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Member price (ex VAT): 
£2,200

This programme is exclusively available to XLVet Members.
Duration: 8 days
Delegates: New graduates and those who have changed species specialism recently.
Overview: Modules include Management of the Equine Emergency Patient, Equine Medicine, Clinical Essentials, Wellbeing and Driver Skills.

Programme Outline:
Clinically-focused learning will ensure graduates are equipped with the clinical decision-making skills to save lives, avoid harm and develop a toolkit to use in out-of-hours situations. Gaining the skills and ability to manage common emergency cases, and how to triage emergency visits. The dentistry component will consider the most up-to-date techniques and theories alongside common dental problems.

Surviving and Thriving in Equine PracticeXLVets Equine Graduate Development Programme Brochure

  • Thriving in Equine Practice
  • Practical Equine Pharmacology
  • Driver Skills
  • Finance and Management
  • Introduction to Repro, Foaling and Dystocia

Management of the Equine Emergency Patient

  • Equine Wound Care
  • Best Practice Colic Management
  • Lameness and Laminitis
  • Managing Medical Cases

Clinical Essentials

  • An Introduction to Equine Dentistry
  • Ophthalmic Exams and Ocular Emergencies
  • Clinical Pathology
  • Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Content: Clinical and non-clinical. 
Included: Four nights' accommodation, evening meals and lunches, as required for the course.

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