Recorded Tutorials
We run Zoom CPD tutorials fortnightly at 8am Fridays AEST.
These are casual, case-based and well suited to people with an interest in small animal internal medicine. Please join the CPD Tutorial Group by subscribing here.
Enteric Infections - Parasitic, Bacterial, Protozoal, Fungal and Viral
Our chat today covers current and emerging pathogens of the gastrointestinal tract, with reference to how relevant a positive test for these are. We were lucky to have some perspectives from a legend who sees lots of worms and parvo today to balance our giardia dogs from the referral setting!
Hospital Acquired Infections- Where Do They Come From, and Who Is at Risk (Including Your Human Team)
Today we do a deep dive on hospital acquired infections... what infections can we prevent, now that resistance patterns mean we might not be able to treat the infections that arise. To get to the bottom of this, we deep dive where infections come from (exogenous organisms and endogenous organisms), and what common sources of infection we see in small animals hospitals.
Identification and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Are you testing for organism or antibody? How does this impact your test results in different scenarios? What are the limitations of the testing we do often, like culture, PCR panels etc? How is next generation sequencing likely to impact us and our patients as it becomes more available and applied clinically?
Polyarthropathy, Vasculitis and Other Weird Immunological Action
How do immune mediated disorders manifest? How can the same pathology cause polyarthropathy and vasculitis? What infections might look like immune mediated disorders? We dive deep into the weirder manifestations of auto-immune disease, and when to be suspicious of an infection!
Platelets, White Cells and Bone Marrow Disease
Today we talk about the common clinical presentations of white cell, platelet and bone marrow disorders. A deep dive on thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, and leukaemia!
Red Cell Disease - from Anaemia to Polycythaemia
Now this is something we see ALL THE TIME clinically - we talk about weird cases of polycythaemia, those once in a career cases we’ve seen, that you read about and think don’t actually happen. We cover framework around how we approach anaemia, and the common laboratory changes that can help guide your next steps.
Coagulation
Total nerd out on coagulation today! We dive into the haemostasis ecosystem, discussing what's actually happening in the body when a clot forms. What happens when we don't have the ingredients? What happens when we have too many of one or two ingredients for clots? What disorders cause hypercoagulability, why, and how can we offset this risk in different situations?
Unconventional Diets and Their Place in Conventional Medicine
This was a great chat about all things GI - what client trends are we seeing with regard to preferred diets? How can we balance nutritional needs with the increasing tendency for clients to want to feed whole food diets? We discuss leaky guts, parallels with human medicine, and of course a lot about faeces in this session!
Membership Practice Oral Exam 2025
We run through a practice exam in the style that the exam will be presented in to give candidates an idea of what to expect. Good luck to all our membership candidates!
Nutritional Management of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Including Hyperlipidaemia
This session is mostly practice oral exam - discussion is case-based and focused on elements that haven't yet been examined on. We touch on nutrition, but only briefly!
Nutritional Management of Hepatobiliary, GIT and Pancreatic Disease
Membership prep! We're getting serious now. This session is all quiz based, with questions around pathogenesis and nutritional management of liver, GIT and pancreatic disease, with a few curly off topic ones thrown in.
Nutrition Principles and Obesity, Cachexia and Sarcopenia
Getting close to memberships time! We talk about obesity, its causes and effects, as well as cachexia. Today's session has some pop quiz questions on unrelated topics for our incredibly clever membership candidates to practice with too.
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