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EMS VETERINARY STUDENT NEUTERING
Come and gain surgical neutering experience as part of your Extra Mural Studies. Perform back to back spays and castrates, as well as other surgical procedures.
You perform the surgery from start to finish and we only step in if needed. We use gold standard anaesthetics as in the UK. You will find that one or two weeks with us, will be equivalent to several months in private practice. We provide a relaxed, non commercial, supportive environment, with no ticking clock. You will be amazed how this brings out your confidence
SOFT TISSUE SURGERY EMS FOR VETERINARY STUDENTS
We perform the neutering and other procedures for free for the charities and 'protectoras' of the animals in Spain. We will start you on cat castrates, dog castrates, cat spays and then concentrate on bitch spays. With so many stray animals needing surgery, you may be able to perform other surgical procedures other than neutering.
The surgical needs of the stray animals vary from routine neutering, tumour removals, suturing wounds, hernia repairs, mammary neoplasms, entropion and cherry eye surgery.
ABOUT NEUTER CLINIC
Student Veternary Surgeons
Extra Mural Studies - EMS
Clinical Director Wayne Hockenhull qualified from Glasgow in 1994 and after developing a successful career, he relocated to Spain in 2007 and became colegiado with Malaga Veterinary College.
Most animal charities in Spain have limited funds for surgical treatment, which is fundamental to re-homing strays.
There are many students or newly qualified vets, with very little practical surgical experience and this is where the idea of the Veterinary Intensive Surgical Training came from, as Wayne realised the opportunity to combine these two, for the benefit of both.
Veterinary Surgeons looking to develop their surgical skills and confidence
The programme has been extended from students, to include newly qualified veterinary surgeons wanting to develop their skills and build their confidence with surgical procedures and also experienced vets returning to surgery after a break in practice.
Veterinary surgeons have attended from the UK, USA, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria and Portugal.
Despite their qualifications some of the highest academic achievers doubted their own surgical potential, due to the fear of operating on live animals. Each delegate soon overcame this within the non-commercial, supportive, surgical environment and even the most nervous found that they were capable of becoming competent surgeons.
In five years of the programme several thousand animals have been neutered or received surgical procedures, which has then allowed them to be re-homed throughout Europe. There has not been one anaesthetic death, or surgical disaster during this time.
By providing the opportunity to perform surgery in a more relaxed and supportive environment with stray/abandoned animals, vets rapidly develop their surgical skills and after one to two weeks they gain the equivalent experience of several months in normal practice.
Having spent several years back in the UK, Wayne has missed the satisfaction of making such a difference to the lives of so many veterinary colleagues, so now he has returned to restart neuter clinic on a better and bigger level.
The course will be entirely practical performing surgeries from start to finish, with the students and qualified vets performing back to back procedures, in a relaxed friendly environment.
In private practice there are too many financial stresses to achieve this level of surgical experience so quickly and the clock is always ticking.
Intense vet surgical programmes, building confidence in a more relaxed non-commercial environment
Veterinary surgeons and students working with 'protectors de animales' and refugios helping save the lives of abandomed animals
PUTTING THE NEEDS OF ANIMALS AND VETERINARY STUDENTS TOGETHER
Many charity organisations devote their life to helping stray animals. but their funds for neutering and surgical procedures are limited.
Many highly skilled vets and students, want or need, to gain surgical experience in a comfortable environment, without the commercial pressure of working in a business.
This programme facilitates this perfectly, by combining the surgeon's needs to further develop their neutering skills, with the surgical needs of abandoned animals thus allowing them to be re-homed.
All surgery is overseen by an experienced vet who will be in theatre to help, support and guide as required.
This programme currently supports Spanish and other European shelters in their animal charity work and we hope to develop the programme further in the future to support even further afield
WHO CAN ATTEND THE CLINIC IN SPAIN?
Any veterinary student in their clinical years at University, or any qualified veterinary surgeon wishing to further develop their surgical skills, or refresh them after a period out of practice.
We support the charities by providing free surgical procedures and neuter as many as possible, in order that they can be then rehomed.
After dogs and cats are castrated or spayed they can then find themselves a new loving home in Europe.
In the past we have had veterinary surgeons attend from the UK, USA, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria and Portugal.
If you are nervous or apprehensive about performing surgery, then this programme is the only place to get the surgical support and intensive practice you need, to build your confidence and develop a belief in yourself and your skills. We are here to help and we haven't failed a veterinary surgeon yet in achieving their goal.
We are very proud that this programme has already helped thousands of abandoned animals start a new life and at the same time helped hundreds of veterinary students and surgeons develop their surgical skills and confidence.
