employment law lectures and Employment issues clinic which is a first at conference by Louise Simpson.  Louise has more than 20 years of HR consultancy experience working at senior levels of businesses in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. This experience has proved invaluable when advising clients on ensuring legislative compliance and minimising the exposure to litigation whilst, crucially, understanding commercial realities.

Peter edmondsonMarketing your farm skills and services to generate work and revenue by Peter Edmondson  If you want to know how to market your practice to farmers and get more work in doing so then Peter Edmondson will be lecturing on this on Sunday morning at conference.  Why not come and see how to make your veterinary practice more productive and get some helpful advice and tips!  Peter is a dairy vet who runs Udderwise, a consultancy specialising in mastitis and milk quality offering practical solutions to farmers, vets and the dairy industry

communication

Communication that works!  Optimise the reach of smart marketing and maximise your impact on digital media with Steve Pollard & Claire McNamee, Ulster University Business School who will be taking a lecture on the best way to communicate for your business.  We are running this lecture twice to ensure everyone gets to hear it so if you would like to secure your place make sure you book at time of conference booking. 

To book your place at conference with our online registration Click Here!

To see our full brochure with full information on all conference lectures Click Here!

Saddle up to conference to hear our great Equine lectures!

By

andy-crawfordAndy Crawford

Andy’s varied career includes an equine internship, work in a race practice in South Africa, a 3 year residency in surgical training at the RVC and an RCVS Certificate in Equine Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons & is a partner in the Arundel Equine Hospital.  He is the author of a book chapter in equine orthopaedics and was awarded the ECVS Residents Presentation Prize for his work on digital tendon sheath pathology.   At our conference Andy will be speaking on Standing surgery techniques & Equine lameness.

phil-ivensPhil Ivens

A Cambridge graduate, Phil holds an RCVS Certificate in Equine Internal Medicine and a European Diploma in Equine Internal Medicine (DipECEIM) and is a European recognised specialist in Equine Internal Medicine. His particular interests are in equine infectious diseases, ophthalmology, gastroscopy and sarcoid removal.  He is co-director of Buckingham equine vets.  Phil’s lectures be covering ‘Recurrent airway obstruction in horses’ & ‘How to control an equine respiratory infectious disease outbreak’.

For more full details on the lectures that Andy and Phil will be giving as well as our full programme of speakers Click Here!

For online conference delegate registration Click Here!

Saddle up to conference to hear our great Equine lectures!

By

andy-crawfordAndy Crawford

Andy’s varied career includes an equine internship, work in a race practice in South Africa, a 3 year residency in surgical training at the RVC and an RCVS Certificate in Equine Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons & is a partner in the Arundel Equine Hospital.  He is the author of a book chapter in equine orthopaedics and was awarded the ECVS Residents Presentation Prize for his work on digital tendon sheath pathology.   At our conference Andy will be speaking on Standing surgery techniques & Equine lameness.

phil-ivensPhil Ivens

A Cambridge graduate, Phil holds an RCVS Certificate in Equine Internal Medicine and a European Diploma in Equine Internal Medicine (DipECEIM) and is a European recognised specialist in Equine Internal Medicine. His particular interests are in equine infectious diseases, ophthalmology, gastroscopy and sarcoid removal.  He is co-director of Buckingham equine vets.  Phil’s lectures be covering ‘Recurrent airway obstruction in horses’ & ‘How to control an equine respiratory infectious disease outbreak’.

For more full details on the lectures that Andy and Phil will be giving as well as our full programme of speakers Click Here!

For online conference delegate registration Click Here!

Early Bird Conference Rate Closing SOON! Book Online!

By

In order to get the ‘early bird’ rate for AVSPNI Autumn conference 2016 you have to be registered by the 18th September.  Did you know you can now book for conference online (link below)  AVSPNI members are saving £50 if booking for the whole weekends lectures!!  Places are filling up fast so get that booking in early to secure your place!  You wont be disappointed!

For our full brochure on all lectures Click Here!

For online booking Click Here!

Small animal CPD at its best – AVSPNI Autumn Conference 2016!

By

Liz WelshLiz Welsh – PhD BVMS CertVA CertSAS MRCVS

Liz graduated from Glasgow in 1989. After a PhD in pharmacology and a year in small animal practice she moved to the University of Edinburgh where she completed a Senior Clinical Training Scholarship in small animal soft tissue surgery. Until 2007 she was a Senior Lecturer in soft tissue surgery at the Royal (Dick) Vet School. She now offers a soft tissue referral service at the new Vets Now Hospital in Glasgow.  Liz will be lecturing on ‘A surgical approach to the acute abdomen’, ‘Haemoabdomen- the spleen and beyond’, ‘Gastrointestinal tract surgery and septic peritonitis’ and Many More! 

For More information on more of Liz Welsh’s lectures and our full conference programme Click Here!

For conference delegate registration form Click here

Book your family room at conference ASAP!

By

We have a packed kids programme organised for conference this year to keep your little ones amused while you enjoy some quality conference CPD!  From Friday night to Sunday we can guarantee that if you have children over 4, that they will be kept fully entertained by our Slieve Russell kids club team.  Activities include:  Film club, Jumping clay workshop, bungee trampoline and much more!  For those with kiddies under 4, don’t worry, we have a fantastic nursery team who are there to look after your precious bundles all day Saturday so you can concentrate on lectures knowing that they are being fully cared for.

Make sure you book your rooms ASAP as hotel rooms are filling up fast!!

REMEMBER: For early-bird prices we must receive your payment by the 18th September 2016

For a full programme on the kids activities Click Here!

For a delegate registration form Click Here!

Royal College Audit – Is your CPD up to date?

By

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) are asking vets to prove they are up to date with their CPD in an annual audit that they are currently carrying out.  Over 1400 vets will be asked if they have been keeping their skills and knowledge up to date by engaging in personal development (CPD) for a minimum of 105 hours over a rolling 3 year period.  This will be checked through their online Professional Development Record or by sending the RCVS a copy of their CPD record cards. 

If you are non compliant you will be asked to explain why this is the case and you will be asked to send a plan of how you will become up to date on your personal development.  All vets that are to be audited will find out at the beginning of September.  To find out more information about what counts towards CPD visit the RCVS website. 

If you are one of those who fear you are falling behind on your CPD points, why not take this opportunity to sign up for AVSPNI Autumn conference where you will receive a full weekend of great CPD with a packed programme of great speakers!

For full details on our up and coming conference Click Here!

For a delegate registration form Click Here!

Join us at conference for great sheep lectures!

By

sheep2

If you want quality sheep CPD  – You will find it at AVSPNI conference in October!!  Here are two of our lecturers who will join us at conference this year.


JASON BARCLAY – Jason qualified in 1985 and has worked in a mixed practice, at the RVC as a Research Fellow and the pharmaceutical industry before joining AFBI to work in diagnostic pathology. He is a past president of the Sheep Veterinary Society.  Jason will be speaking on ‘Problems of the lamb before weaning’ & ‘Trace element deficiencies in sheep’.

EILEEN McCLOSKY – Eileen graduated from Queens with an Agriculture degree followed by an MSc in Ecological Management and Conservation Biology. Her PhD in Biological Sciences looked at grazing behaviour, diet and social interactions of traditional and non traditional sheep breeds on hill farms. Having worked as a livestock lecturer at SAC, she now works as sheep technologist with CAFRE.  Eileen will be speaking on ‘Appropriate and cost effective ewe diets’.

For our Conference Brochure with information on all our lectures Click Here!  For the registration form Click Here!

We’re on Twitter!!

By

twitter logo

@infoVetNI

We are officially on Twitter and will be tweeting the latest news from the VetNI!  So if you are on twitter come follow us.  If you see something interesting on our page, feel free to retweet!  To view our page Click Here!

Meet two of our conference speakers – Mike Kerby & Peter Edmondson

By

Mike KerbyMike Kerby will be delivering lectures on subjects such as: ‘Differential diagnosis of and surgical approach to abdominal ping’, ‘Orthopaedic correction of fractures/locomotor conditions of cattle’ and ‘A surgical approach to correction of head tilt following Mycoplasma bovis infection’.  Mike qualified from Bristol and since graduating Mike has worked exclusively in farm animal practice, and dairy practice since 1989.  Mike joined Delaware in 1992 from Dorset, having previously worked for 4 years in Malmesbury, Wiltshire He received a Diploma in Bovine Reproduction from Liverpool University in 1994.  His special areas of interest are all aspects of dairy heard health and production and especially bovine surgery.

 

 

Peter edmondson Peter Edmondson is a dairy veterinarian with 35 years experience in practice and who runs ‘Udderwise’.  He qualified from Dublin and spent 35 years in vet practice working in Ireland, the UK, Saudi Arabia.  Through Udderwise he provides consultancy services in mastitis, milk quality and offers practical solutions to farmers, vets and the dairy industry.He has outstanding communication skills and is a frequent speaker at international conferences. He makes tailor made training for vets, farmers, technical and sales people in mastitis and other dairy topics and also works with the major pharmaceutical companies throughout the world in marketing & support, training, trial work, product launches and expert reports for product registration.  Peter has written several books on mastitis and milk quality.  Peters lectures will focus on ‘Mastitis theory’ and ‘Selective dry cow therapy’.

To view more information on Mike and Peter’s lectures at this years congress check out the brochure click here!
For a conference registration form Click Here!
REMEMBER: For early-bird prices we must receive your payment by the 18th September 2016