CPD Hours: 16 hours
Course Length: Four weeks
Course Format: A mixture of two-hour weekly webinars (which can be viewed live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), online case assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online discussion forums
Key Areas
- Feline diabetes mellitus update
- Feline acromegaly – update on presentation, diagnosis and treatment
- Feline hyperthyroidism
- Uncommon feline endocrinopathies
- What to do when endocrinopathies clash with co-morbidities
About this course One in three diabetic cats can be cured. Acromegaly can occur in non-diabetic cats. If you are curious about these statements, you will definitely learn a lot during this course on feline endocrinology!
In the past decade, significant advances have occurred in the field of feline endocrinology. Achieving diabetic remission is now, rightly or wrongly, heavily promoted, there is an additional option for the treatment of hyperthyroidism (but which option is best?) and acromegaly is now recognised as a severely underdiagnosed endocrinopathy in diabetic cats, as well as non-diabetic cats. In summary – lots to discuss!
Why do this course?
You will feel much more confident about managing your feline cases with hormonal disease.
The webinars will run on the following dates from 12.00pm to 2.00pm GMT including a 30 minute registration and familiarisation period prior to the commencement of the lecture.
Wednesday 6th May
Wednesday 13th May
Wednesday 20th May
Wednesday 27th May
Tutors Yaiza Forcada, DVM DipECVIM-CA PhD PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS
RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Medisch Centrum voor Dieren, Amsterdam
Stijn Niessen, DVM PhD DipECVIM-CA PGCertVetEd FHEA MRCVS, European and RCVS
RCVS and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Medisch Centrum voor Dieren, Amsterdam,
Honorary Professor Internal Medicine, The Royal Veterinary College