CPD Seminars

From 2008 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) will become compulsory for all AMTRA SQPs.

However, AMTRA is already offering CPD on a voluntary basis to its SQPs: presentations from some of the events held in 2006 and 2007 are given below.

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Some Previous CPD Events

Malvern and Scotch Corner, May 2007

Builth Wells, Bicton, Ardingly & Edinburgh - April to June 2006

The format of these seminars was designed to help all SQPs understand the new legislation and regulations and to understand what will be involved in the conversion examination all existing SQPs will be required to take. In addition there was a presentation and discussion about the new compendium of medicines that SQPs can prescribe, including the importance of the information contained in the compendium and product labels. Finally, the Government was consulting on changes to the regulations from October 2006, and these were presented to the meetings, with an opportunity for those attending to make their views clear to AMTRA and VMD.

Introduction - Professor Phil Thomas, AMTRA Chairman
The Law - what has changed & why? - John Millward, John FitzGerald & Heather Oliver, VMD
The New Qualification Structure & the Conversion Examination - Carwyn Ellis, Harper Adams
Medicines & the Compendium - Stephen Dawson, NOAH
The New Course - Dr Douglas McEwan, AMTRA Director & Assessor
The AMTRA Web Site - Dr Roger R Dawson, AMTRA Secretary
What may change from October 2006 - John Millward, John FitzGerald & Heather Oliver, VMD
The Animal Health & Welfare Management Programme - Dr Beverley Williams, SEERAD [presented at Edinburgh event only]

Blackpool, 18 January 2006

9.00 am New Veterinary Medicines Legislation - John FitzGerald Director of Policy, VMD
9.25 am The Code of Practice & Enforcement of the Regulations & the Code - John Millward, AMI
10.00 am Exhibition Break & coffee
10.25 am Implementing the EU Directive: The Irish Dimension - Brendan Barnes, Director, APHA
10.45am The AMTRA New Training Regime - Phil Thomas, AMTRA and Carwyn Elllis, HAUC
11.20am The value of the Electronic NOAH Compendium to SQPs - Alison Glennon, NOAH
11.30 am Exhibition Break & coffee
11.55 am Panel discussion - Are there answers to the key issues raised?
12.30 pm The Role of the SQP in Farm Health Planning - Catherine Harrold, DEFRA & Peter Rudman, RUMA
1.00 pm Lunch
2.15 pm Introduction, AMTRA Chairman Prof Phil Thomas
2.25 pm The upgrading assessment - what will be involved? Erica Martin
2.45 pm The interpretation of the Regulations and the Code John Millward, Colin Hall & others
3.45pm The prevention of anthelmintic resistance, SCOPS, new messages, and ectoparasite control - Lesley Stubbings