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Small Animal Gastrointestinal 
Endoscopy, July 26-27, 2013

Continuing Education

Registration: click here to register online today!

Download the 2013 endoscopy symposia brochure as a PDF.

Registration fees: Lecture and Lab $1,975
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 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, four weeks prior to the event (June 28; note that this is a change from the printed course poster). If a course is cancelled for any reason, the College of Veterinary Medicine will not be responsible for any charges related to travel.

Summary

This flexible endoscopy course is introductory, but has plenty of laboratory practice for the practitioner to perform upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy in patients.

Instructors

Dr. Clarence Rawlings, UGA
Symposia Coordinator and Professor Emeritus

Dr. MaryAnn Radlinsky, UGA
Associate Professor

Dr. Cynthia Ward, UGA
Associate Professor

Dr. Steffan Sum, UGA
Instructor

Dr. Todd Tams, VCA Antech Inc.
Los Angeles, Calif.

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:

The UGA Hotel (at the Georgia Center)
1197 South Lumpkin St.
800.884.1381
Block Code: FGIE
Nightly Rate: $89; unreserved block rooms will be released to the public on June 28, 2013
This hotel is located one block from the Veterinary College. To book your room, or for more information, visit the UGA Hotel website.

Holiday Inn-Athens
197 E. Broad St.
706.549.4433
Block Code: VEF
Nightly Rate: $85; unreserved block rooms will be released to the public on July 15, 2013.
This hotel offers free shuttle service to the College (when requested at check-in). To book your room online, or for driving directions and more information, visit the Holiday Inn-Athens website.

Tentative Schedule

Day 1

8:00 - 8:30 Registration and continental breakfast

8:30 - 8:40 Course overview

8:40 - 10:30 GI Endoscopy: indications, case examples, equipment selection, how to become proficient

10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment break and practice with endoscopy training models

11:00 - 12:30 Techniques for esophagoscopy, gastroscopy and duodenoscopy with biopsy techniques

12:30 - 1:15 Lunch with the professors

1:15 - 4:30 Hands-on laboratory with esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, and duodenoscopy in models and anesthetized dogs

4:30 – 5:00 Participant roundtable: What Did I Learn? What Can I Take Back to My Practice?

Day 2

8:00 - 8:30 Continental breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 Integration of endoscopy into your practice: gaining client compliance with recommendations; how to charge; disorders and cases diagnosed with upper GI endoscopy

10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment break and practice with endoscopy training models

11:00 - Noon Colonoscopy: indications, cases, colon prep and colonoscopy techniques

Noon — 12:30 Endoscopic gastric foreign body retrieval

12:30 - 1:00 Lunch with the professors

1:00 - 4:30 Hands-on laboratory with colonoscopy and upper GI flexible endoscopy

4:30 - 5:00 Participant roundtable: What Did I Learn? What Can I Take Back to My Practice?

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 vetmedce@uga.edu

This page was last updated on April 12, 2013.