British Veterinary Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Association
Continuing professional development for Veterinary surgeons, physiotherapists and nurses
NEW DATES ANNOUNCED FOR IAVRPT 2022 đ
We hope this message finds you all safe and well. We are excited to announce the new dates for IAVRPT 2022 and look forward to welcoming you all to Cambridge on the 18th-20th August 2022.
To stay in touch and for further details you can visit www.iavrpt2022.org but please be patient as this website is currently not live.
We would like to say a huge thank you for your patience and understanding in what has been an unprecedented time for us all and look forward to welcoming you to Cambridge in 2022. âșïž
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Timeline PhotosWhilst we canât be in Wales this year, throughout June, weâre bringing Vets Cymru to you instead!
Weâre presenting you with a mini-series of interactive lectures, covering small animal, large animal and equine topics. These lectures are FREE to attend for BSAVA members, and small animal lectures are offered at an incredible rate of only ÂŁ10 for non-members.
Spaces are limited, so book now! đ ow.ly/gH8150EP7Si
Timeline PhotosPlaces are filling up fast for this year's Clinical Abstracts programme!
Join us and a veterinary audience invited from across the UK and worldwide, for a live three day virtual event showcasing this yearâs chosen presenters.
Book your place now for this fantastic free event! đhttp://ow.ly/yLi850EFh6O #BSAVA21
Timeline PhotosDue to postponement, you can still catch the live lecture for Regions Now 'Cardiology - Mitral valve disease', which will now take place on 20th May!
Don't miss out! Book your place now đ ow.ly/YH9w50EEhe6
Timeline PhotosRegions Now: Oncology takes place on 19th May, brought to you by our South West region!
Speaker Owen Davies will discuss the clinical effects, diagnosis, treatment and recent advances relating to this condition.
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Timeline PhotosThe next Regions Now course 'Trauma - What lies beneath' takes place on 12th May. Speaker Ali Patrick will discuss the clinical effects, diagnosis, treatment and recent advances relating to this condition.
Regions Now courses are FREE to BSAVA members đ ow.ly/7E9250EcdAx
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Member Benefits
- Access to Regular Online Clinical Club Discussion evenings
- Access to all Clinical Club Discussion Archives
- Your location will appear on the Membersâ Map
- Access to the Membersâ Library including Abstracts
- Monthly Case Study Presentations
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MISSION STATEMENT
Veterinary rehabilitation is a specialised field of veterinary medicine. Although this is a relatively new area, there is now growing interest and acceptance within the veterinary profession in the UK.
The benefits of proper rehabilitation are being recognised, and many veterinary surgeons and physiotherapists are beginning to use hydrotherapy and other forms of physiotherapy, as part of their post-operative and post-injury rehabilitation programme. It is also useful preventatively in certain orthopaedic conditions, and for management of obesity and other musculoskeletal/neurological problems.
Rehabilitation programmes must be developed and carried out by experts with a thorough knowledge of tissue healing times and protocols. Therapists need to be qualified practitioners, and members of The British Veterinary Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Association (BVRSMA.) Membership of BVRSMA is open to qualified veterinary surgeons and ACPAT physiotherapists. Veterinary nurses, veterinary students and physiotherapy students may become associate members.
The aims of the BVRSMA will be:
- To regulate the use of hydrotherapy, physiotherapy and rehabilitation to ensure it is performed by suitably qualified and experienced professionals
- To provide continuing professional development for veterinary surgeons, physiotherapists and veterinary nurses, and to provide training courses and certification in the UK.
- To maintain standards of excellence and ethics to and develop a code of practice
- To encourage and fund scientific research and evidence based clinical trials
- To promote the understanding, acceptance and integration of physiotherapy and rehabilitation within the veterinary profession.
- To achieve recognition from regulatory bodies such as the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
- To be affiliated with other veterinary associations such as the British Small Animal Veterinary Association, British Equine Veterinary Association etc.
Lowri Davies
BVSc MRCVS CertVetAc (IVAS) ABVA CCRP
Rhona Warnock
BVMS(Hons) MRCVS CCRP CertSCVA
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