The American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists was founded in 1975 to promote the advancement of veterinary anesthesiology and to assist the veterinary profession in providing exceptional service to all animals.
The ACVA is currently composed of over 220 members who practice veterinary anesthesia across the globe.
The goals of the ACVA include establishing, evaluating and maintaining the highest standards in the practice of veterinary anesthesiology by promoting the establishment of educational facilities and clinical and research training in veterinary anesthesiology. Additionally, the ACVA establishes the criteria of fitness for the designation of a specialist in the practice of veterinary anesthesiology.
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Veterinary Pain Short Course
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Interest in pain management has increased in veterinary medicine and
animal husbandry. This interest coincides with an explosion in our
understanding of basic pain mechanisms.
Current meetings and educational opportunities focus on therapeutics.
While important, there is a further need for the veterinarian, researcher
and those interested in drug therapeutics to be exposed to the current
thinking related to basic pain mechanisms. Accordingly we undertook to
initiate the UCSD Veterinary Pain Short Course, to be held June 20-23,
2012 at the Holiday Inn on the Bay in San Diego.
Program goals are to provide: i) an intense review of pain mechanisms;
ii) an application of mechanisms to pain syndromes and iii) review current
and developing analgesic drugs.
Well known, internationally respected, experts in basic pain processing
and veterinary therapeutics have agreed to participate.
This course will be sponsored by the University of California, San Diego
along with the International Veterinary Association for Pain Management and will provide up to 21 CE credits.
Registration fees paid prior to April 7, 2012: $400 for DVM, PhD and
industrial participants; $150 for residents, fellows and students.
Registration fees include detailed handouts, a "meet and greet", snack
breaks and dinner at the world famous San Diego Zoo.
The meeting will be held in a highly desirable venue, the Holiday Inn on
the Bay, immediately adjacent to the San Diego Harbor, (10 min from the
airport), in an area offering many amenities, including fine restaurants
and sight-seeing opportunities.
For further details, please visit
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