RCVS Knowledge’s podcasts including podcasts from Veterinary Evidence and RCVS Vet History. A platform for a wide range of veterinary topics from economics to clinical practice and teaching, EBVM and preservation of the historically rich and unique archive collections belonging to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Dr Bill Taylor gives a captivating plenary on ‘Quality Improvement and the NHS’, outlining some of the basics of quality improvement and its history.
Follow Bill's visual presentation while you listen.
Matt McMillan, Principal Clinical Anaesthetist and Critical Care Co-ordinator at Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, delivers his talk on checklists, revealing the underlying reason why they are necessary and delving into their war-time history.
Lizzie Lockett, the newly appointed CEO of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, presents a plenary session about the importance of adopting a learning culture.
Dr Bradley Viner, Chair of our Quality Improvement Advisory Board, discusses the importance of embedding quality improvement in the profession, and introduces our Quality Improvement Project.
In this Audio Summary Alex discusses whether hypertonic saline is effective in reducing intracranial pressure after a traumatic brain injury in dogs. Read the full Knowledge Summary here.
Audio Summaries are a free resource that enables vets and vet nurses to access and digest relevant and up-to-date evidence quicker and easier! A time-saving way to make better and faster evidence-based decisions.
Q&A from Mike's talk at the Veterinary Evidence Today conference, Edinburgh November 2nd, 2016. Read more and listen to Mike's talk here.
Evidence Aid is an international initiative to improve access to reliable evidence that will help people and organisations make well-informed decisions about interventions, actions and strategies in the disaster setting. It focuses on systematic reviews as the most reliable source of research evidence, maximising the power of existing research, avoiding undue emphasis on single studies and reducing the waste associated with research that is ignored or not accessible to decision makers. Evidence Aid is knowledge champion for influencers of the humanitarian sector, including funders, policy makers, NGOs, and humanitarian professionals. Evidence Aid was established by members of the Cochrane Collaboration after the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. It provides access to information relevant to disaster risk reduction, planning, response, recovery, resilience and rehabilitation. This presentation will discuss the need for Evidence Aid, and describes its activities. Read more and listen to the Q&As here.
Veterinary Evidence Today
Edinburgh, 1-3 November 2016
In this Audio Summary Cherry discusses whether there are advantages to performing laparoscopic ovariectomy over open ovariectomy. Read the full Knowledge Summary here.
Audio Summaries are a free resource that enables vets and vet nurses to access and digest relevant and up-to-date evidence quicker and easier! A time-saving way to make better and faster evidence-based decisions.
