October 3 - 5, 2023

RACE-pending for 6 CPD hrs

Online Veterinary Nurse & Technician Conference

3 Days | 6 Lectures | 6 Speakers | 6 Structured CPD Points

Attended by thousands of Veterinary Nurses & Technicians from across the globe!

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Key Highlights

6 Outstanding Speakers

This event showcases some of the world’s top veterinary specialists who will be delivering amazing lectures in real-time.

Have More Fun

Not only do you get outstanding clinical lectures, but this year we’ve got even more in store for you, with some fun and interactive activities – just for you!

Free to Access

Yes, that’s correct! This exciting event is absolutely free-to-attend for veterinary nurses and technicians worldwide.

RACE-Pending

Get much needed Continuing Education (CE) credits before the year ends. Attend the #VNCON23 and get 6 CE credits!

Our Speakers

6 Lectures Over 3 Days

The 2023 program is will also feature some exciting surprises and fun activities in between the lectures! All sessions will be recorded. If you are unable to attend the live lectures, a link to the recordings will be shared with you a few days following the event.

OCT 3

12:00 AEDT - “The Road to Recovery” Unleashing the Benefits of Microbiome for Gastrointestinal Health

Speaker: Victoria Koks

Lecture Description: In this informative talk, we will delve into the fascinating world of the microbiome and its crucial role in maintaining digestive health. We’ll explore the distinctions between small bowel and large bowel disorders, shedding light on their diagnosis and management. Additionally, we’ll discuss why simply feeding home-prepared chicken and rice isn’t sufficient for gastrointestinal health and highlight the key nutrients that should be considered in managing gastrointestinal disease. Finally, we’ll provide structure and valuable insights into which GI diet to feed when to support not only your patients GI health, but their overall well-being.

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19:30 AEDT - Nursing the Heart Failure Patient

Speaker: Charlotte Pace

Lecture Description: This lecture will give a brief overview of the main cardiac diseases seen in veterinary practice, using the current consensus statements that stage the diseases, into either 3 or 4 categories. The categories are:

Being a breed predisposed to heart failure, but no evidence of heart disease
A pre-clinical phase
Heart failure either historical or current. In cats this includes aortic thromboembolism
A refractory stage

The lecture will provide guidelines for diagnostic tests, treatment protocols and nursing requirements. A focus will be placed on how to obtain diagnostic tests with patients that are respiratory compromised.

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OCT 4

12:00 AEDT - Purr-fecting Kidney Care

Speaker: Dr Sarah Robson

Lecture Description: Join Dr Sarah for a journey into the world of kidney health! We will unravel the progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), clinical signs and unveil the latest innovations in nutritional management. Discover the vital role kidneys play in a cat’s well-being and explore strategies and powerful diagnostic tools to increase early detection. Plus, we’ll show you how to activate the gut microbiome, which plays a critical role in influencing not only overall health, but also how the gut/ kidney axis can positively impact kidney health.

Lecture outcomes: Veterinary nurses will gain a holistic understanding of the nutritional aspects of managing kidney disease in pets. They will be equipped with the knowledge necessary to aid in the early detection, staging, and treatment of kidney disease, as well as new innovative nutritional approaches to improve the well-being of cats with CKD.

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👩🏻‍🍳 14:30 AEDT - Cooking With Charisma

Back by ever popular demand, Charisma is back with another offering of the most delicious Indian recipes that are not just easy but super delicious!

The menu and ingredients will be emailed a few days prior to the session. You can cook along or watch and make this after the livestream!

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19:30 AEDT - Detection and Management of the Deteriorating Patient – A One Health Approach

Speaker: Helen Ballantyne

Lecture Description: The evidence associated with monitoring the clinical condition of a patient through measurement of physiological parameters is long established within both veterinary and human centred medicine. More recently, within the medical field, focus has been directed towards the management of the deteriorating patient, and how early monitoring and associated interventions can prevent catastrophic declines.

Nurses play a critical role in monitoring the condition of their patients and this session will introduce tools used within medical practice that are used routinely to optimise monitoring and early detection of deterioration.

This topic is also being used to support a broader One Health approach whereby human centred nursing is used as a resource to stimulate discussion and debate with the aim of improving veterinary clinical outcomes.

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OCT 5

12:00 AEDT - Emergency Care of the Heat Stroke Patient

Speaker: Dr Philip Judge

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👩‍🎨 18:15 AEDT - Masterpieces with Michelle - Drawing a Dog

Masterpieces by Michelle Mansford –
Draw a portrait of a Dog

This will be a “follow-along” drawing class where artist Michelle will be guiding us on the process of drawing a portrait of a dog. We will be given the template and art-material list a few days prior to the session. We will be using easy to follow pencil drawing techniques.

About Michelle Mansford
Michelle Mansford is a Brisbane based artist who started Shore Studio. her vision is to bring high quality art tuition and creative experience opportunities to her students.

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19:30 AEDT - Peeling off the "Reactive Dog" Label - How to Help Clients Manage On-leash Interactions Inside and Outside of the Clinic Environment?

Speaker: Bea Labady

Lecture Description: In this presentation, we will explore some common dog-to-dog issues veterinary staff encounters in clinics, with the main focus on understanding and managing leash reactivity in- and outside of the clinic environment.

Vet nurses and technicians are first respondents not just in case of pet emergencies, but also when communicating with clients about their dogs’ well-being. Emotional well-being is just as important as physical health, but owners of reactive dogs may feel embarrassed about their dog’s behaviour to ask for help. Or they may not know how to recognise earlier signs and manage reactive behaviour.

The outcome of this talk is to empower vet nurses and technicians to provide useful, force-free and practical advice to clients on how to manage dog-to-dog interactions inside and outside of the clinic environment.

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OCT 6

19:30 AEDT - Movie Night
Napoli Dogs

Grab a glass of your favorite beverage, gather with your friends and join us online for a watch party where we will be screening this beautiful movie “A Dog’s Purpose”. This is a story of how a dog goes through four lifetimes with different owners through various time periods. During this journey, he steadily understands his real purpose.

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Missed the live event? No worries!

You can now access all recorded lectures, lecture notes, and download your CE certificates easily!

Join thousands of Veterinary Nurses & Technicians from across the globe!

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Here’s what past participants said about the event.

As usual Philip and Charisma, you have run a stellar conference, with amazing speakers, acutely relevant topics and your own fabulous insights – thank you so much!

Gillian

wow, what a fabulous lineup of great topics and top quality lecturers.

Jane

Thank you so very much 🙂
We have loved every minute of the conference! Best CE of the year!

Bec

Thank you so much for putting on this fabulous webinar series for us. Lovely!

Sue

Very good lectures with excellent presenters. Presentations where great and allowing for interactive questions during presentation.

Michele

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Here’s what past participants said about the event.

As usual Philip and Charisma, you have run a stellar conference, with amazing speakers, acutely relevant topics and your own fabulous insights – thank you so much!

Gillian

wow, what a fabulous lineup of great topics and top quality lecturers.

Jane

Thank you so very much 🙂
We have loved every minute of the conference! Best CE of the year!

Bec

Thank you so much for putting on this fabulous webinar series for us. Lovely!

Sue

Very good lectures with excellent presenters. Presentations where great and allowing for interactive questions during presentation.

Michele

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Country

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If you are a resident of New Zealand, your information will be shared with Hill’s Pet Nutrition (NZ) Limited ("Hill's NZ"”"). Hill’s NZ handles your personal information in accordance with its privacy policy, available at https://www.hillspet.co.nz/legal-statement-and-privacy-policy.

For collection of personal information of participants based in Australia and New Zealand:
By [ticking the box in the left], you consent to the disclosure of your personal information, including your name, email address, clinic name, state and your role in the veterinary practice that Vet Education collects in relation to your event registration, for the purpose of sending you marketing and promotional messages regarding the event sponsor’s products, services, promotions, news and events.