October 13 - 15, 2020
Up to 12 CE Points
Online Veterinary Nurse & Technician Conference
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Why should you attend?
The Vet Education Online Veterinary Nurse and Technician Conference is an outstanding FREE, RACE-approved online event for veterinary nurses and technicians everywhere.
6 Outstanding Speakers
This event showcases some of the world’s top veterinary specialists who will be delivering amazing lectures in real-time.
Have More Fun
Not only do you get outstanding clinical lectures, but this year we’ve got even more in store for you, with some fun and interactive activities – just for you!
Free to Attend
Yes, that’s correct! This exciting event is absolutely free-to-attend for veterinary nurses and technicians worldwide.
RACE-Approved CE
Get much needed Continuing Education (CE) credits before the year ends. Attend the #VNCON20 and get 12 CE credits!
Our Speakers
The 2020 program features 6 outstanding speakers, who will interact with you LIVE over the 3 days of the conference, on practical, and relevant topics to your practice!
6 Lectures Over 3 Days
OCT 13
12:00 AEDT - Cardiovascular Shock in the Cat
Topic Description: The cat with shock can present a unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenge – not least because a large number of cats with shock may not show outward symptoms of significant circulatory compromise at all! Join us as we investigate a sound approach to both diagnosing and managing shock in cats – including how to select fluid rates, and how to select appropriate resuscitation end-points!
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👩🏻🍳 FUN EVENT: 15:00 AEDTCooking with Charisma
Speaker: Charisma Judge
About this Fun Event: Take a break and join Charisma as she walks you through the process of whipping up a light, nutritious and simple Indian vegetarian meal. Watch it live or play it back for a cook-along.
An answer to “What’s For Dinner?” is not a conundrum any longer!
Join Dr. Charisma Judge don the chef’s hat, as she guides you through a meal of Dahl (lentil curry), Cumin Fried Rice (a fragrant pilaf), Cucumber Raita (a yoghurt based dip), and a scrumptious Mango lassi (a refreshing fruit based beverage).
Keep an eye out for the ingredient list as we email it to all participants!
Delicious comfort food in a warm bowl is just the thing to keep you satiated as you sit down to watch your next lecture of the Online Vet Nurse/ Tech Conference 2020 series.
This special session will broadcast live on our Facebook Page!
19:30 AEDT - Emergency Care of Birds
Speaker: Sam Clutterbuck
Topic Description: Birds carry a higher anaesthetic mortality and morbidity rate than domestic pets, such as cats and dogs.
While there are many ways to help reduce this risk, emergencies will unfortunately happen. Being prepared with equipment, emergency drugs and doses and the knowledge to use them can mean the difference between life and death. This webinar will cover ways to prevent anaesthesia emergencies as well as how to react once an issue has become apparent.
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OCT 14
12:00 AEDT - Tiger Tales: The Challenges of Managing a Kidney Cat
Speaker: Vicky O’Grain
Topic Description: In this presentation you will learn how to structure and perform a nutritional consultation. We will learn how to address common questions that owners may ask. How to reinforce a veterinarian’s recommendation. How to implement the recommendation. How to calculate how much too feed and how long a bag will last. Plus how to follow up a consultation. We will follow Tiger’s case to see what can happen and how a nutritional counselor can be instrumental in assuring the correct diet and feeding amount is given by the pet owner resulting in a successful acceptance of a new food.
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🧘 FUN EVENT: 15:00 AEDTUnwind with Jen
Speaker: Jen Scott
About this Fun Event: The best remedy after a long day on your feet at the clinic would be a few relaxing stretches that will bring you that much needed calm and balance.
Join Dr Jen Scott as she guides us through a yoga break between lectures during the Online Vet Nurse/Tech Conference 2020!
This special session will broadcast live on our Facebook Page!
19:30 AEDT - Taming Feisty Felines - Recognising and Managing Feline Stress in the Veterinary Setting
Speaker: Julie Ashton
Topic Description: In this webinar, we will discuss what stress is and why we should care about it for our feline patients. We will then examine some ways we can reduce stress – making life easier for us and the cats visiting our clinics. We will end having a look at ‘red flags’ which cats may present with in clinic which would warrant a behavioural assessment.
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OCT 15
12:00 AEDT - A HBC Enters Your Clinic... Step by Step of What To Do
Speaker: Amy Newfield
Topic Description: Even if you do not work in an emergency clinic, the chances are you will have a hit-by-car pet come through your doors. The first 15 minutes of that pet’s arrival is the most important. Attendees will learn exactly what to do in what order when a hit by car pet comes through the doors. Triage, catheter selection, fluid therapy and more will be discussed.
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🙋♂️ FUN EVENT: 19:00 AEDTDeveloping Self-Confidence
Speaker: Brian Faulkner
About this Fun Event: This very short taster session focuses on defining, understanding and developing self-confidence. Just as we would never try and suture an ‘unhealthy wound’, developing self-confidence actually begins by defining, understanding and managing the issues that undermine it. I capture these as 6 D’s; doubt, deadlines, difficulty, disappointment, disagreement and disapproval; the potential for which are inherent to working in veterinary practice. For more details on this and other subjects, as well as some free material, please visit www.colourfulcpd.com.
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19:30 AEDT - Strategies for Staff Health and Wellbeing in The Veterinary Clinic/Hospital
Speaker: Suzie Mclean
Topic Description: The intention is to impart strategies for individual, team and organisational level strategies for health and wellbeing within the context of a veterinary hospital/clinic.
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Dr Julie became increasingly passionate about the emotional well-being of the animals in her care during her time at vet school and decided early on that this was the direction her career was going to head in. In 2009 she graduated from Bristol University (UK) with a BSc in Animal Behaviour as well as her BVSc as a vet. She spent a couple of years working in a busy North London practice before heading ‘down under.’ She spent the next 9 years calling Sydney her home. In 2014, she obtained Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Veterinary Behaviour. The same year, she set up Life on Four Legs – a veterinary behaviour referral service – servicing much of Sydney.
In 2019, she returned to the UK and is now taking referrals from the South East of England. She is an ASAB and ABTC registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist and an ABTC registered Veterinary Behaviourist. Although dogs make up the majority of her case load she remains a dedicated crazy cat lady – being owned by two herself – a DSH called Emily and a Maine Coon called Henry. She is passionate about improving the wellbeing of the felines under our care.