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2025 New Graduates’ Symposium

Pawfect Beginnings

Building Skills for Success

  • April 29 - May 1, 2025
  • RACE-approved for 6 CPD Points

Join us for 3 days of live, interactive webinars tailored to help new and recent veterinary graduates thrive in practice.

Access 3 days of live, interactive webinar recordings tailored to help new and recent veterinary graduates thrive in practice.

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Take the stress out of being a new grad Elevate your expertise Learn from the top professionals Overcome Career Obstacles That Graduation Couldn't Prepare You For Quality continuing professional development— completely FREE Be practice-ready!

Live Lecture Schedule

The Emergency Cat – 10 Things You Need To Know

Speaker: Dr Philip Judge

You’ve been told that cats are not small dogs – but just how different are they? Well, in just about everything, they are significantly different from their canine counterparts! From clinical signs, to physiology and metabolism, we need to consider cats in a very special way, in order to help us diagnose what’s wrong in the emergency setting, to administering treatments in a manner that will optimise outcome! Join renowned emergency clinician, Dr. Philip Judge, as he explores 10 things you need to know about cats in an emergency!

Confidence Unlocked: Embrace Your Potential & Defeat the Impostor

Speaker: Olivia Oginska

Being a fantastic clinician involves vast amounts of stress, difficult decisions, and, on occasion, self-doubt. In this session, delegates will learn about the power of self-awareness in defeating the impostor feelings and becoming a confident veterinarian and team player. The science of emotional intelligence offers practical advice on managing our thoughts and actions so that we can provide the best patient care while protecting our mental wellbeing.

Safeguarding Your Veterinary Career: Managing Client Complaints and Mental Health

Speaker: Cat Walker and Dr Lachlan Campbell

In the veterinary profession, client complaints are an inherent challenge that can significantly impact mental health and career satisfaction. This presentation explores the intricacies of preventing and coping with such complaints, emphasizing their potential impact on practitioner well-being and workforce sustainability, along with the broader implications for patient safety. We’ll delve into the phenomenon of defensive practice, discussing how unnecessary actions driven by external pressures can lead to both overtreatment and undertreatment, ultimately compromising patient care. Learn effective strategies to minimize complaint risks through strong communication skills, comprehensive medical documentation, and robust clinical practices. Additionally, we’ll address the psychological considerations of dealing with complaints, including stress and resilience. Join us to build confidence in handling complaints while safeguarding your mental health, your career, and the quality of care provided to your patients.

Is that a Foreign Body? A Systematic Approach to Animal Radiographs

Speaker: Catheryn Walsh

Veterinary surgeons are presented with vomiting patients almost on a daily basis in General Practice. One of the most common reasons for vomiting in a dog or cat is ingestion of a foreign body. Abdominal radiography is still the most useful diagnostic tool to rule in or out a gastrointestinal foreign body. In this lecture you will learn the characteristics to look for that will help you decide whether there is intestinal obstruction secondary to a foreign body. In those radiographs that are inconclusive, we discuss other diagnostic tools available to help make the decision about whether to “cut or not to cut”.

The New Graduate Veterinarian Guide to Brachycephalic Dogs

Speaker: Melissa Kozaruk

Understanding the unique characteristics and common health issues of brachycephalic dogs is key to providing the best care. This webinar presented by Dr Melissa Kozaruk will equip new graduate veterinarians with tips and tricks for performing a thorough physical examination on brachycephalic dogs. The webinar will introduce practical ways to improve treatment of brachycephalic dogs via low stress handling, tips for anaesthesia, and creating long-term care plans. Educating pet owners on possible surgical options and knowing when to refer will also be discussed. As a bonus for this webinar, Dr Melissa provide you with a copy of her brachy physical exam checklist, so you can go into your next brachy consult well prepared!

Nourish to Flourish: Advanced Feeding Strategies for Hospitalised Patients

Speaker: Dr Jean Gulbransen

This hour-long educational presentation will explore the pathophysiology of negative nutritional events in stressed, diseased, or injured cats and dogs. The lecture will reference multiple scientific studies to examine the relationship between caloric intake and outcomes in hospitalised patients.

The session will also cover methods for initiating feeding in hospitalised animals, long-term nutritional management, and available feeding options. Key topics will include feeding protocols, calculations for determining resting energy requirements, refeeding syndrome, feeding tube types and complications, and patient monitoring.

A case study of a canine patient with Diabetic Ketoacidosis will be presented to illustrate the practical application of these concepts.

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Don’t wait and struggle! Get all your questions answered from experienced veterinary professionals in live, fully-interactive sessions online!

Dr Philip Judge

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Olivia Oginska

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Cat Walker

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Dr Lachlan Campbell

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Catheryn Walsh

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Melissa Kozaruk

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Dr Jean Gulbransen

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Whether you're tackling tough cases, managing client expectations, or just learning the ropes – this symposium is for YOU.

Don’t miss this chance to level up your clinical and personal confidence.

Join 7 exceptional speakers who will answer your questions and make your life easier as you develop into the awesome veterinarian you deserve to be!
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Dr Philip Judge

BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Clin Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)

Philip graduated from Massey University in New Zealand in 1992, and spent 7 years in small animal practice before undertaking a 3-year residency in veterinary emergency and critical care at the University of Melbourne in 1998.

Following his residency, Philip worked for nearly 6 years at the Animal Emergency Centre in Melbourne, becoming the Senior Veterinarian at the centre in 2004. In 2006, Philip undertook a 1-year surgical externship before moving to Townsville to take up the position of Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at JCU. Philip is also co-founder, and director of Vet Education Pty Ltd (www.veteducation.com) – one of Australia’s leading providers of online continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary nurses.

Philip has published numerous manuals and guides concerning emergency medicine, including a CRI manual, haematology and biochemistry interpretation guide, emergency anaesthesia guide, and a ventilation therapy manual for small animals, in addition to being published in peer reviewed literature.

Philip’s key interests in veterinary science include respiratory emergencies, ventilation therapy, envenomations and toxicology.

Olivia Oginska

DVM MRCVS PgCertSAS MSc MAPP

Liv Oginska is a veterinarian, keynote speaker, positive psychology coach, a certified workplace conflict mediator and an emotional intelligence specialist who’ ‘speaks Human’. For the last 4 years, Liv devoted her veterinary career to supporting both individuals and teams (especially leaders) in becoming more human-savvy.
The human-savvy work focuses on helping veterinary and medical professionals create psychologically safe organisations, as well as sustainable and thriving careers. Liv graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Poland in 2010, worked as a veterinarian in multiple countries in Europe, Australia and North America, and she gained experience and credentials in positive psychology, emotional intelligence and conflict mediation in Cambridge, UK. Currently, she teaches emotional intelligence at Murdoch University Vet School in Perth, Australia, and she pursues PhD in the topic of emotional competencies among veterinary teams and leaders.

Cat Walker

Nationally Accredited Mediator, Conflict Coach, Lawyer, Managing Director, RVN AMDRAS, RVN, Cert IV VN, BA(Hons)(International Studies), LLB, Grad Dip (Legal Practice)

Cat Walker is a Nationally Accredited Mediator, Conflict Coach, Lawyer, Registered Veterinary Nurse, International Speaker, and Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Science.
Cat has a wealth of experience in the veterinary sector including ownership and management of general practice and emergency hospitals. She is a veterinary mediator and conflict coach and is currently in the final stages of completing her Graduate Certificate in Mental Health and Neuroscience. Cat is the founding director of a veterinary complaints outsourcing service working in partnership with clinics to offer a multi-faceted approach to minimising the harm of client conflict and complaints. She empowers veterinary teams to maximise patient outcomes by navigating conflict using evidence-based strategies grounded in conflict theory and neuroscience. With a past life in performing arts, Cat’s skills as a speaker shine through with her interactive, engaging, yet extremely professional style. Delegates benefit from the pragmatic nature of Cat’s talks in which her goal is for individuals to walk away with clear strategies that they can apply to their working lives. Cat is the voice and mind behind the Radio Vet Nurse podcast with over 70,000 downloads.

Dr Lachlan Campbell

Chief Veterinary Officer, Vets Central BVSc(hons) BScApp(hons) BSc Dip.Mgt MANZCVS(Surgery) MICDA

Lachlan completed his studies at the University of Queensland and has experience as a rural mixed, small animal emergency and general practice veterinarian both in Australia and in the United Kingdom.
His extensive management experience includes holding previous roles such as General Manager Veterinary Services, State Veterinary Manager, Veterinary Director, and Business Development Manager. Lachlan has special interests in ultrasonography and surgery and has completed his MANZCVS (surgery). He is passionate about standards of care, continued education, mentoring, business operations, and staff well-being within the veterinary industry.

Catheryn Walsh

BSc BVSc (Hons 1A) MANZCVS (Radiology) GradCert (Ultrasound)

Catheryn graduated from the University of Queensland in 2008. She started at Greencross as a New Graduate and became a Veterinary Director in 2014. During this time she gained her Memberships in Radiology, a Graduate Certificate in Ultrasound and an Advanced Certificate in Cardiology.
She left GP to become a roving sonographer and radiographer in 2019. She works with Greencross regularly but also runs her own business “CW Imaging Services”. Catheryn runs regular imaging workshops for both New Grads and experienced vets. She also offers in-clinic imaging training for both vets and nurses.

Melissa Kozaruk

BVSc(Hons) GCert(U/S)

Melissa is the hospital director and lead veterinarian at EHVH. Melissa graduated with first class honours from the University of Sydney in 2012 and has been a part of the EHVH team ever since.
Her interests include clinical leadership and staff development, emergency medicine, soft tissue surgery and canine reproduction. Melissa is an accredited Stress Free Veterinary Professional with Stress Free Pets. Melissa has undergone further surgical training and mentoring to be able to perform brachycephalic airway surgery at EHVH. Melissa has also completed further post graduate training in soft tissue surgery, emergency medicine and endocrinology through Massey University, New Zealand. She enjoys learning and is currently studying a Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Abdominal Ultrasound through Melbourne University.

Dr Jean Gulbransen

DVM

Dr. Jean is an accomplished professional with 29 years of diverse experience developing and leading veterinarians. A strong leader with management experience in business development, ownership, acquisitions, medicine, surgery, operations, recruiting, human resources and team building.
Recognized for diversity of veterinary experience and passion for teaching others. A believer in the success of the veterinarian by creating a community of professionals that are dedicated to each other’s success through practicing great medicine. Experience includes practice development and ownership, wildlife rehabilitation, nutrition research, large animal production, leadership training, mother, and wife that enjoys the outdoors, gardening and fishing. Current projects include travel and international dog/cat desexing clinics.
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