Grafts, Flaps & Complex Wounds
Dedicated vet & nurse streams
Every millimetre of wound closure counts. Sometimes, however, simple closure techniques are not enough.
This workshop builds on everyday wound management skills and offers personalised surgical tuition to all participants. With a refresher on critical wound theory and over 7 hours of surgical practice time, attendees will cover wound tension and skin stretching, then learn how to perform advanced techniques like skin grafts and subdermal plexus flaps.
This course is suitable for registered veterinarians with moderate soft tissue surgical experience and an interest in accidental and surgical wound closure.
BONUS VALUE! NURSE & TECH SPECIFIC STREAM NOW INCLUDED.
Send a vet PLUS a nurse or tech for just $3,900!
A few words from your educator Dr Arthur House
VETERINARY EDUCATION IS FOR EVERYONE!
We believe in CPD for the whole clinical team. As you’d expect, we provide theory, surgical and procedural training for vets, but we also believe in the power of nurses and techs. Because nobody works in isolation, we provide hands-on training for the whole clinical team. At this dual stream Grafts, Flaps & Complex Wounds workshop, we’ve got two distinct streams to cater for everyone’s CPD needs.
Vet stream
Veterinarians concentrate on those technical aspects of wound management that are vet-only jobs. These include surgical wound closure techniques, and the planning, elevating and transposition of grafts and flaps. The workshop is highly practical, with emphasis on surgical time and personalised feedback from the specialist surgeons on the education team.
Nurse & tech stream
Nurses and technicians practice triage skills, surgical prep, hanging limb prep, suture and knotting techniques, and a vast array of bandaging types. When we say hands on, we mean it.
Veterinarians
Surgical skills for closing wounds
- Skin stretching techniques
- Tension-relieving techniques
- Choosing skin flap & skin graft donor sites
- Planning, elevating & transposing a random subdermal plexus flap
- Planning, elevating & transposing an axial subdermal plexus flap
- Planning, elevating & transposing skin grafts
- Innovation & creative approach to complex wound management
Nurses & technicians
Hands-on nursing skills to use right away
- Hanging limb prep
- Wound flushing
- Reducing bite injuries
- Perioperative analgesia
- Anaesthesia monitoring
- Bandaging strategies
- Recovery & aftercare
- Conversations with clients
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Active suction drains
Surgical wound management in clinical practice
- Wound assessment that changes the way you treat accidental wounds
- How to use the body’s healing processes to speed up wound closure
- When you can push for a few more millimetres of closure (& when you shouldn’t)
- What to do when primary healing is out of the question
- Making the most of all available closure options
- Making skin flaps & skin grafts part of your toolkit in general practice
This workshop will change the way you do things
At this workshop, your team will fine-tune its wound assessment skills in a way that changes treatment choices and allows you to give realistic expectations to your clients. This skill alone could be the difference between primary closure and waiting weeks for second intention healing. The program also covers all the topics you expect to see in a wound management course including first aid, bandaging methods and products available, and how to identify the warning signs that breakdown is imminent.
For vets, the highlight of this workshop is the personalised advice and feedback you receive from our team of specialist educators. This is your chance to watch, learn, and perform a range of advanced surgical techniques with feedback from three veterinary speicalists, all in the same two-day workshop.
For nurses, it’s all about practical experience, using your skills, and getting great mentorship from a group professionals who are invested in helping you thrive.
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PRO TIPS & SURGICAL SKILLS
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OVER 7 HOURS OF SURGICAL PRACTICE
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SPECIALIST FEEDBACK
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FULLY CATERED
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TAKE-HOME SURGICAL NOTES
GRAFTS, FLAPS & COMPLEX WOUNDS
Your practical skills take priority
A VetPrac workshop will always put hands-on skills first. Participants at our Grafts, Flaps & Complex Wounds workshop will receive practical resources, take-home notes and follow-up support.
Every veterinarian is invited practice the full range of soft tissue surgical techniques in the course outline, and will spend over 7 hours in surgery pracs under the leadership of veterinary surgical specialists.
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Workshop Schedule
TANGIBLE RETURNS ON YOUR INVESTMENT
INVEST
A two-day workshop & a $3,900 CPD investment in your team’s surgical & nursing skills in wound closure, management & patient care
LEARN
Make the right decisions about wound management, adopt new techniques for closure & maximise involvement from nursing staff
RETURN
Perform advanced closure techniques like grafts & flaps, and surpass your client’s expectations in clinical & patient care
Your Educators
Veterinarian stream
Nurse & technician stream
Dr Arthur House
Dr Eleanor Woolley
Dr Brenton Chambers
Dr Stephanie Colthurst
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY
What our participants say…
CHOOSE YOUR PAYMENT OPTION
UPFRONT PAYMENT
$3900 AUD
PAYMENT PLAN
x 3 monthly payments of $1325
Your Questions Answered
Are group discounts available?
Absolutely! Work together, learn together, we say. If 3 or more participants register from the same clinic under the same booking, you’ll receive a 5% discount at checkout when you book on our website.
Will I get CPD points and a CPD certificate?
Of course! Each participant will receive a CPD certificate via email. We do this after you’ve provided feedback and the workshop is complete.
What kind of learning materials are included?
Generally, you can choose printed course notes, a digital copy on USB, or both. Everyone gets a printed copy of the procedure guide.
What happens if I pay and then later can’t attend?
- Transferring or changing registration from one workshop to another will incur a $50 administration fee.
- Cancellations made up to 45 days prior to the commencement date of the Training Course will incur an administrative fee of 50% of the Fee.
- Cancellations made up to 7 days prior to the commencement date of the Training Course are not refundable.
Can I pay in instalments, or do you offer payment plans?
Yes! At VetPrac we are pleased to offer payment plans for our online courses and workshops. We want to make it manageable for you to invest in your professional development.
For more information regarding our payment plans, please do not hesitate to contact Ros at [email protected].
What happens if the workshop is cancelled?
If VetPrac cancels any workshops, we will refund your course fees in full. However, VetPrac will not be responsible for any travel, accommodation or any other expenses incurred by you.
Still have questions? We’ve got answers.
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