Minimise your stress during surgery and expedite patient recovery post-surgery by mastering new skills and enhancing your knowledge.
Over time, even the most diligent professionals can fall into suboptimal habits, especially when working on your own or without feedback from colleagues.
Refresh your skills through a review of the important fundamentals of surgery and the opportunity to practice these skills in a wet lab environment.
With wetlabs encompassing tumour excision, wound closure, approach to exploratory laparotomy and practical tips for cryptorchid castration, cystotomy, gastropexy, splenectomy and intestinal surgery, this workshop is perfectly tailored for returning practitioners, recent graduates, and seasoned vets seeking to refine their surgical techniques.
Past Participant:
'This was a well presented, well structured and very practical workshop. Well worth the investment in both time and money.'
Suzanne Nunn, Blackburn Animal Hospital
Learning outcomes
By successfully completing this course, you will:
- Possess new insights into wound healing
- Be up-to-date on techniques for tumour excision and wound closure
- Be better equipped for abdominal surgery including ex laps, cryptorchid castration and intestinal surgery
Program
| Time |
Topic |
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| 8.00 |
Registration |
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| 8.30 |
Lecture: What is a “growth mindset” and how can we utilize this to become better surgeons?
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|
| 9.00 |
Lecture: Wound healing: mechanisms, site and tissue considerations
Suturing: Commonly used suture materials, patterns and indications
Dressings: review effects of dressings on healing open wounds
Sx kit essentials |
|
| 10.00 |
Morning tea/coffee |
|
| 10.30 |
Lecture: Techniques for tumour excision and wound closure.
- Strategies for maximizing the chances of complete tumour excision
- Review of optimal surgical closure of wounds
- Techniques used to assist with difficult wound closures
|
|
| 11.00 |
Move to anatomy lab |
|
| 11.15 |
Practical session I: Wet lab
- Tumour excision techniques
- Appositional closure techniques including buried sutures, intradermal closure and a simple advancement skin flap
- Tie over dressings
|
|
| 1.00 |
Lunch |
|
| 1.30 |
Lecture: Ex lap in dogs: techniques to gaining better exposure; what to biopsy and how; tips for intestinal surgery
|
|
| 2.30 |
Practical session II: wet lab
- Ex lap technique in dogs
- Gastropexy, splenectomy
- Cryptorchid castration
- Cystotomy
|
|
| 4.15 |
Afternoon tea |
|
| 4.30 |
Lecture: A practical approach towards improving surgical success: improving your surgical technique and how best to learn new procedures |
|
| 5.00 |
End
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What is a workshop?
Highly practical - develop the confidence to implement your new skills on your return to work
Practical workshops are an ideal way to build confidence and competence in your skills, as you put theory into practice.
Ideally balanced combination of theoretical and hands-on education, our workshops allow participants to obtain the most benefit possible through practical application of the skills being taught. Small group teaching with a high tutor to participant ratio will ensure that you benefit from individual attention from your highly regarded and experienced tutor/s. Nothing beats on-the-spot feedback as you learn a new procedure.
Who should enrol?
This course is suitable for qualified veterinarians.
Venue Information
This workshop is hosted at The University of Sydney, Veterinary Science Conference Centre lecture theatre and wet labs. For more detailed venue information download this document.
| Registrant Type |
WORKSHOP
EARLY BIRD |
WORKSHOP
FULL RATE |
| Member* |
$1967 |
$2070 |
| eMember / Non-Member |
- |
$2300 |
*Members include: Practice, Professional, Part-time Professional, Recent Graduate and Academic members.