Workshops
Wednesday 19th November
17.00-19.00
Ophthalmology cases
Fernando Malalana
In this workshop participants will explore real-life ophthalmology cases, from retinal disorders to acute trauma, through interactive discussions. Attendees will be able to sharpen their clinical reasoning, share insights, and gain practical strategies for managing complex patient scenarios. Ideal for those looking to refine their diagnostic and treatment skills in equine ophthalmology.
Dermatology cases
Derek Knottenbelt
The workshop will focus on creating an algorithm starting with the owners' complaint and history leading to establishing a diagnosis in difficult dermatologic disorders. Most of the sessions will be case studies with illustrations and videos to link diagnosis with focused therapy. Aspects of pathology will be discussed in the case studies, focusing on the appropriate collection of diagnostic specimens.
Thursday 20th November
09.00-12.00
Getting the most from cytology - a case based workshop
Alistair Foote
Blood gases
David Bardell
In this workshop we will stary by reviewing some basic theory relevant to sample acquisition, blood gas and acid-base analysis and the different approaches to interpretation. We will then work through some examples to put theory into practice.
14.00-17.00
Forget the inside of horses, what’s going on inside people’s heads? Exploring human behaviour in equine medicine
Tamzin Furtado and Shona Bloodworth
This workshop will introduce the science of human behaviour change – why we believe the things we believe, how we take on new information, and how we change our actual behaviour. We’ll explore how this might impact working with clients in the veterinary setting, and how we can research human behaviour in order to create interventions and bring about real-world change.
Microbiology laboratory-led antimicrobial choice and stewardship
Dorina Timofte and Flavia Zendri
The goal of this workshop is to provide equine clinicians with an opportunity to interact with veterinary microbiologists, to review the current practices both on the clinic and laboratory side, and work together to improve bacteriology results. Increased and improved clinician communication with the diagnostic laboratory is a key element of the recent WHO concept of “Diagnostic stewardship”, which refers to coordinated guidance and interventions aiming to improve the use of microbiological tests to guide therapeutic decisions. In line with this principle, this session will include interactive talks and workshop style discussion around clinical cases. You will have the opportunity to hear from experts in the field, with lectures supported by practical examples and case-studies enabling discussion around “best practice” for processing clinical specimens for bacterial culture, species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). Besides touching upon specimen collection and processing, in the first part of the workshop, the focus will be on interpretation of AST results generated by disc diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), impact of clinical breakpoints updates on AST results reporting, and diagnostic led antibiotic stewardship practices to improve prescribing. The 2nd part of the workshop will have a clinical focus, discussing antibiotic selection based on AST results to refine and improve antibiotic prescribing.