Overview:
Welcome to the Anaesthetics – Back to Basics course, designed for general practitioner veterinarians and veterinary nurses looking to refresh and reinforce their core anaesthetic skills. This practical programme focuses on building confidence and consistency in small animal anaesthesia.
Across four focused modules, you’ll revisit key principles including patient preparation and planning, anaesthetic and analgesic drug selection, inhalational anaesthesia, and fluid therapy during anaesthetic procedures. Whether you’re returning to basics or refining your approach, this course offers a valuable opportunity to strengthen your anaesthetic practice and improve patient safety.
You will have 3 months to work through the course material. At the end of the course you will be required to pass a short quiz with more than 70% in order to qualify for CPD points. Upon successful completion, you will earn 4 CPD points. You can download a CPD certificate for your records and the points will be uploaded to the SAVC portal and should reflect within 1 month of competing the course.
Please click on the “Mark Complete” button at the end of each section, in order to track your progress through the course.
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We will be available throughout the course, during office hours for any questions, discussions or technical problems. Please email us at info@khulavet.co.za
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Speakers:
Prof Gareth Zeiler, BVSc (Hons.) MMedVet (Anaes) Dip ECVAA Dip ACVVA PhD
Prof Gareth Zeiler runs the anaesthesia and critical care service at Valley Farm Animal Hospital. Apart from these duties he also actively trains residents who are specialising in veterinary anaesthesia.
He graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria in 2006 and returned in 2011 to specialise in veterinary anaesthesia.
Since then he has passed board examinations in Europe (Dipl. ECVAA), and America (Dipl. ACVAA).
In addition to his duties at Valley Farm Animal Hospital, Dr Gareth is an extraordinary lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, where he trains undergraduate and postgraduate students. His fields of interest in research are fluid dynamics and management in domestic animals, and the physiology of wildlife immobilisation and anaesthesia.
Dr Gareth and his wife enjoy hiking, travelling, and spending time with family and friends.
This course has been generously subsidised by our industry partners:
