Brain Catchpole and Lucy Davidson are collaborating with a number of centres to investigate the genetic basis of several canine endocrine disorders.They are keen to recruit samples (serum and EDTA blood) from dogs suffering from the following disorders:

·        neonatal diabetes mellitus (i.e. diabetes onset < 1 yr of age)

·         diabetes in high risk breeds (Samoyed, Cairn terrier, Tibetan terrier, Polish Lowland Sheepdog)

·        dioestrus diabetes

·         lymphocytic thyroiditis / hypothyroidism

·        hypoadrenocorticism

Further details can be found in the WIKI of the SAMSOC website

Other  projects posted on the SAMSOC website

Stijn Nelson’s Diabetes Treatment Survey for vets, nurses and owners – further details for case recruitment can be found in the WIKI

If you would like to announce recruitment details for a clinical trial, please logo onto to the SAMSoc Wiki or contact a member of the SAMSOC committee.

Feedback Form Responses pre-BSAVA Satellite Meeting SAMSOC 2009

Below you will find feedback from people attending the 2009 SAMSOC satellite meeting. You'll find that the great majority of people had a great day. We hope to use positive and negative comments to make the 2010 meeting even more worthwhile! Do you still want to provide feedback? (even if you did not attend, i.e. why not?), please drop a line on: sniessen@rvc.ac.uk or simply respond to this news item on this website, by hitting the reply button.

Regards,

SAMSOC Programme Committee

Administration/facilities:                                                            Responses                                          (%)

Registration procedure

1.       Poor                                                                                      0                                                              0%

2.       Adequate                                                                            0                                                              0%

3.       Good                                                                                     7/22                                                       32%

4.       Excellent                                                                              15/22                                                     68%

Lecture room facilities

1.       Poor                                                                                      0                                                              0%

2.       Adequate                                                                            5/22                                                       23%

3.       Good                                                                                     13/22                                                     59%

4.       Excellent                                                                              4/22                                                       18%

Comments: too cold (6/22), noisy at times (1/22), chairs too close to screen (1/22), liked set-up with tables more (1/22)

Quality and quantity of refreshments

1.       Poor                                                                                      0                                                              0%

2.       Adequate                                                                            1/22                                                       4.5%

3.       Good                                                                                     11/22                                                     50%

4.       Excellent                                                                              9/22                                                       41%

Comments: nice biscuits (1/22); excellent lunch (1/22), cold tea (1/22)

Value for money

1.       Poor                                                                                      0                                                              0%

2.       Adequate                                                                            0                                                              0%

3.       Good                                                                                     9/22                                                       41%

4.       Excellent                                                                              13/22                                                     59%

Programme/lectures

1.       Thoracic CT

a.       Delivery

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     8/22                       36%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              13/22                     59%

b.      Content

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     7/22                       32%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              14/22                     64%

c.       Notes

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            1/22                       5%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     10/22                     45%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              9/22                       41%

d.      Good choice for program?

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     8/22                       36%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              13/22                     59%

Comments: 1/22: very educational and helpful to have images

2.       Thoracoscopy for medics

a.       Delivery

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     9/22                       41%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              13/22                     59%

b.      Content

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            1/22                       5%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     11/22                     50%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              10/22                     45%

c.       Notes

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     17/22                     77%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              4/22                       18%

d.      Good choice for program?

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            6/22`                      27%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     7/22                       32%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              8/22                       36%

Comments: 1/22 excellent images of thoracoscopy

3.       Case reports

a.       Delivery

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            1/22                       5%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     15/22                     68%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              4/22                       18%

b.      Content

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            1/22                       5%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     14/22                     64%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              4/22                       18%

c.       Notes

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      n/a

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            n/a

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     n/a

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              n/a

Comments: 1/22: would like notes for this as well

d.      Good choice for program?

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            1/22                       5%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     8/22                       36%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              10/22                     44%

4.       Current management of diabetes mellitus in people

a.       Delivery

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            2/22                       9%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     12/22                     55%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              7/22                       32%

b.      Content

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            1/22                       5%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     7/22                       32%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              14/22                     64%

c.       Notes

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      n/a

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            n/a

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     n/a

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              n/a

Comments: 8/22: notes poor since missing

d.      Good choice for program?

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            1/22                       5%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     10/22                     45%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              11/22                     50%

Comments: 1/22: very interesting

5.       A logical approach to changed mental status

a.       Delivery

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     1/22                       5%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              20/22                     91%

b.      Content

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     2/22                       9%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              19/22                     86%

c.       Notes

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     4/22                       18%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              15/22                     68%

d.      Good choice for program?

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            0                              0%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     3/22                       14%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              18/22                     82%

Comments: 1/22: Really excellent; 1/22: excellent presentation and case studies

6.       Interpretation of bone marrow cytology

a.       Delivery

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            7/22                       32%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     3/22                       14%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              12/22                     55%

b.      Content

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            5/22                       23%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     9/22                       41%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              8/22                       36%

c.       Notes

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            3/22                       14%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     11/22                     50%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              6/22                       27%

Comments: 1/22: very entertaining!

d.      Good choice for program?

                                                               i.      Poor                                                                                      0                              0%

                                                             ii.      Adequate                                                                            3/22                       14%

                                                            iii.      Good                                                                                     11/22                     50%

                                                           iv.      Excellent                                                                              8/22                       36%       

Comments: 1/22: very entertaining, excellent pictures of cytology; very helpful; 1/22: good choice for program but turned into a list

General individual comments

1.       I wonder if too many topics were quite specialist this year; ie maybe great for us academics but not so attractive for practitioners?

2.       Later start (10am – or even 9.30am); reduced registration fees for interns/residents; no lunch in place of reduced rate

3.       Really liked the human presentations; please continue with this tradition

4.       Might be worth concentrating on 1 or 2 themes for the day? Consider shorter talks? 45 minutes long enough per speaker?

5.       Enjoy the human presentation and comparative aspect – please continue this tradition! Excellent day – thank you!

6.       Superb meeting, all the practical tips and information were really useful and the speakers were all excellent – more of the same standard next year please!

7.       Appropriately pitched for medicine certificate level, would be great to have a specialist day.

8.       Initially dubious about the heterogeneous nature of the lectures but actually it worked very well. The case reports are a very good thing – enjoyable to give residents a forum to present cases.

Stijn Niessen 26 June 2009

See attachment for info on discounted rates for BSAVA manuals at pre congress meeting

Best wishes

Yvonne

The Small Animal Medicine Society is pleased to announce the launch of the SAMSOC Travel Scholarship

The scholarship, worth £250, can be awarded to any SAMSOC member undertaking CPD to study a particular aspect of Small Animal Medicine.

Applicants should describe how they would use the award in 300-400 words and are free to choose the topic to be studied. Recipients of the award are required to undertake the CPD within the subsequent 12 months.  

Following completion of their trip the winner is required to write a summary article (approx 1000 words) which will be submitted to the Veterinary press for publication and placed on the SAMSOC website.

The award is only open to SAMSOC members.

Applications should be sent to the Ian Battersby ( iab@vetspecialists.co.uk ) to arrive no later than 31^st December 2009, the successful applicant will be notified within 6 weeks. The award will be presented at the SAMSOC Meeting on 7^th April 2010.

Just as a reminder  i have pasted below  from our SAMSOC WIKI the studies that recruiting cases 

If you have a project you would like to post in the wiki drop me a line ( iab@vetspecialists.co.uk) and i can sort it out for you.

As before i will send a list of all projects around to members from time to time (Just to keep them relatively fresh in peoples minds).

All the best

Ian

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The Small Animal Medicine Society is pleased to announce the launch of the SAMSOC Travel Scholarship

The scholarship, worth £250, can be awarded to any SAMSOC member undertaking CPD to study a particular aspect of Small Animal Medicine.

Applicants should describe how they would use the award in 300-400 words and are free to choose the topic to be studied. Recipients of the award are required to undertake the CPD within the subsequent 12 months.  

Following completion of their trip the winner is required to write a summary article (approx 1000 words) which will be submitted to the Veterinary press for publication and placed on the SAMSOC website.

The award is only open to SAMSOC members.

Applications should be sent to the Ian Battersby ( iab@vetspecialists.co.uk ) to arrive no later than 31^st December 2009, the successful applicant will be notified within 6 weeks. The award will be presented at the SAMSOC Meeting on 7^th April 2010.