Instructors

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Terri Schiller, BSC, DVM, DACVS, CCRT 

 

Workshop Description

Do you have difficulty approaching or reducing long bone fractures? Are you interested in learning simple techniques designed for the general practitioner to repair the most common fractures seen in dogs and cats? This laboratory is the one for you! We will teach reliable techniques and give valuable practical tips useful in repairing simple and more challenging comminuted fractures of long bones.

This blended, online + hands-on, plating course is like NONE other!  If you’re going to be successful with your fracture repairs, you don’t want just SOME of the important principles, you want ALL of them … and this is THE course to put you on right path right from the very start!   You’ll prepare for this “hands-on” training by enjoying the ease of our “anytime / anywhere” online learning modules.  We’ve taken 3 hours of insightful, valuable learning that is self-paced and easy to fit into your day. Once we meet at the University of Calgary, our friendly, engaged, “no attitude” instructor will provide knowledgeable lectures and valuable demonstrations followed by your performing the same procedures on bone models. Rather than rushing from lecture to lecture, we’ll have time to discuss your work so that you can learn from it and ask those burning questions of yours!    Clinical case discussions will put everything into context and allow us to discuss postoperative care and strategies to reduce complications. 

Participants will have the opportunity to repair fractures using traditional plates, locking plates, pins & tension band, lag screws. Locking plates and screws (also known as internal fixator) simplify treatment of long bone fractures in small animals. The implant system is easy to use, great for the general practitioner and affordable. The internal fixator shares the convenience of the external fixator without the hassles of postoperative management.

This workshop is designed to provide participants with a basic, fundamental knowledge of bone healing and the favorable impact internal fixation of fractures can have on it.

Workshop Objectives

• During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to repair fractures using traditional plates, locking plates, pins & tension band, lag screws. Locking plates and screws (also known as internal fixator) simplify treatment of long bone fractures in small animals. The implant system is easy to use, great for the general practitioner and affordable. The internal fixator shares the convenience of the external fixator without the hassles of postoperative management.
• During this workshop, participants will familiarize themselves with the implants system through lecture and clinical case presentations. Following lecture and case review, participants will repair fractures on cadavers and plastic bone models. Postoperative management will also be discussed. Postoperative radiographs can be taken to assess the participant's repair technique.
• Lecture and hands-on laboratory sessions (plastic bone and cadaver) will focus on and reinforce:
  • Surgical approach
  • Tips on successful fracture reduction
  • Repair of simple and challenging comminuted fractures

Prerequisites

This workshop is appropriate for specialists and general practitioners who have an interest in improving their orthopedic knowledge and skills.

Registering for this in-person workshop will automatically enroll you in the online course below.  To start the self-paced course, log into your account, and from the home dashboard, scroll down to your ‘Enrolled’ courses and press Start. Please ensure you complete this online course before arriving for the in-person workshop.

Principles of Fracture Repair Online Course – This course covers topics including reliable techniques and valuable, applicable tips for repairing both simple and more challenging comminuted fractures of long bones.  This course will take approximately 3 hours to complete.

CE Credits - RACE Approval 

This workshop will meet the requirements for 17 CE hours of continuing education credits, plus 3 CE hours from the online portion, in jurisdiction which recognizes AAAVSB RACE approval.

Movora provides all equipment and materials for each workshop.

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