Understanding Cats

Handling cats in practice can be challenging. In order to work peaceably with cats, it helps to look at things from their point-of-view.
After considering what a cat’s perspective might be, we'll look at how to implement these ideas into how you work with cats.
Furthermore we will address how to get feline clients to bring their cats into the clinic for preventive care AND how do to help them carry out your recommendations.  

  • Access

    Recorded Webinars and Q&A Session

  • Language

    English

  • Study Time / CPD

    3 hours

  • Access Duration

    12 months

    Feline Medicine

    Online Program

    Register here with Credit Card Payment
    This course is part of an Online Program in Feline Medicine consisting of 5 modules. Learn at your own pace! The course materials are all recorded and you have access for 12 months starting with your registration.
      IEVS Certificate of Knowledge in Feline Medicine
    Meet the Instructor

    Dr. Margie Scherk
    DVM, Dipl. ABVP
     Vancouver, Canada
    Margie graduated in 1982 and opened one of the first cat clinics in North America in 1986 in Vancouver, Canada. She became a board-certified feline specialist the first year examinations for this specialty became available. She has published several clinical trials and has written and edited numerous books and book chapters. She is an active international speaker and enjoys teaching on-line. She co-edits the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. Margie has served extensively in the American Association of Feline Practitioners as well other veterinary organizations. Her interests include all things feline, especially analgesia, seeing an end to declawing, the peculiarities of the feline digestive system and enabling more positive interactions with cats.

    Registration Options

    Understanding Cats

    Package
    45 €
    Book the package containing out of 3 Webinar Hours incl. Recorded Q&A Sessions

    Feline Medicine: Module 1

    Full Module 1
    150 € 120 €
    10 Webinars about Understanding Cats, Feline Behaviour and Preventive Health Care/Wellness incl. Certification Option & Q&A Sessions' Recordings. Receive 30 € discount

    Feline Medicine Cert.

    Full Online Program
    885 € 620 €
    Book the full Feline Medicine Program with 58 Webinars incl. Q&A Sessions' Recordings and receive 265 € Discount & Advanced Certification Option!
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    Find out more about all webinars of the series

    The Full Online Program in Feline Medicine is comprised of 58 webinars, which are divided into 5 modules. The webinars include the following topics:

    • Module 1

      Understanding Cats
      1) Cat friendly handling: From the cat's point of view, Dr. Scherk
      2) Cat friendly handling: Putting Purrspective into your practice, Dr. Scherk
      3) Cat friendly handling: Improving Client Compliance at home, Dr. Scherk
      Preventive Health Care / Wellness
      4) Getting a meaningful history, Dr. Scherk
      5) How to work-up a case (SOAP), Dr. Scherk
      6) Life-Stage Wellness, Dr. Scherk
      7) Wellness Programs (First year of life, Senior screening), Dr. Scherk
      Feline Behaviour
      8) The Relevance of Behavioural Medicine to Feline Practice, Dr. Heath
      9) The Emotional Impact of Optimising the Feline Environment , Dr. Heath
      10) Common Behavioural Manifestations of Feline Emotional Distress, Dr. Heath

    • Module 2

      Nephrology and Lower Urinary Tract
      1) Understanding Feline Kidney Diseases: Old and New Thoughts, Dr. Scherk
      2) Lower Urinary Tract Health – Metabolism and Stress, Dr. Scherk
      3) Monitoring Hematuria to help manage Urinary Tract Health and Feline Welfare, Dr. Scherk
      Nutrition
      4) Nutritional Needs for Felids, Dr. Chandler
      5) Nutritional Assessment – Developing a Feeding Plan, Dr. Chandler
      6) Obesity, Dr. Chandler
      7) Inappetence and Anorexia, Dr. Chandler
      8) Risks of Sarcopenia and Cachexia, Dr. Chandler 
      Gastro-Intestinal System
      9) Chronic Feline Diarrhea: A frustrating Dilemma, Dr. Scherk
      10) Managing Constipation and Megacolon: Relieving a Hard Problem, Dr. Scherk
      11) Update in Feline Enteropathies, Dr. Scherk
      12) Cholecystitis, Biliary Tract Diseases, Dr. Scherk
      13) Liver (Lipidosis, Cholangitis), Dr. Scherk
      14) Pancreatitis, Dr. Scherk

    • Module 3

      Infectious Diseases
      1) Infectious Diseases 1, Prof. Lappin
      2) Infectious Diseases 2, Prof. Lappin
      3) Infectious Diseases 3, Prof. Lappin
      4) Infectious Diseases 4, Prof. Lappin
      Feline Cardiology
      1) Cardiology 1, Dr. Estrada
      2) Cardiology 2, Dr. Estrada
      Feline Dentistry
      3) Inflammatory Oral Diseases: caudal stomatitis, periodontal disease, EGC, Dr. Gawor
      4) Dental diseases: TR, pulp diseases, malocclusion, trauma, FOPS., Dr. Tutt
      Pulmonary Diseases
      5) Bronchopulmonary Disease in Cats - Asthma and Acute Respiratory Distress, Dr. Scherk
      6) Snots & Snuffles: Chronic Feline Upper Respiratory Syndromes,  Dr. Scherk
      Endocrinology
      7) Feline Diabetes Update: Insights in Diagnosis and Management 1,  Dr. Scherk
      8) Feline Diabetes Update: Insights in Diagnosis and Management 2, Dr. Scherk
      9) Feline Hyperthyroidism Update: Managing Complicated Cases, Dr. Scherk
      10) What you should know about Hypothyroidism and Hyperaldosteronism in Cats, Dr. Scherk

    • Module 4

      Muscoskeletal Disease & Surgery
      1) Orthopedic Examination, Prof. Langley-Hobbs
      2) Musculoskeletal Disease: OA, DJD, Prof. Langley-Hobbs
      3) Soft Tissue Surgery,  Prof. Dupré
      Anaesthesiology and Pain Management
      4) Anesthesiology, Dr. Robertson
      5) Acute Pain Management, Dr. Robertson
      6) Chronic Pain Management, Dr. Robertson
      7) Neuropathic Pain Management, Dr. Robertson
      Emergency and Critical Care
      8) Emergency and Critical Care 1: Triage, Dr. Sigrist
      9) Emergency and Critical Care 2: Approach to Common Emergency Case, Dr. Sigrist
      10) Emergency and Critical Care 3: Feline Fluid Therapy, Dr. Sigrist

    • Module 5

      Neurology
      1) Mental status and Cranial Nerves: Neurological Examination, Dr. Parent
      2) Gait & Posture, Postural Reactions, Spinal Reflexes: Neurological Examination, Dr. Parent
      Oncology
      3) Oncology 1, Dr. Musser
      4) Oncology 2, Dr. Musser 
      Ophthalmology
      5) Best Practices for Feline Ophthalmic Examination, Dr. Eaton
      6) Most Common Ophthalmic Diseases in Cats, Dr. Eaton
      Dermatology
      7) Feline Dermatology 1, Dr. Böhm
      8) Feline Dermatology 2, Dr. Böhm
      Hematology
      9) Hematology, Dr. Musil
      10) Clinical Pathology and Lab Diagnosis, Dr. Guldner

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