Spring Clinical Workshop: Competition Catastrophes

Course Description:

A delightful day observing, criticising and sympathising with renowned speakers from eventing, competition and racing, presenting a series of competition based scenarios. Pharmacological conundrums, communication mix-ups and PR blunders will be the order of the day, and, of course, dealing with medical and surgical emergencies at the competition and in the clinic afterwards. Equine vets are under increasing pressure from competitors, the media and the general public to perform miracles in adverse conditions. The panel will conclude with a discussion on the art of emergency medicine and the development of a more coordinated approach in training for competition vets.

Speakers will include Andy Bathe, head of Rossdales Equine Sports Injuries Clinic and former team vet to the Japanese and British Three Day Event Teams and the British Pony Showjumping Team; Mr Liam Kearns, a former chairman of the Association of Racecourse Veterinary Surgeons (ARVS) and partner at Three Counties Equine Hospital; and Mr David Green, a past BHA Veterinary Committee member and chairman of the ARVS and current Equine Claims Consultant at the Veterinary Defence Society.

ARVS Members can attend for the reduced rate of £250.

Course Organiser and Chair:

Mr Ben Mayes MA VetMB MRCVS, BEVA President-Elect 2011

West Sussex

Speakers:

Mr Andrew P. Bathe MA, VetMB, DEO, DipECVS, MRCVS

Newmarket

Mr Liam Kearns MVB MRCVS

Gloucestershire

Programme:

09.00

Registration and coffee

09.30

Workshop Session 1: Setting the Scene

11.00

Coffee

11.30

Workshop Session 2:  Case Studies

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Preparing for London 2012

15.00

Coffee

15.30

Workshop Session 4: Working together for the profession

16.45

Questions for the panel from the floor

17.00

End of Workshop