Dr. Olivia James BVSc(hons) MANZCVS(Eq Dentistry) CMAVA DICEVO DAVDC(Equine)

Director, The Equine Practice Company

Individual subscriptions

Wounds and Trauma

1. Simple wounds I: the assessment
2. Simple wound II: treatments
3. Complex wounds I: principles, distal limb and synovial structures
4. Complex wounds II: distal limb con't, head and body wall injuries
5. Exuberant granulation tissue
6. Traumatic injuries of the foot and distal limb
7. [Masterclass] Preparing the wound for primary closure
8. [Masterclass] Closing wounds under tension
9. Wound immobilization I: principles and splints
10. Wound immobilization II: casts

Lameness and
Sports Medicine

1. The horse with a sore back
2. The mildly lame horse I: in hand and on the lunge
3. The mildly lame horse II: under saddle
4. The horse with a wound involving a synovial structure
5. Application of the ridden horse pain ethogram
6. Management of high performance horses (jumpers and eventers)
7. Therapeutic shoeing for injury
8. Postural evaluation for lameness
9. Practical approach to when to refer a lameness for advanced imaging
10. [Masterclass] Practical anatomy of the distal limb anatomy for joint injections
11. [Masterclass] Practical anatomy of the hock for joint injections
12. Practical anatomy of the carpus and stifle for joint injections

13. Postural evaluation for lameness

14. When to refer a lameness for advanced imaging

Equine Practice

1. Fundamentals of saddle fitting
2. Large animal rescue
3. Equine acupuncture
4. Equine pre-purchase examinations I: communication and the examination
5. Equine pre-purchase examinations II: the report
6. Salary and workplace negotiation
7. Road traffic accidents involving horses 
8. Mental health in equine practitioners
9. The horse with the poorly fitting saddle
10. Equine disaster management I
11. Equine disaster management II
12. Veterinarians role in horse rescue from floodwaters
13. Clinical approach to abdominocentesis 
14. [Masterclass] Career planning for new graduates

Cardiology

1. The horse with a heart murmur I: diagnosis
2. The horse with a heart murmur II: interpretation and recommendations
3. How to sedate a horse with cardiac disease
4. The horse with a cardiac arrhythmia
5. Application and interpretation of an ECG trace

Pathology and Laboratory

1. Interpretation of CBC and biochemistry
2. Clinical approach to anemia
3. Increasing profitability of laboratory services
4. [Masterclass] Point of care laboratory tests
5. [Masterclass] Bloodwork interpretation of the sick horse

Internal Medicine

1. Equine antimicrobial selection
2. Equine supportive care
3. The coughing horse
4. The horse with acute respiratory distress
5. The horse with rhabdomyolysis
6. The horse with unilateral nasal discharge
7. The horse with weight loss
8. The horse with respiratory noise during exercise
9. The anorexic horse
10. The horse with heat stress
11. The adult horse with diarrhoea
12. Equine sand enteropathy
13. Prevention of equine squamous gastric disease (ESGD)
14. Prevention of equine glandular gastric disease (EGGD)
15. Optimising efficiency of oral omeprazole
16. The headshaking horse
17. Management of flood injuries in large animals
18. [Masterclass] Management of infectious disease outbreaks
19. The starved horse and re-feeding syndrome
20. The horse with epistaxis 
21. The seizuring horse 
22. Intravenous fluid therapy
23. Alternatives to intravenous fluid therapy (enteral, rectal and peritoneal)
24. Intravenous catheterization
25. Practical approach to blood transfusions
26. Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS): Pathogenesis, Risk Factors, and Management Strategies
27. Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS): Advanced Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical Interventions, and Owner Compliance
28. PPID
29. Geriatric medicine
30. Hyperlipemia and hyperlipidemia

Colic

1. Clinical approach to the horse with colic 
2. Differentiating medical vs surgical colic
3. The horse with a small colon impaction 
4. Standing flank laperotomy for colic 
5. [Masterclass] Medical treatments for colic in the field vs in hospital
6. Performing and interpreting an abdominocentesis 

Toxicology

1. Equine toxins I - GIT, renal, haemtology and muscle
2. Equine toxins II - Liver and neurolgic
3. Equine toxins III- chemicals
4. Equine drug toxicities I: GIT, renal, hematology and muscle
5. Equine drug toxicities II: steroids, dewormers and antibiotics

Neurology

1. Clinical approach to the neurological horse
2. Clinical approach to head or spinal cord trauma
3. Focus on neurolocalization 
4. How to perform a neurologic examination

Imaging

1. Practical approach to podiatry radiography and interpretation
2. Abdominal and pulmonary ultrasonography Part I 
3. Abdominal and pulmonary ultrasonography Part II 
4. Radiography of the equine head
5. [Masterclass] How to capture and interpret C-spine radiographs 

Practice Essentials

1. Practical Approach to fee setting I - Value-based and cost-based pricing
2. Practical Approach to fee setting II - Value-based and cost-based pricing
3. Difficult client interactions I: managing complaints
4. Difficult client interactions II: avoiding complaints
5. Client communication I: face to face
6. Client communication II: culture and emergencies
7. Clinical record keeping and invoicing in equine practice
8. Optimising workplace culture in equine practice
9. Implementing best systems and processes in equine practice 
10. Leadership and staff management in equine practice
11. When and how to add staff to your equine practice

Dermatology

1. The horse with a sarcoid I: Clinical signs and classification
2. The horse with a sarcoid II: treatment and prognosis
3. The horse with pruritis I 
4. The horse with pruritis II 
5. The horse with a granulomatous lump
6. Working up the dermatology patient 
7. Clinical approach to diagnostic for dermatology cases

Repro and Neonatology

1. [Masterclass] The Madigan foal squeeze and immunology of the neonate 
2. The neonate with acute diarrhoea
3. Neonatal intensive care (incl dummy foals)
4. Equine foal immunology
5.  Failure of passive transfer and how to administer plasma to a foal 
6.  Management of twins in pregnancy - coming soon
7.  Clinical approach to neonatal isoerythrolysis 
8.  How to perform a breeding soundness exam
9. Clinical approach to reproduction diagnostics
10. Managing endometritis
11. Practical approach to semen evaluation
12.  The logistics of breeding management
13. Lameness in the foal
14.  Angular limb deformities
15. Stabilizing the neonate in the field

Anaesthesia

1. How to perform a safe anesthetic
2. Applied pharmacology for anesthesia 
3. Anesthesia of the foal 
4. Field anesthesia
5. Multi-modal anesthesia

Emergency and Disasters

1. Large animal rescue
2. Road traffic accidents involving horses 
3. Equine disaster management I
4. Equine disaster management II
5. Veterinarians role in horse rescue from floodwaters

Surgery

1. Equine field castrations 
2. Management and treatment of castration complications
3. Management of umbilical hernias in the field
4. Applied anatomy of the paranasal sinuses