Surgical Wound Management

Surgical Wound Management

SCHEDULE DAY 1 DAY 2 8:30 9:30 Registration 9:30 10:30 Introduction to wound management 10:30 11:00 Morning Tea 11:00 13:00 Acute and open wounds gels, dressings and drains 13:00 14:00 Lunch 14:00 15:15 Principles of wound closure 15:15 15:30 Afternoon Tea 15:30 17:00 Practical session 1 The H,Y, Z of skin closure 19:00 Dinner 9:00 10:30 The theory of flaps Principals of graphs 10:30 10:45 Morning Tea 10:45 12:45 Practical sessions 2 and 3 Local skin flaps 12:45 13:45 Lunch 14:00 15:30 Practical sessions 4 and 5 Axial pattern flaps 15:30 16:00 Afternoon tea 16:00 16:45 Practical sessions 6 Free skin graphs Planning and preparing a mesh 17:00 Final questions

EXCLUSIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY The best foundation workshop for any soft tissue surgeon. This was the workshop that launched VetPrac. It exists so you have the opportunity to develop your talents for immediate application on the surgical table. Everyone will find this beneficial to their daily surgical practice and under the guidance of Australia s finest soft tissue surgeons you will see results. Watch as your decision making skills become sharper and your confidence to manage really complex wounds and oncologic cases thrives. Also get exclusive access to the finest wound management materials on the market, as you play around with sutures and dressings. Often imitated but never duplicated you can t beat this one in 2014. BOOK NOW! DON T MISS OUT PLACES LIMITED CALL 0414 581 600 FOR MORE INFORMATION WWW.VETPRAC.COM

SMALL GROUPS TAKE HOME NOTES LUNCH AND TEA BREAKS TWO DAYS SURGERY TRAINING 7 HRS OF PRACTICAL WET LABS CPD VALUE 21.5 points SPEAKER Dr Stephen Fearnside BVSc FANZCVS LOCATION Charles Sturt University Building 290 Veterinary Pre-clinical centre Wagga Wagga, NSW DATE 5 6th April 2014 COURSE FEE $1950 (incl GST) before 20th February $2150 (incl GST) after 20th February AVA Member Benefits Apply* CONTACT ILANA FOR FURTHER DETAILS info@vetprac.com.au 0414 581 600 *See website for benefits

PRESENTERS Speaker DR STEPHEN FEARNSIDE BVSc (Hons) FACVSc (Surgery) DR PENNY TISDALL BSc(Vet) BVSc FANZCVS (Tutor) PROFESSOR GLENN EDWARDS BVSc MACVSc Dr. Stephen Fearnside graduated from The University of Sydney with Honours in 1995. On completion of his residency training, Stephen was appointed as the Head of the Small Animal Department at The University of Sydney Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Camden. In 2004, he was awarded his Fellowship in Small Animal Surgery and was also awarded with the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists award for best publication in the Australian Veterinary Practitioner in that year. He has served as a Fellowship Examiner in surgery for the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists and has lectured both undergraduates and postgraduates in Australia and overseas. Steve s particular interests are in cancer surgery (surgical oncology), surgical diseases of the spine, and canine arthroscopic surgery. Dr Penny Tisdall is a registered specialist in Small animal surgery. Penny graduated from the University of Sydney with a BSc(Vet) for studies on portosystemic shunts in dogs in 1992 and with a BVSc in 1994. After working for several years in private small animal practice in western Sydney she returned to the University of Sydney to complete a Small Animal Surgical Residency starting in 1997. Penny has completed a Clinical Masters in Aspects of Feline Megacolon and has contributed to over 25 published papers. She obtained Fellowship of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in 2002 by examination. Penny has worked exclusively in referral surgical practice for 15 years and is currently at Adelaide Veterinary Specialist and Referral Centre. She retains an active role in the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in the surgery Chapter. Dr Tisdall also has particular interests in feline and oncologic and reconstructive surgery. Glenn is Professor of Veterinary Surgery at Charles Sturt University following a period of 22 years as the academic head of surgery at the University of Melbourne s School of Veterinary Science. He teaches in all aspects of soft tissue surgery, but has a particular interest in minimally invasive surgery, wound healing and management, cardiovascular and urinary tract problems. He has published over 100 papers and chapters in textbooks in the veterinary, biomaterial and medical literature as a result of this work. He was the recipient of the 2006 TG Hungerford Award for Excellence in Post Graduate Education and has recently been awarded the ASAVA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award.

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