Take It Back To The Clinic

One day to sharpen your clinical thinking, build practical skills and take more back to your clinic.

Two dedicated Vet and Veterinary Nurse streams, 5 CPD points, practical specialist-led learning and ideas you can use the very next day.

VSOS is bringing together veterinarians and veterinary nurses for a full day designed to build knowledge, sharpen skills and strengthen the way you approach everyday clinical situations.

This is not a day of theory for theory’s sake.

You’ll learn from a specialist team that works with advanced techniques, leading-edge technology and complex cases every day, and take that knowledge back to your clinic in a practical, useful way.

Thursday, 19 November 2026

The Brighton Hotel

8:30 am arrival, 5:00 pm finish

5 CPD points

Bring five team members & one Nurse attends FREE

Choose Your Stream

Veterinary Stream

Practical clinical learning from specialists who manage these cases every day — designed to help you make clearer decisions and manage common presentations with greater confidence.

Topics include:

  • New Onset Seizures in Dogs: A Practical Approach for the GP:
    Dr Diego Alza Salvatierra, Specialist in Neurology & Neurosurgery

    Build a clearer, more confident approach to first-presentation seizures, from initial assessment and diagnostic work-up through to treatment decisions, practical case management and determining the most appropriate next steps. 
  • Shock Recognition & Management: Making Better Decisions in the Critical First Minutes
    Dr James Cooper, Specialist in Emergency & Critical Care

    Recognise the early signs of shock, understand what type you may be dealing with, prioritise stabilisation and assess whether your patient is responding, giving you a practical framework for those critical first decisions.

  • Five Cardiology Essentials Every GP Vet Should Know
    Dr Julie Kavanagh, Specialist in Cardiology

    Cut through the complexity of cardiology with five practical specialist insights for general practice, helping you approach common cardiac presentations with greater confidence and make clearer clinical decisions when heart disease is on your differential list.

  • Perioperative Hypotension: A Practical, Step-by-Step Approach
    Dr Maja Drozdzynska, Specialist in Anaesthesia & Pain Management

    Build a more confident approach to hypotension under anaesthesia, from recognising and measuring it, to understanding the likely cause, choosing appropriate treatment options and following a clear plan you can take straight back into theatre.

  • No Stone Unturned - Canine Urolithiasis
    Dr Karina Graham, Specialist in Small Animal Medicine

Build confidence, sharpen your clinical thinking and
take practical insights straight back into
your
 clinic.

 

Veterinary Nurse Stream

A dedicated stream for veterinary nurses who want to build practical clinical skills, grow their confidence and bring more value back to their team.

Topics include:

  • Nursing the Neurological Patient
    Dr Diego Alza Salvatierra, Specialist in Neurology & Neurosurgery

    Build confidence in assessing, monitoring, handling and positioning neurological patients, with practical approaches to comfort, hygiene, recovery and recognising important changes in their condition. 

  • Anaesthesia for Splenectomy: What Nurses Need to Watch Before, During and After Surgery
    Dr Maja Drozdzynska, Specialist in Anaesthesia & Pain Management

    Understand the key anaesthetic considerations around splenectomy patients, including preparation, intraoperative monitoring, anticipating complications and supporting a safer recovery.

  • Perioperative Hypotension: Recognise It, Understand It and Know What To Do Next
    Dr Maja Drozdzynska, Specialist in Anaesthesia & Pain Management

    Learn how to identify hypotension under anaesthesia, understand the common causes, assess treatment options and work through a clear step-by-step approach you can take back into theatre.

  • Recognising Shock: Spot the Warning Signs and Escalate With Confidence
    Dr Tomas Gilead, Emergency Vet

    Strengthen your ability to recognise the early signs of shock, monitor the parameters that matter and communicate concerns clearly and confidently with the veterinary team.

  • CPR & RECOVER: Be Ready When Every Second Counts
    Dr James Cooper + Nurse Lani

    Build a practical understanding of the RECOVER approach to veterinary CPR, including basic and advanced life support, clear team roles and how to help make your clinic more prepared for an arrest.

Build practical skills. Grow your clinical confidence. Bring more
knowledge back to your team.

 

 

 

Veterinarians

$249

Veterinary Nurses

$149

Bring The Team - One Nurse Attends Free

Great learning is even better when your team experiences it together.

Book five team members and one Veterinary Nurse attends FREE.

Save an additional $149

Bring your vets. Bring your nurses. Share the learning, discuss the cases and take practical new ideas back to the clinic together.

One team. One valuable day. Even more to take back to the clinic.

 

Make A Day Out Of Clinic Worth It

We know a day away from the clinic is valuable time.

That’s why this conference is focused on practical learning from clinicians working with advanced specialist and emergency cases every day.

Send your team back with more than CPD points - send them back with skills, knowledge and ideas they can apply immediately.

Come away with knowledge you can use, ideas you can share with your team and a fresh perspective on the cases you see in practice.

Come individually, or bring your teamand share the learning across your practice.
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Conference Details

Date

Thursday, 19 November 2026

Venue

The Brighton Hotel

Time

8:30 am arrival for a 5:00 pm finish

CPD

5 CPD points, including 5 hours of structured learning

Streams

Separate Veterinary and Veterinary Nurse programs

TAKE IT BACK TO THE PRACTICE

One day. Two dedicated streams. 5 CPD points.


Practical learning from clinicians working at the leading edge of veterinary care.

Thursday, 19 November 2026
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