Wet Lab

*Pre-registration required

This four-hour laboratory combines concise didactic instruction with extensive hands-on practice to develop practical skills in small animal arthrocentesis and intra-articular injection techniques. Using canine and feline specimens, participants will perform arthrocentesis of the shoulder, elbow, carpus, stifle, and tarsus under the guidance of two experienced instructors, including a board-certified small animal surgeon with practice limited to orthopedics.

Small Animal Wet Lab information and details.

This will be a case-based look at factors that result in mistakes by medical practitioners.  The lecture will evaluate evidence-based strategies for organizations and medical teams to limit those mistakes.  Finally, it will discuss peer-reviewed recovery trajectories those practitioners experience and how to optimize a healthy recovery.