Murdoch University, in conjunction with partners Hills Nutrition and local universities and institutions in the host countries, offer a series of four-day workshops in East and Southeast Asia.   These four-day intensive, practical workshops are designed for veterinarians in clinical practice who wish to develop advanced diagnostic and procedural skills.  The workshops comprise lectures, small group tutorials and hands-on wet lab training given by highly experienced clinical teachers from the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia.  There will be plenty of opportunities for individual discussions and the lectures and tutorials, given in English, will be translated into local language.

	Completion of this workshop is an entrance pre-requisite for the International Postgraduate Certificate in Small Animal Practice and Master of Veterinary Studies (MVS) Program at Murdoch University
Dr Irwin discusses a case		Problem Solving in Small Animal Medicine

Each attendee receives:

• Full access to each session on all four days of the workshop, including tea/coffee and lunch
• Dinner on two nights of the course
• On CD/DVD:
  • A full set of notes covering the lectures and tutorial
  • DVD/CD presentations various techniques taught in the course and case studies (on CD) for you to work on in advanced Techniques Manual with instructions and diagrams for performing all of the techniques used during the Workshop

Day

Morning Lectures 08.45-10.30

Tutorials
11.00-13.00

Afternoon Workshops
14.00-17.00

Day 1

Introduction
Lecture: Getting the most out of your in-house Practice laboratory

Morning lecture

Morning Coffee/Tea

Internal medicine case studies (emphasis on the value of in-house haematology and serum biochemistry diagnosis)
(CDs of these cases will be sent to each participant prior to the workshop)

Lunch

Clinical Pathology for Clinicians –
Workshop on haematology and cytology, and the use and application of laboratory equipment for the diagnosis of diseases.  Includes:

• Preparation of good blood smears and cytology slides
• Urinalysis
• Staining and slide preparation and correct use/care of a microscope
• Use of haematocrit centrifuge and refractometer
• Haematology interpretations using microscope slide sets
• Use of and demonstration of haematology and biochemistry analysers, discussion of case material

Dinner

Day 2

Lecture: Surgical principles

Lecture/Case discussions: Wound management, plastic surgery and videos of procedures (in preparation for Wetlab)

Surgery Wetlab – Plastic and reconstructive surgery

• Ear canal ablation and ear resection
• Reconstructive surgery including skin flap techniques
• Assessment/advice re. your surgical instruments (bring your basic kit)
• Discussion and demonstration of surgical equipment

Free

Day 3

Lecture and Case studies: The dyspnoeic patient.  Triage, emergency management and imaging of airway disease

Lecture and Case Studies: Critical Care Management: Feeding critical patients, feeding tube placement and care.  Transfusion medicine (crystalloid and colloidal fluid administration and blood transfusion).  Review and demonstration of monitoring equipment including blood pressure measurement and ECG.

Advanced Emergency and Diagnostic Procedures Workshop

• Soft palate resection; tracheostomy/tracheostomy
• Chest drain placement and thoracocentesis
• Feeding tube (nasogastric, oesophageal & PEG tube) placement
• Urinary catheter placement (Foley & U-cath) – closed urine collection system
• Intraosseous cannulation (for fluid therapy and bone marrow aspirate/biopsy)
• PLUS other techniques as requested; skin biopsy, cystocentesis, lymph node aspiration, arthrocentesis and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection

Dinner

Day 4

Lecture/video: Lameness assessment and the neurological exam

Demonstration of the lameness examinations. 

Group discussion and demonstration on lameness and neurological cases. Normal and lame dogs (provided by participants)  (CDs of these cases will be sent to each participant prior to the workshop)
Workshop wrap-up and closure.  Certificate of Attendance presentations.

End

• National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan (22-25 January 2008)
• National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (26-29 August 2008)
• Mahidol University Salaya Campus, Nakornpathom, Bangkok, Thailand (10-13 November 2008)
• Mahidol University Salaya Campus, Nakornpathom, Bangkok, Thailand (19-22 October, 2009)

If you would like any more information about these workshops, registration procedures and fees, please contact:
Dr Peter Irwin on P.Irwin@murdoch.edu.au; Mrs Margaret Setter on M.Setter@murdoch.edu.au, or the general enquiries email address at pgcsap@murdoch.edu.au .