Veterinary Senior Clinics

Overview

The requirements of senior pets can be extremely varied, with a range of common disorders and diseases being prevalent as pets enter their senior years.

Provision of senior pet clinics can enable the practice to provide gold standard preventative health care, and support clients in ensuring they are doing the very best for their pet at their prime of life and beyond.

It is so important that that practices offer preventative healthcare solutions, and have a clear strategy for supporting clients of senior pets, by providing a well-thought out and delivered senior clinics service. Let us help you to achieve that.

This one-week workshop will explore and discuss the main challenges faced by older pets, including dietary issues, cognitive dysfunction, dental disease, renal disease and mobility issues. We will also cover the logistics of running senior pet clinics and how to make them a success in your practice.

Syllabus

Clinical aspects:

Clinical examination of the senior patient
Obesity and nutrition
Mobility
Muscle condition scoring
Pain scoring
Nutraceuticals
Dental disease and promotion of oral health
Cardiac disease and screening
Assessment of quality of life
End-of-life and euthanasia discussions

Diagnostics, including:

Blood pressure monitoring
Blood tests
Urinalysis
Radiography

Clinic setup and structure:

Different clinic formats – eg diagnostic-led
Clinic content
Consultation length
Naming your clinics
Protocols for clinics
Questionnaires and checklists
Pricing for clinics
Who runs the clinics?
Getting the clients through the door – promoting your clinics

Discussion of cases from practice

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, successful candidates will be able to:

Understand the principles and practicalities behind a successful senior pet clinic programme
Understand the different diagnostic and monitoring methods utilised in senior pet clinics for preventative healthcare and maintaining positive health
Know how to run and promote senior health clinics as part of an overall healthcare plan for the life of the patient

Resources

This course is:

One weeks in duration (one week of interactive learning)
Interactive and engaging forum-based learning, with expert tutor guidance and support throughout the learning forum duration
A mixture of short lecture/s and other resources, interactive learning and guided self-study and research
Accessed via our easy-to-use learning platform, alongside fellow vet professionals and your tutor
Flexible – whilst run over set dates there is flexibility to complete study where and when you can during the course run dates – there are no set times that you need to be online.
Structured and practical

Workshop resources include:

Access to our flexible online learning environment for the duration of the course
Informative narrated lecture/s that can be viewed at any time, and as many times as you like
Interactive, tutor-guided learning forums
Sharing and discussion of cases from practice
Multiple supporting materials, tools and ideas for assisting with and supporting your clinics
The option to produce practical documents created by you, tailored to the needs of your practice
Access to the course materials for a period after the course

Course Summary

Course duration: 1 week (4 hours flexible and self-directed study time)

Course type: Fully supported and interactive online learning workshop

Tutor: Nicola Lakeman

Suitable for: Veterinary nurses & technicians, veterinary nurse students and veteterinary surgeons

This workshop is suitable for those who wish to learn how to start clinics, those who are already running clinics and those wanting to improve existing clinics. Practice managers and partners who want to drive some new ideas into clinics will also benefit.

£65.00

See what some of our past learners have said about this course….

“It was a great honour to study with Nicola Ackerman. There were a number of invaluable suggestions from Nicola on how to approach the senor clinics which I had not thought about or encountered, and I will definitely be using them in my future work.”

Carolyn Turrall

“Very impressed with the level of input the course tutor Nicola put into the discussion boards. Lectures were easy to understand and explained well.”

Suzanne Flynn

Your Tutor

Nicola Lakeman

PGCert RVN CertSAN CertVNECC VTS(Nutrition) A1 V1 C-SQP HonMBVNA

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Once payment is complete, you will receive an email asking for candidate details. Complete the form and submit. We must receive your registration in order to process your enrolment.

When do I start learning?

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