SAVETCON

Webinar: Fast & Furious – The Nuts & Bolts of Practice Management
2023-11-09 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Online
This session is designed to equip veterinary professionals with the essential knowledge and skills required to efficiently run and lead a successful veterinary practice.
We will delve into the critical facets that demand close attention to by practice management and ownership.
Discover the importance of strategic planning, where you’ll gain insights into setting clear objectives, developing actionable strategies, and achieving sustainable growth for your practice. Learn how to effectively mitigate risks through dedicated risk management strategies, safeguarding your practice from unforeseen challenges.
Personnel management is another key focus area. Explore the best practices for hiring, on-boarding, and retaining a skilled and motivated team, crucial for delivering exceptional veterinary care. Gain a deep understanding of regulatory compliance and financial oversight, essential for maintaining the integrity of your practice while ensuring its financial health.
Monica Dixon Perry will share her wealth of knowledge, practical tips, and real-world experiences to help you optimize your veterinary practice’s performance, streamline operations, and achieve long-term success. Don’t miss this opportunity to sharpen your skills and elevate your veterinary practice management to new heights.
About our speaker
Monica Dixon Perry, CVPM
Monica has been involved in the field of veterinary medicine for more than 37 years. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Monica has been a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager (CVPM) for more than 20 years and remains a strong advocate for other veterinary practice managers to pursue this designation.
For over a decade, Monica managed a successful full-service, small animal eastern and western medicine veterinary practice in Raleigh, NC. As hospital administrator with Bowman Animal Hospital & Cat Clinic, Inc., she managed every aspect of the seven-day-a-week, nine-doctor hospital’s operations. For 15 years, Monica was a consultant/partner with VMC, Inc. where she presented a seminar called Principles of Veterinary Practice Management throughout the United States and Canada. She has lectured at numerous national veterinary conferences and veterinary schools in the United States. As a consultant, Monica enjoyed lecturing and working with practices that participated in VMC’s on-site consultation services. Monica was also a part-time university lecturer at North Carolina State University in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics where she taught Veterinary Practice Management on the undergraduate level. Monica joined Mission Veterinary Partners at the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic as VP of Strategic Partnerships and later held the position of Director of Practice Management. In her current position, she is Director of Veterinary Consulting Services at Burzenski & Co. and thrilled to return to her passion of working with premier practices throughout the US.
Monica is an active member of the Veterinary Hospital Managers Association, VetPartners, Youth Director at her church and sits on the board of Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School in Raleigh, NC.
Monica will let you know that her two primary purposes in life are working with veterinary practices and their teams and being the best possible wife and mom. She shares her Raleigh, NC, home with her supportive and loving husband and their daughter.
Monica is the 2022 Practice Management Speaker of the Year at the VMX Veterinary Meeting and Expo

Webinar: One eye on the wheel; one eye on the dashboard
2023-10-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Livestorm (online)
To move your practice forward in an effective and efficient fashion you need to collect data and information that will help you to navigate towards the outcome you so desire. Your practice management software and accounting information can give you more information than you know what to do with. What numbers are most relevant? Where can you find them? How can you monitor them? What do they mean? And, most importantly what impacts them and what to do when they indicate you are not on track?
Learning Objectives: Identify key performance indicators; identify which ones of the many are most relevant; create a tracking dashboard; identify what impacts the KPIs and what you can do to address them.
About our speaker
Dr Peter Weinstein
Dr Peter Weinstein is a husband, father, pet parent, veterinarian and leader.
He has been involved with virtually all aspects of veterinary practice from a 15 year old kennel kid to a hospital owner.
Organized veterinary medicine has been a passion as well with various roles and leadership and presidencies of Southern California VMA, California VMA, and Vet Partners.
He is a published author, most notably of the EMyth Veterinarian-Why Most Veterinary Practices Don’t Work and What to Do About It.
Currently, he is teaching business and finance at the Veterinary College of Western University of Health Sciences.
He likes to think of himself as a free thinking change agent and disruptor who, because he has a daughter in veterinary school, is working for an even better veterinary profession in the future.

SAVA Bloemfontein Branch mini-congress
2023-09-30 08:00 - 2023-10-01 17:00 | Ilanga Estate, Plot 9 Frans Kleynhans Ave, Groenvlei, Bloemfontein, Free State, 9301, South Africa
REGISTER HERE
30 September – 1 October
Ilanga Estate, Bloemfontein

51st Annual PARSA Conference
2023-09-17 08:00 - 2023-09-20 22:00 | 26 Degrees South, Beyers Naudé Dr, Zwartkops, Muldersdrift, South Africa
51st Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa
17-20 September 2023 | 26 Degrees South Muldersdrift

On behalf of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa and the University of Pretoria I am deeply pleased to invite your participation at the 51st Annual PARSA Conference to be held at 26 Degrees South in Muldersdrift, Gauteng.
PARSA 2023 will be held under the theme ‘Parasites in Society 5.0’.
I am looking forward to a productive and interactive Conference and am confident that you will all enjoy and contribute to the PARSA 2023 Conference.
You are welcome to contact our Conference Secretariat to discuss your requirements for your participation at PARSA 2023.

20th Annual SASVEPM Congress
2023-08-23 08:00 - 2023-08-25 17:00 | Avani Gaborone Resort & Casino, Chuma Drive, Gaborone, Botswana
The Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine is pleased to announce the 20th Annual Congress that will be held from 23-25 August 2023 at the Avani Gaborone Resort & Casino in Gaborone Botswana.

ONE HEALTH – WITHOUT BORDERS

SASVEPM believes in healthy animals, healthy humans and a healthy planet. The One Health perspective considers animals, people and environment and ensures that people and communities are involved in the decisions that affect their health and environment. Focussing on animals is just part of caring for the delicate balance of health that includes soil, air, water, topography, population density, markets, culture, and tradition.
A key to the approach is collaboration – across disciplines, professions, borders and groups – that builds holistic solutions with a lens of inter-connectedness.

SAVA Mpumalanga Branch mini-congress
2023-08-18 16:30 - 2023-08-20 14:30 | Ingwenyama Lodge White River, Farm 64, White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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19-20 August 2023
Ingwenyama Lodge, White River

Hill's & MSD Nurses Hybrid Weekend 2023
2023-08-05 08:30 - 2023-08-06 13:00 | 26 Degrees South, Beyers Naudé Dr, Zwartkops, Muldersdrift, South Africa
Join Hill’s Pet Nutrition and MSD Animal Health for our annual Nurses weekend of great CPD and networking, and of course a bit of fun!
This year’s event will be held at the eclectic 26 Degrees South Boho Hotel in Muldersdrift, Gauteng but will also be a hybrid event so that EVERYONE has access to CPD with local & international speakers!
Mark the date in your calendars and rosters!
The event will also be live streamed for virtual (online) viewing for those that are unable to attend in person. You will also be able to register for the online event and watch the replay at a later stage. All physical attendees will also receive access to the replay.
ONLINE REGISTRATION STILL OPEN

SAVA Eastern Free State Branch mini-congress
2023-07-28 13:00 - 2023-07-29 17:00 | Zuikerkop Country Game Lodge, Tandjiesberg Road, Clocolan, Free State, South Africa
REGISTER HERE

SAVA Western Cape Branch mini-congress
2023-07-21 13:30 - 2023-07-22 17:00 | Krystal Beach Hotel, Breakwater Lane Harbour Island, Gordons Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
REGISTER HERE
***ATTEND THE WESTERN CAPE BRANCH CONGRESS AND STAND A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE REGISTRATION TO ATTEND THE WVA 2024 IN CAPE TOWN FROM 16-19 APRIL 2024.***

SAVA Pretoria Branch CPD Evening
2023-07-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Vethouse, 47 Gemsbok Avenue, Monument Park, Gauteng, 0181, South Africa
REGISTER HERE
Join us for the Pretoria Branch AGM and CPD presentation (sponsored by ZOETIS) by Dr Vanessa McClure on Monitoring the diabetic patient – can we trust the curves?
19h00 – Arrival and light dinner served
19h30 – Branch meeting
20h00 – CPD presentation
21h00 – End of event
Fees:

Branch Members – Free of charge
Non-branch Members – R70 per person

Webinar: Getting calories in: feeding the inappetant or anorectic cat
2023-07-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Ensuring that a patient receives adequate nutrition may require intervention. This session will help you determine which patients need support, how to provide it (oral vs. feeding tube), how to calculate and ensure appropriate nutrition and when support can be discontinued.
About our speaker
Margie Scherk DVM DipABVP (feline practice)
Margie graduated in 1982 and opened one of the first cat clinics in North America in 1986 in Vancouver, Canada. She became a board-certified feline specialist the first year this specialty became available. She has published several clinical trials and has written and edited numerous books and book chapters. She is an active international speaker and enjoys teaching on-line. She co-edits the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. Margie has served extensively in the American Association of Feline Practitioners as well other veterinary organizations. Her interests include all things feline, especially analgesia, seeing an end to declawing, the peculiarities of the feline digestive system and enabling more positive interactions with cats.

XVI SASSB 2023
2023-07-05 08:00 - 2023-07-07 17:00 | STIAS, Stellenbosch, South Africa
The XVI SASSB 2023 Conference will be hosted concurrently with the 14th International Polychaete Conference (IPC) at STIAS in Stellenbosch. Delegates of the SASSB 2023 Conference can attend the IPC plenary sessions on the 6th and 7th of July whereafter they will continue in a separate venue.
Seperate plenary sessions are also in planning that will be directed specifically to SASSB delegates. Student sponsorships are available to a few students who can apply. Student accommodation will be made available in University residences.

14th International Polychaete Conference 2023
2023-07-02 - 2023-07-07 | STIAS, Stellenbosch, South Africa
