Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Colorado State University
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons
Professor of Surgery
Colorado State University
A series of cases featuring specific clinical problems will be presented by Dr’s. MacPhail and Lappin. They will each offer their thoughts on the management of these patients along with a discussion of topics associated with the clinical problem.
Travel Day: | Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024 | |
Relax and get adjusted: | Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 | |
Registration: Welcome reception: |
Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 Monday Jan. 22 |
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm 6:30pm – 7:30pm |
Lectures: |
Monday, Jan. 22 Tuesday, Jan. 23 Thursday, Jan. 25 Friday, Jan. 26 |
3:30pm – 6:30pm 1:30pm – 6:30pm 3:30pm – 6:30pm 3:30pm – 6:30pm |
Surgical Decision-Making in Trauma Cases
Abdominal Trauma Management
Surgical Respiratory Emergencies
Uroabdomen Decision-Making
Open Wound Management
Cutting-edge Wound Care
Limb, Digit, and Tail Amputation
Elective Surgery Controversies
Non-pharmaceutical management of stress associated diseases in cats.
Logical use of pre-, pro-, and synbiotics in dogs and cats
Logical empirical use of antibiotics in dogs and cats; how to guess best if they have no money!
What you can catch at work; An update on small animal zoonotic diseases
How I treat viral gastrointestinal infections in dogs and cats, with an emphasis on parvovirus
This program has been submitted for 14 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions, which recognize AAVSB’s RACE approval; however, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and /or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call IVS at 800-487-5650 for further information.
IVS complies with the following guidelines:
For this seminar we have selected Buddy Dive Resort.
Buddy Dive Resort is located on the waterfront north of town, just a couple of steps from the crystal clear ocean and its many dive sites. The resort has eleven buildings with spacious studios, one, two and three bedroom apartments, a complete dive center, two swimming pools, two restaurants, vehicle rental and the famous drive-thru fill station.
Studio apartments and one and two bedroom apartments
Each apartment has a fully equipment kitchen, spacious living area with cable TV, telephone, patio or balcony, air-conditioned bedrooms with each its own bathroom with shower.
The studio has a small kitchen, separate bedroom with air-conditioning and a bathroom/shower. They also have cable TV, telephone and a small patio.
All apartments and studios have a room safe, with no extra charge, to store valuables.
For this seminar: please call our office at 800-487-5650 to reserve your selected package. We have listed examples of rooms at the resort. Our office can update you on what is currently available when you call. Pricing is also available for only one person in a room.
The Drive & Dive package inclusions are as follows:
The divers will get 6 days of unlimited air fills incl. free nitrox upgrade (as long as they are nitrox certified).
Those on the Adventure package will get the following: snorkel equipment rental for 7 days, unguided boat snorkel trip, 1 guided cave exploration, 1 guided mangrove kayak tour, one trip to Klein Bonaire
All reservations must be for a minimum of 7 nights.
A non-refundable deposit of US $100.00 is due at the time of booking. You will be charged for your complete stay at approximately 60 days prior to your scheduled arrival.
Cancellation penalties: For cancellations more than (60) days prior to arrival, deposit is refunded.
59 – 29 days prior to arrival: 25% of the total reservation is non-refundable
28 – 15 days prior to arrival: 50% of the total reservation is non-refundable
14 – 1 days prior to arrival: 75% of the total reservation is non-refundable
Day of arrival 100% of the total reservation is non-refundable
No refunds for no shows or early departures. We highly suggest trip insurance and can give you a quote if you’d like, just let us know.
Also any unused portions of the accommodations are non-refundable.
Several major airlines fly direct to Bonaire on Saturdays. You can also fly into Aruba or Curacao and connect onto one of the local airlines that fly to Bonaire.
You will need to provide our office with your flight schedule- this will allow Buddy Dive to pick you up upon arrival in Bonaire. Once at the resorts, you will be provided with a pickup truck for your complete stay. (This is included in the resort package)
Veterinary Technicians welcome- there is an $80 discount off the seminar registration fee.
Online registration is easy and fast.
But please confirm your hotel reservations prior to completing your registration or booking flights. Many Hotels are selling out many months ahead of our seminars. If you need to book a hotel room, click the link to the online hotel registration page. If none is available for your selected seminar, please fill out our hotel request form or contact our office at 800-487-5650. Please note that hotel rooms are not confirmed until you receive confirmation from the hotel (if you booked online thru our group link) or from our office for hotels that do not offer the online link.
IVS is now required by AAVSB RACE to upload your completed attendance into their “RACEtrack” system. Your state of license and your license number are required for all seminars starting in January 2022. More information is available at https://www.aavsb.org/ce-
Questions?
For regular seminars: ivseminars@yahoo.com
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