Congress 2024- Thursday

Looking into the future of cardiology

• Discuss future advances in medical treatment, cardiac imaging, biomarkers and the impact/role of AI in cardiology

Behavioural first aid

• Understand the concept of behavioural first aid
• Appreciate the most commonly presented behavioural issues and what questions to ask
• Appreciate the difference between training and behaviour: who and how to refer

Behavioural medication

• Understand the basic rational for use of behavioural mediciations
• Understand the relationship between medication and behaviour modification
• Understanding the importance of client comms - including the barriers to medication use

Echocardiography in myxomatous mitral valve disease:how to define severity and prognosis

• Understand echocardiographic staging of MMVD
• Identify echocardiographic predictors of worse outcome
• Understand different strategies to quantify MMVD severity on echo

Atrial firbrillation in dogs: news from clinical research

• Understand different therapeutic strategies in atrial fibrillation: rhythm versus rate control
• Identify the first line anti-arrhythmic treatment for rate control in atrial fibrillation
• Understand treatment goals in atrial fibrillation and factors associated with worse outcome

Practice and process design: dogs

• Understand the needs of dogs from the practice environment
• Identify realistic adaptations within the practice environment which impact on the wellbeing of dogs
• Understand the key client communication principles for embedding dog friendly principles

Practice and process design: cats

• Understand the needs of cats from the practice environment
• Identify realistic adaptations within the practice environment which impact on the wellbeing of cats
• Understand the key client communication principles for embedding cat friendly principles
• Understand different approaches to handling dogs and cats
• Understand how owner presence may influence behaviour
• Consider how owners can prepare their pets for visiting the clinic

Mining the research: should this paper change what I do?

• Explain what differentiates good science from mediocre or bad science
• Decide when new information is relevant to your practice and when statistics matter
• Demonstrate how to progress care by using EBVM techniques in real life

Knowledge summaries: can they really change clinical practice?

• Explain how the strength of evidence affects the impact of a knowledge summary on current clinical practice
• Synthesise the information within a knowledge summary
• Synthesise whether the evidence suggests a change in current clinical practice

An introduction to agnotology

• Understand what agnotology is, and what disinformation and misinformation are within science and medicine
• Understand some of the methods used by vested interests to create and disseminate disinformation and misinformation within (veterinary) medical science
• Understand why disinformation and misinformation within science and medicine are often difficult to identify and counter.

An introduction to SGLT2 inhibitors and the USA experience

• Know the mechanism of action of SGLT-2 inhibitors and be able to compare with other oral hypoglycaemics and insulin
• Understand why SGLT2 inhibitors work well in many cases of feline (but not canine) diabetes. Understand which cases of feline diabetes mellitus are not suitable for SGLT-2 inhibitors
• Be aware of the evidence supporting the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in several USA studies

How and when I use SGLT-2 inhibitors

• Understand the particular problems of SGLT-2 inhibitors, specifically the recognition of euglycaemic ketoacidosis and its subsequent treatment
• Know how to start SGLT-2 inhibitors and how to monitor their effect in diabetic cats

This session in the Exhibition Theatre with Richard Everson and Lorraine Fleming covers pressure lowering treatments