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The partnership between the Webinar Vet and Bought By Many will offer vet nurses the opportunity to access online, curated training programs for free. This should help those whose training programmes have been interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown, plus those who find CPD training a financial burden.
Anthony Chadwick, founder of The Webinar Vet said: “I am delighted to be partnering with Bought by Many in providing 10,000 CPD packages for nurses and student nurses. Since starting The Webinar Vet in 2010, it's been my objective to provide high quality training to vets and nurses to make them more confident in their place of work. It's amazing to see Bought by Many step up at this challenging time to provide such a generous gift to my nursing colleagues. I am very grateful on their behalf.” Steven Mendel, CEO and Co-founder of Bought By Many, said: “Our mission is to improve pet insurance and to help owners access high-quality treatment for their pets. An important part of that includes working closely with the veterinary community to ensure they feel supported to provide the best care available for the nation’s pets. We are proud to support vet nurses with their professional development because we recognise the vital work they do as part of the veterinary care ecosystem to keep our pets healthy and happy.“
Sarah James, Qualified Veterinary Nurse and Bought By Many’s Vet Relationship & Technical Claims Manager, said: “As a former vet nurse, I know the huge importance of CPD. But I also know how difficult it is to find time to study. This online course solves that problem, and at zero cost to nurses, the traditional barriers to professional development are completely removed."
To register for the CPD, visit: https://www.thewebinarvet.com/pages/bought-by-many-vet-nurse-free-cpd
Culture Change In Healthcare is presented by Simon Fleming, a trauma and orthopaedic registrar who has a special interest in combating bullying, undermining and harassment in human healthcare, and Sally Everitt MRCVS, the ex Head of Scientific Policy at BSAVA.
Simon will discuss the problem of bullying, the fallout from serious cases, and how you can work to eliminate bullying in your practice.
Sally will present the results of a survey carried out by VetNurse.co.uk and VetSurgeon.org in 2017, to investigate the incidence and impact of unpleasant behaviour in veterinary practice.
The webinar is hosted by The Webinar Vet and sponsored by RCVS Mind Matters. It counts as 1hr towards your annual CPD requirement.
Whether or not you think there is any bullying going on at your practice, I strongly urge you to watch this webinar. There can be few things as harmful to an effective practice team as bullying. Everyone needs to be able to spot it and stamp on it quickly.
Register for the webinar here: https://www.thewebinarvet.com/pages/culture-change-healthcare-2/
The Webinar Vet has released the results of a survey which shows that its members are far exceeding their 35 hour CPD target.
Launched just over two years ago, The Webinar Vet was the first company in the UK to specialise in web-based CPD for vets and now has nearly 1000 members from around the globe.
The Webinar Vet founder Anthony Chadwick MRCVS said: "Our members average over 60 hours of online CPD per year. Indeed several members are exceeding 100 hours a year including workshops, and some have even recorded over 200 hours of total CPD!
"There will always be a need for workshop CPD, but most vets and VNs can get the majority of the updates and information they need online. However we believe that in many cases it's not a simple swap - the convenience of online CPD means that many vets and VNs are earning more total hours, which can only be a good thing for the profession.
"Many vets and VNs are juggling busy family lives with work in practice, and the convenience of viewing and participating in webinars from your own home or in a practice lunch break is both cost and time saving, not to mention the reduction in carbon footprint."
The Webinar Vet has launched 'Lunch & Learn' CPD webinars specifically developed for veterinary nurses.
The webinars begin with a series of three in May, and will then be held monthly thereafter.
The first webinar at 1pm on 14th May is 'Back to Basics' with Australia-based Harrie Phillips RVN DipVN(Surgical), who will cover surgical skin preparation.
Webinar Vet founder, Anthony Chadwick MRCVS said: "Following the hugely popular Lunch & Learn series last year with exotics specialist Molly Varga BVetMed CertZooMed DZooMed (Mammalian) MRCVS, the feedback was that this is a great time to catch up on CPD, whilst also providing a really time-efficient alternative to travelling to evening seminars. We've had a huge amount of interest so far, so we're sure they are going to prove very popular and beneficial to VNs."
In the second webinar Professor Ian Ramsey from The University of Glasgow's Small Animal Hospital will discuss 'Dog Diabetes - The Nurse's Role in Long Term Survival', and in the third on 28th May Patrick Moore, head of Behaviour at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, will present 'Canine Behaviour'.
The monthly webinars then begin on 18th June with 'Cat Diabetes - The Cat is not a Dog' by Professor Ian Ramsey.
All Lunch & Learn webinars are one hour and start at 1pm. Further webinar details can be found on the 'upcoming webinars' page at www.thewebinarvet.com.
Anthony Chadwick, a referral dermatologist, has teamed up with other experts to offer a series of web-based seminars with the aim of bringing accessible and convenient CPD to vets and veterinary nurses. The first 50 VetNurse members to register can attend the webinars for half price. Just enter the word vetnurse in the discount box at http://www.thewebinarvet.com/ .
The webinars can be viewed from a practice or office and cover key veterinary topics including:
The webinars will be broadcast between 9.00 pm and 10.00 pm in a series running from 22 April to 27 May 2010.
Anthony said: "Webinars are already proving popular as a convenient but effective form of CPD in many sectors so I'm hoping to help the veterinary profession share the benefits they offer. Certainly my own experience is that they are easy to access and offer excellent value without the hassle of travel and late nights."
To view the webinars, you need a fixed line broadband connection, a PC with a sound card and a headset. Once payment is made, delegates are given instructions online to enable them to view the webinar they have selected.
The cost for veterinary nurses to view the whole series is £50, discounted to £25 for the first 50 VetNurse members to register.
Further information, including the full course schedule, is available at http://www.thewebinarvet.com/ or by contacting Anthony Chadwick on 0151 270 1759.