Continuing Education at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Small Animal Arthroscopy - June 21-22, 2012

Continuing Education

Registration: click here to register online today!

Download the 2012 endoscopy symposia brochure as a PDF.

Registration fees: Lecture and Lab $1,475
Technician accompanying veterinarian $175

Cover image of Small Animal Endoscopy book

Course fee includes continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches, instructional materials, and wet lab. Veterinarian registration fee includes a copy of Small Animal Endoscopy (2011), a $165 value.

All surgical equipment for the lab will be provided by corporate sponsors and the University of Georgia. Personally owned equipment will be prohibited in the lectures and laboratory.

Please bring scrubs for the lab portion.

This course will provide 11 CE hours of credit for the lecture and laboratory. Full attendance is required to receive total CE credits.

Course Cancellation Policy

Full refunds are available for cancellations made by 5 p.m. ET, June 8, 2012. No refunds will be issued thereafter. If a course is cancelled for any reason, the College of Veterinary Medicine will not be responsible for any charges related to travel.

Summary

Arthroscopy is introductory, but is best attended by those who do a lot of traditional joint surgery or who have done some endoscopy. Although basic procedures are performed, the instructors and course permit more advanced training for those who have some basic arthroscopy skills.

Instructors

Dr. Clarence Rawlings, UGA
Symposia Coordinator and Professor Emeritus

Dr. MaryAnn Radlinsky, UGA
Associate Professor

Dr. Steven Budsberg, UGA
Professor

Dr. John Payne, Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Clinic
Pittsburgh, Penn.

Location

All sessions are held at the College of Veterinary Medicine. Please use the ramp entrance to the main Vet Med building. Follow the directions here or contact Melissa Kilpatrick at melissak@uga.edu.

Hotel Accommodations

Hotel rooms have been blocked at:

Holiday Inn-Athens
197 E. Broad St.
706.549.4433
Block Code: UVE
Nightly Rate: $94
This hotel offers free shuttle service to the College (when requested at check-in). For driving directions and more information, visit www.hi-athens.com.

Georgia Center for Continuing Education
1197 South Lumpkin St.
800.884.1381
Block Code: ENDOSCOPYJUNE
Nightly Rate: $99
This hotel is located one block from the Veterinary College. View the Georgia Center website for additional information.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1

1:45–2 p.m. Registration

2–3:45 p.m. Instrumentation and principles

3:45–4 p.m. Refreshment break

4–5 p.m. Anatomic landmarks, normal anatomy and pathology (elbow)

5–6 p.m. Anatomic landmarks, normal anatomy and pathology (shoulder, stifle, hock, hip and carpus)

Day 2

8–8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast

8:30 a.m.–Noon Hands-on laboratory on (cadaver) elbow, shoulder and stifle: portal development, joint exploration, triangulation

Noon–1 p.m. Lunch with the professors

1–4:30 p.m. Hands-on laboratory: instrument joints, sub-total coronoidectomy, microfacture technique, biceps tendonectomy, meniscal observation and probing

4:30–5 p.m. Participant roundtable: What Did I Learn?

Additional Information

Please review our calendar page for travel and parking information, as well as details about our conference policies.

Contacts

For further information about this and other continuing education opportunities, contact Melissa Kilpatrick, Continuing Education: 706.542.1451 or melissak@uga.edu

This page was last updated on November 28, 2011.