INSTRUCTOR(S): Ellen Wiedner, VMD, DACVIM(LAIM)
COURSE OPEN: July 15-August 7, 2012
REAL TIME SESSIONS (RTS): Sundays, July 22 and 29; 9:30-11:30 pm ET (USA)
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Practice Sessions: In order to prepare you for a successful experience
in your CE course, we request you attend a Practice Session prior to the first
Real Time Session. Please arrive promptly at the start time; each Practice Session
is up to 1 hour in length.
For more information, please visit the
CE Practice Area.
Level and Prerequisites: This basic course is open to
veterinarians with an interest in small ruminant and camelid emergency medicine.
Participants should be familiar with basic small ruminant and camelid
anatomy and physiology.
VIN CE Course: open to veterinarians.
This course has been submitted for RACE approval for veterinarians.
Course Description:
These days, small ruminants and camelids are owned by more and more people, and
both large and small animal veterinarians are apt to get called when these species
have emergencies.
This course provides a review of the most common emergencies of
llamas, alpacas, sheep and goats.
At the end of these lectures, participants should feel more comfortable recognizing
and treating typical emergencies of both adult and young animals.
This course consists of two (2) 2-hour Real Time Sessions with audio for questions and answers,
supplemental library materials, interactive message board discussions, and a mandatory
end-of-course test.
Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required
to earn a certificate of completion for the course.
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to
- Be familiar with signs of small ruminant and camelids emergency.
- Be familiar with techniques and equipment needed to handle small ruminant
and camelid emergencies.
- Be familiar with treatment of small ruminant and camelid emergencies.
Course Materials: Course materials will be available
in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.
Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.
Recommended Textbook(s):
- Fowler, M. (2012), Medicine and Surgery of Camelids, 3rd edition. Wiley and Sons.
ISBN-13: 9780813806167
VIN Book Store
- Pugh, D., Baird, A. (2012). Sheep and Goat Medicine, 2nd edition. Saunders.
ISBN-13: 9781437723533
VIN Book Store
Elsevier Book Store
About the Instructors:
VIN Consultant,
Ellen Wiedner, VMD, DACVIM (LAIM), received her veterinary degree
from the University of Pennsylvania.
She completed an internship in ambulatory and production medicine at Cornell University
and a large animal internal medicine residency at Purdue University.
Dr. Wiedner is currently clinical faculty at the University of Florida,
College of Veterinary Medicine.
Course Outline:
Week 1 (Real Time Session July 22): Camelids
Content:
- Useful techniques and equipment to have
- How to tell is a camelid is having an emergency (not always easy to tell)
- Heat Stress
- Trauma
- Dystocia
- Sick neonates
- Surgical colic
Week 2 (Real Time Session July 29):
Small Ruminants
Content:
- Useful techniques and equipment to have
- Predator attacks
- Pregnancy toxemia
- Urolithiasis
- Down animals
- Toxicities
- Dystocia
- Sick neonates
CE CREDITS: 4
Tuition: Member $80 ($72 early bird special if enrolled by July 8, 2012).
Non-Member $150 ($135 early bird special if enrolled by July 8, 2012).
*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close when
the maximum number of participants is reached or at 5pm ET the day of the first
Real Time Session unless otherwise noted. If the first Real Time Session is on a
weekend, course enrollment will close on the Friday before the first Real Time Session.
*For more information on how online CE works, see the
Participant Resource Center.
TO ENROLL:
- Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to
VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course
must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a
VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
- Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org
and @vin.com addresses. Email is our major form of communication with participants;
personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
- Each person is individually responsible for his/her own registration.
To ensure that all information received is secure and correct, please do not enroll
for a course on behalf of another individual.
- For further assistance call 1-800-700-INFO (4636) or email (VIN CE)
CEonVIN@vin.com or (VSPN CE)
VSPNCE@vspn.org.
Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.
*Note:
"This course is submitted for approval for 4 continuing education credits in jurisdictions
which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some
boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or
restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education."
Call VSPN/VIN CE at 1-800-700-4636 for further information.
(Attendees are encouraged to check with their licensing jurisdiction(s) for
information regarding recognition by their board).
Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be
issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course.
If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VIN/VSPN office 1-800-700-INFO (4636)
to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund.
* Note: To ensure rapid handling of your request for withdrawal, we recommend that you
call the VIN/VSPN office at 1-800-700-INFO (4636).
* For more information on VIN's Upcoming CE Courses check the Course Catalog at
https://www.vin.com/CE/Catalog.htm
Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
VIN Education Coordinator
VIN CE Services:
CEonVIN@vin.com
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