Thursday 17 & Friday 18 December

BEVA Seminar

British Equine Vets Association Seminar Programme

BEVA’s Christmas Cracker is no ordinary lecture-based CPD, but a candid, discussion-led forum for all equine vets - exploring the cases that challenge us, the grey areas we navigate and the realities of fallible decision-making in performance practice. Real experiences. Bold conversations. Open minds.  

This years theme: dilemmas & consequences

Every day, equine vets make decisions where there is no easy answer. Uncertainty, risk, competing priorities and external pressures can all influence the choices we make – and those choices can have consequences for the horse, the owner, the sport and the vet.

At BEVA’s Christmas Cracker this year we’ll get to the heart of those difficult decisions. Through challenging cases, real-world scenarios and debate, we’ll explore what happens when clinical judgement meets ethical complexity.

From navigating difficult clinical decisions to questioning where our professional responsibilities begin and end, this is an opportunity to challenge your thinking, hear different perspectives and reflect on the decisions equine vets make every day.

Come prepared to debate, question and perhaps reconsider what you would do when there’s no easy way out.

Day one: clinical judgements – between a rock and a hard place

An interactive day examining the clinical decisions equine vets make when faced with uncertainty, risk and competing priorities. From complex orthopaedic cases through pre-purchase examinations, exploring judgements, outcomes and lessons learnt.

Day two: ethical judgements – where do you draw the line

Exploring ethical challenges, welfare considerations and external pressures, with comparisons to human medicine. Where do responsibilities lie in balancing the pressures of sport whilst advocating for the athlete… and ultimately asking: whose side is the vet on?

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