The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Continuing Education

Basic Small Animal Soft Tissue Rigid Endoscopy

July 17-18, 2009

Please note: Registration for this course is now closed.

Registration fees: Lecture and Lab $1,600
Technician accompanying veterinarian $175

Course fee includes continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches, instructional materials, and wet lab.

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 15 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, July 3, 2009. 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

The basic small animal soft tissue rigid endoscopy is introductory with skills considered to be standard of practice for the high quality practice. This includes diagnostic procedures (bladder, ear, nose, and laparoscopy) that can be done daily in practice. The course is designed to get veterinarians started in minimally invasive surgery, particularly laparoscopic spays, gastropexies, and calculi removal.

Instructors

Dr. Clarence Rawlings, UGA
Symposia Coordinator and Professor Emeritus

Dr. MaryAnn Radlinsky, UGA
Associate Professor

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

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn
197 East Broad St., Athens, GA 30603
Phone: 706.549.4433
Located adjacent to campus, about 1 mile from the CVM. Free parking and shuttle service to the College of Veterinary Medicine (if requested at check-in).
Room block code: VBA.
Block of rooms will be held until June 25, 2009.
Rate: $92

In addition, hotel rooms have been blocked at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Phone: 888.295.8894
Located on the UGA Campus, at the corner of Lumpkin and Carlton Streets
Room block code: Vet Med; does not include parking.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1: July 17

8 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:40 a.m. Course Overview

8:40 - 9:20 a.m. Instrumentation and Endoscopy Equipment

9:20 - 10:40 a.m. Cystoscopy: Techniques and Case Examples

10:40 - 10:55 a.m. Refreshment Break

10:55 - 11:55 a.m. Rhinoscopy: Techniques and Case Examples

11:55 - 12:30 p.m. Otoscopy: Techniques and Case Examples

12:30 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch with the Professors

1:15 - 4:30 p.m. Hands-on Laboratory with Cystoscopy, Rhinoscopy, and Otoscopy

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

Day 2: July 18

8 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:20 a.m. Laparoscopy: Anesthesia and Instrumentation

9:20 - 10:20 a.m. Laparoscopy: Methodology and Case Examples

10:20 - 10:50 a.m. Refreshment Break

10:50 - 11:20 a.m. Cancer Staging & Laparoscopy: Case Examples

11:20 - 12:15 p.m. Introduction To Minimally Invasive Surgery

12:15 - 1 p.m.Lunch

1 - 4:30 p.m. Hands-on Laparoscopy Laboratory with Biopsies of liver, kidneys, pancreas, lymph nodes, and small intestines, incisional gastropexy, spay, cystoscopic calculi removal.

4:30 - 5 p.m. Participant Roundtable Session: What Did I Learn?

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 July 10, 2009.