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Association Rooms

The Association Rooms are a new feature area where members can benefit from individual advice from specialist associations to the veterinary profession.

  THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF FELINE MEDICINE
Developing a Cat Friendly Clinic and business 

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Time 

Title

09.15:10.00


Why cats need special attention
Andrew Sparkes
ISFM veterinary scientific coordinator

10.05:10.50


Implications for cats in the veterinary clinic
Andrea Harvey
Specialist in feline medicine

11.25:12.10


Putting Cat Friendly Clinic into action in general practice

Martha Cannon
Oxford Cat Clinic

12.15:12.45


Introducing the ISFM Cat Friendly Clinic standard (part of the ISFM Purina
WellCat for life programme)
Andrew Sparkes
ISFM veterinary scientific coordinator

 

  THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

ASSOCIATION OF PET BEHAVIOUR COUNSELLORS

APBC

Time

Title

 

09.00:09.30


Pheromonotherapy: taking the stress out of domestic problems
Claire Hargrave
BSc(Hons) MSc PGCE C Sci C Chem MRSC
DAS(CABC) CCAB

10.00:10.30


Sex hormones & neutering
Caroline Warnes
BVSc MSc MRCVS CCAB

11.00:11.30


Problematic behaviour in companion animals – the aim is prevention!
Francesca Riccomini
BSc(Hons) BVet Med MRCVS DipAS(CABC) CCAB

 

  THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

THE SOCIETY OF PRACTICING VETERINARY SURGEONS/
VETERINARY PRACTICE MANAGERS ASSOCIATION

Presented by John Elloway, Intelligent Learning Solutions

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Time 

Title

14.00:14.45


Understanding Personalities: how to get the best from colleagues, including your boss, in this brief introduction to managing up, down and sideways!

15.15:16.00


Landing the right job: we’ll show you how to interpret the ads, write a winning
application and sell yourself in an interview.

16.30:17.15


Finding the right person: can you write an eye-catching job ad, create effective
job descriptions and run a successful interview process?

 

  THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

VETERINARY MARKETING ASSOCIATION
Hosted by Paul Fifield, Visiting Professor in Marketing Strategy at the Southampton University School of Management

VMA 

Time 

Title

17.00:19.00

VMA Marketing Principles Seminar
How many of us are taught marketing? Is it something that 'we just pick-up' over time? How do we know what we are doing is effective? Are we doing it the best way? Where do we start?

 

  FRIDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

THE BRITISH VETERINARY DENTAL ASSOCIATION

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Time 

Title

09.00:09.45


Dental radiography in feline dentistry
Andrew Perry
BVSc MRCVS, Alternative Resident, Veterinary Dentistry

10.05:10.50


Facial trauma in cats

Lisa Milella
BVSc MRCVS DipEVDC, European Veterinary Specialist in Dentistry

11.10:11.55


Root canal therapy: when can it be done in cats?
Gerhard Putter
BVSc MRCVS, Alternative Resident, Veterinary Dentistry

12.15:13.00


Feline chronic gingivo-stomatitis: how to tackle the challenge
Simone Kirby
Dip EVDC MRCVS, European Veterinary Specialist in Dentistry