Wednesday 22nd January 2020

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies,Easter Bush,Roslin,Edinburgh,EH25 9RG

BEVA Member £295Non Member £590

Key Learning Objectives• Develop an understanding of the processes through which horses learn• Develop an understanding of equine ethology and its significance to veterinary care• Learn practical skills in the application of learning theory to increase compliance and

reduce stress when treating equines• Be able to confidently identify the warning signs that a horse may react adversely,

reducing the likelihood of injury• Refresh your knowledge on how to determine if poor performance and unwanted

ridden behaviours are due to pain, behaviour or both

Course OrganiserGemma Pearson BVMS Cert AVP (EM) MScR MRCVS, UK

Course Description Ever get fed up with horses that are hard to inject or are just plain worried (scared)? Would you like to be able to make the whole experience of a horse seeing a vet (you!) less stressful and dangerous for all involved? Would you like to be able to get your owners on board with how they can help in an effective, humane way?Gemma Pearson is a renowned equine vet with practical effective and proven abilities to help you help the horse and owner. This is a course that will help all involved in equine veterinary work in their day to day work handling horses.

Practical Behaviour Modification for Equine Practitioners

Suitable for RCVS ModulesThis course is aimed at all levels of experience but would be applicable to B-EP3, and all C modules, particularly the Equine Neuromuscular, behavioural and special senses.

SpeakersGemma Pearson BVMS Cert AVP (EM) MScR MRCVS, UKAmber Batson BVetMed MRCVS ABTC Accredited Animal BehaviouristHeather Bacon BSc (Hons) BVSc Cert ZooMed MRCVSSarah Taylor BVM&S MSc PhD Cert ES(Orth) DipECVS DipECVSMR MRCVS

Programme Day 108.45 Registration

09.00 Ethology, its importance and application Bacon

9.30 Introduction to Learning Theory Pearson

10.15 Practical 1 – Getting to grips with Clicker Training Bacon/Batson/Pearson

10.45 Break and tea

11.00 Pain and its Influence on Behaviour Batson

11.45 Pain, Behaviour or Both – The Orthopaedic Perspective Taylor

12.30 Pain, Behaviour or Both – The Behaviourist Perspective Pearson

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Behaviour Modification in Practice Pearson

14.45 Understanding Arousal and its association with injuries to vets Pearson

15.15 Break and coffee

15.30 Practical 2 – Low Stress Clinical Exam Demonstration Pearson

15.45Practical 3 – Development of practical application of LT and BM techniques for delegate

Pearson/Bacon/Batson

16.30 Problem Solving Case Studies, interactive session Pearson

17.30 End of the day

For Equine Vets Everywhere

Clickers are kindly provided by the Horse Trust.

Kindly sponsored by Horslyx