Continuing Professional Education | Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences

The Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (the "College") has gained a reputation for being a valuable provider of continuing professional education (CPE) in Hong Kong. Recognising that different veterinarians have different needs, the College provides a variety of CPE events to serve the needs of the community. These range from hands-on wet labs, workshops, seminars and even webinars. We maintain an innovative and collaborative approach in order to deliver high quality programmes that give you several options to keep yourself updated and at the cutting edge of your chosen field.

For enquiries, please call (852) 3442-2245 or email cvmls.cpe@cityu.edu.hk

Coming CPE Programme in 2024

Date	Topic	Speaker
6 November 2024	Veterinary Legal Series 2024-2025- Record Keeping	Dr Bernard Murphy & Mr Chris Howse
4 December 2024	Veterinary Legal Series 2024-2025- Informed Consent	Dr Bernard Murphy & Mr Chris Howse
15 January 2025	Veterinary Legal Series 2024-2025- Dealing with complaints & De-escalating complaints and Irrational Clients	Dr Bernard Murphy & Mr Chris Howse
12 February 2025	Veterinary Legal Series 2024-2025- Dealing with VSB disciplinary issues	Dr Bernard Murphy & Mr Chris Howse
12 March 2025	Veterinary Legal Series 2024-2025- Employment issues for veterinary surgeons	Ms Patricia Yeung & Dr Bernard Murphy
9 April 2025	Veterinary Legal Series 2024-2025- Defamation and social media	Mr Michael Withington & Dr Bernard Murphy
14 May 2025	Veterinary Legal Series 2024-2025- Special Circumstances	Dr Bernard Murphy

Past CPE Programme in 2024

Date	Topic	Speaker
4 July 2024	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Drinking for China: How do I deal with a thirsty dog and cat?	Prof Pawel Beczkowski
6 June 2024	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Infectious Diseases in Hong Kong – What’s here, What’s not and what should I be testing for in dogs and cats?	Prof Vanessa Barrs
16 May 2024	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Pathways to the answer: getting the best from your diagnostic laboratory	Dr Fraser Hill
18 April 2024	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: How to recognize dermatophytosis and what are important treatment considerations	Prof Stefan Hobi
7 March 2024	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: In-clinic haematology machine limitations	Prof Jeanine Sandy
1 February 2024	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Reptile husbandry evaluation for the busy practitioner	Prof Colin McDermott
4 January 2024	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Veterinary Paediatrics Revisited	Dr Emmanuel Fontaine

Date	Topic	Speaker
7 December 2023	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Histology Reports: More than just Diagnosis!	Prof May Tse
3 November 2023	Royal Canin Vet Focus Symposium 2023	Dr Nellie Choi, Dr Lara Fossati, Prof. Stefan Hobi and Dr Sonya Bettenay
1 November 2023	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Nutritional myths debunked: From reading pet food labels, to grain free and raw food diets	Dr Lara Fossati
19 October 2023	Veterinary Practice Series 2023-2024: Diagnosis and treatment of feline lymphoma, challenges and rewards	Prof Antonio Giuliano
18 & 19 March 2023	Parrot Behaviour and Welfare	Drs. Jan Hooimeijer and Dr. Irene Pepperberg

Date	Topic	Speaker
29 April 2021	Veterinary Legal Series - Topic 1: Informed Consent	Dr Bernard Murphy and Mr Chris Howse
11 June 2021	Importance of Poultry Veterinarians One Health-AMR-Biosecurity-Food Safety - Part 1	Dr. Peter Wijnen
25 June 2021	Importance of Poultry Veterinarians One Health-AMR-Biosecurity-Food Safety - Part 2	Dr. Peter Wijnen
21 July 2021	Control Your Veterinary Mind and Enjoy Your Career	Dr Brian McErlean
29 July 2021	Veterinary Legal Series - Topic 2: Dealing with complaints	Dr Bernard Murphy and Mr Chris Howse
30 July to 1 August 2021	33rd Annual Fred Scott Feline Symposium
30 September 2021	Veterinary Legal Series - Topic 3: Dealing with VSB disciplinary Issues	Dr Bernard Murphy and Mr Chris Howse
25 November 2021	Veterinary Legal Series - Topic 4: Employment Issues for Veterinary Surgeons/Defamation and Social Media	Mr Michael Withington, Ms Angela Wu and Dr Bernard Murphy
20 January 2022	Veterinary Legal Series - Topic 5: De-escalating Complaints	Dr Bernard Murphy and Mr Chris Howse
19 May 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Managing GI conditions with diet: From home-cooked for IBD to low-fat for pancreatitis	Dr John Loftus
9 June 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Nutritional management of Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD)	Dr Pawel Beczkowski
23 June 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Advances in Canine Neonatology : what’s new in 2022?	Dr Emmanual Fontaine
14 July 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Nutrition and Heart Diseases: a diet or supplement for every condition	Prof Joseph Wakshlag
18 August 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Supplements in cancer	Dr Antonio Giuliano
15 September 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Nutraceuticals for Arthritis: can we make a difference?	Prof Joseph Wakshlag
20 October 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Fiber Fix: From constipation to diarrhea, the role of fiber for the nutritional management of gastrointestinal disease	Dr Sally Perea, Veterinary Nutritionist, Royal Canin
24 November 2022	Veterinary Nutrition Webinar Series - Current knowledge of the pathological mechanism of Atopy and how this can be targeted by nutrition	Dr Adrian Watson, Project Scientist (Hair & Skin), Royal Canin Innovation; Dr Xavier Langon, Senior Research Scientist (Dermatology), Royal Canin

Day	Month	Topic	Speaker
3	Dec	Using Comparative Cognition to Advance Positive Animal Welfare [cancelled]	Dr Alan McElligott
4	Mar	Online Water Quality Class for Vets	Dr Richmond Loh

Day	Month	Topic	Speaker
3	Oct	Wound Management and Bandaging / Decreasing Anaesthetic Morbidity and Mortality	Leigh-Anne Nel, Tania Van Der Nest
23	Aug	Dealing with Aggression in Dogs & Psychopharmacology and Treating Anxiety in Animals	Dr Mami Irimajiri
22 - 23	Jul	Dental Workshop	Dr Loïc LEGENDRE
19	Jun	FeLV, FIV and F3 Feline Viruses - Diagnosis, Management and Treatment Strategies	Prof Julia BEATTY, Prof Vanessa BARRS
5	Jun	Basic Fish Medicine for your Practice	Dr Richmond LOH
2- 4	Apr	AOVET Course — Principles in Small Animal Fracture Management	Dr Mark Glyde, Dr Lucas Beierer, Dr Christopher TAN, Dr Jason YEH, Dr Jonathan SPEELMAN, Dr Charlie CHANG
2 - 4	Apr	AOVET Course — Principles in Equine Fracture Management	Dr Christoph LISCHER, Dr Paul ROBINSON, Dr Chris RIGGS, Dr Cedric CHAN, Dr Alex DAVIS
26 - 27	Mar	Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology	Dr Joerg STEINER
14	Jan	Seminar on Anaesthesia	Dr Alan TAYLOR, Mrs Susanne TAYLOR

Day	Month	Topic	Speaker
5	Dec	One Health Seminar Series: Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health - Past, Present and Future	Dr Nimal PATHIRAJA
4	Dec	Canine mast cell tumours: just take it easy! & Cytology: how to be successful - 12 practical tips	Dr Katarzyna PURZYCKA
20	Nov	Feline Medicine Webinar: Lecture Series 3 - Diarrhoea In Kittens	Dr Danielle GUNN-MOORE
6 - 8	Nov	CityU Centre of Animal Welfare presents Animal Behaviour and Welfare Series	Prof Katherine Albro HOUPT, Prof Barbara PADALINO
25 - 26	Oct	UFAW 2018 Animal Welfare Across Borders Global Conference	Dr Johnson CHIANG, Dr Judy MACARTHUR CLARK, Dr Birte L NIELSEN, Prof Natalie WAREN
24	Oct	Animal Abuse: Identification and knowing what to do	Prof Ranald MUNRO, Dr Paula BOYDEN
20	Sep	Veterinary radiology interactive case interpretation: Using cases to learn important principles of interpretation	Dr Hock Gan HENG
28 - 29	Aug	Veterinary Education Series: Sharpen your Clinical Thinking	Dr David CHURCH, Jill MADDISON
21	Aug	Feline Medicine Webinar: Lecture Series 2 - Diabetes mellitus in the cat	Dr Danielle GUNN-MOORE
20	Jul	Approach to cats with lower urinary tract diseases	Dr Susan LITTLE
4	Jul	Lecture Series on Laboratory Animals Science	Dr. Anthony JAMES, Prof Andrew MILLER, Dr. Jeffrey KELU, Dr. Siva TSANG, Dr. Joanne TAM & Dr. Keith LEUNG
27	Jun	CityU VDL presents: How to get the most out of your veterinary diagnostic laboratory	Dr Fraser HILL, Dr Allan KESSELL, Dr Jeanine SANDY, Dr Vidya BHARDWAJ
20	Jun	Corneal pathology: Medical and surgical management, and the latest advances in both	Dr Manuela CRASTA
14	Jun	Dealing with clients' complaints	Dr Bernard MURPHY, Mr Chris HOWSE
29	May	Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) - The New Renal Biomaker	Dr Jane ROBERTSON
22	May	Feline Medicine Webinar: Lecture Series 1- Triaditis introduction	Dr Danielle GUNN-MOORE
17	May	DERMATOLOGY SEMINAR Diagnosis and Treatment of Canine Atopic Dermatitis – from the past to the future	Dr Charles CHEN
9, 16	May	Veterinary Laboratory Techniques Series: Blood Analysis - make it perfect	Dr Jason WONG, Ms Fannie TSANG, Ms Isabella NG
2	May	Animal Welfare in the Veterinary Clinic (Session 2) Animal welfare & ethics in practical context	Dr Natasha LEE
10	Apr	Animal Welfare in the Veterinary Clinic (Session 1) Animal welfare - beyond good and bad animal health	Dr Natasha LEE
20	Jan	Emergency and Critical Care Workshop: ACVECC Certified CPR course	Dr Daniel FLETCHER

Day	Month	Topic	Speaker
13, 15	Dec	Lecture Series on Pathology of Laboratory Animals	Prof Ralph BUNTE, Dr Allan KESSELL, Dr Fraser HILL, Dr Anthony JAMES
7 - 8	Nov	Basic Ultrasonography techniques for the General Practitioner	Dr Hock Gan HENG
31	Oct	Waterworks matters - A practical workshop looking at the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract disease	Dr David SENIOR, Dr Allan KESSELL
25	Oct	New Zealand’s Animal Welfare Strategy	Mr Mark WARD
16	Oct	A Visit to the Veterinary Mind Temple: What is new and helping us understand Veterinary Mental Health	Dr Brian MCERLEAN
18	Sep	Demodex in Dogs: Is the Long Party Finally Over?	Dr David ROBSON
5	Sep	Management of Addisonian Crisis	Dr Stephanie JOHNNIDES
29	Aug	Practical Haematology Workshop	Dr Allan KESSELL
23	Aug	How Endoscopic Surgery can help your practice	Dr Jolle KIRPENSTEIJN
22	Aug	THE ITCHY INFECTED SKIN - An interactive, case-based seminar on Sarcoptes, atopy and pyoderma	Dr Stefan HOBI
18	Jul	A holistic case - based approach to Clinical Pathology results interpretation	Dr Allan KESSELL
6	Apr	Infection Control in a Clinic	Dr Gillian PERKINS
28 - 31	Mar	Small Animal and Equine Orthopaedic Workshops	Dr Christopher RIGGS, Dr Jorg AUER, Dr Dean RICHARDSON, Dr Paul ROBINSON
25 - 26	Mar	Small Animal Ultrasound Workshop	Dr Mark GLYDE, Dr Alessandro PIRAS, Dr Michael CONZEMIUS, Dr Christopher TAN, Dr Mark NEWMAN, Dr Lucas BEIERER
1	Mar	Antimicrobial Resistance - Current evidence gaps for informed public health risk management	Dr Katharina STAERK
28	Feb	Endodontics: Good health comes from within	Dr Nadine FIANI
13	Feb	Current and future swine breeding management	Dr Roy KRIKWOOD
10	Jan	Time to Act: Decisions for Emergency Surgery	Dr Thomas EDWARDS, Dr Jacquelyn PARKER, Dr Alan TAYLOR
10	Jan	Feline Cognitive Dysfunction	Dr Danielle GUNN-MOORE
6	Jan	Host switching of herpesviruses - species specificity is no more	Prof Klaus OSTERRIEDER

Day	Month	Topic	Speaker
7	Dec	Eleven metre baleen whale species not recognised until the end of the 20th century	Dr Tadasu YAMADA
30	Nov	Workshop in Monitoring Veterinary Anaesthesia	Dr Colin DUNLOP, Dr Alan TAYLOR
29	Nov	Wet Lab in Veterinary Local Anaesthesia	Dr Colin DUNLOP, Dr Alan TAYLOR
7	Nov	Keeping your eye in - A seminar in companion animal ophthalmology	Dr Izak VENTER
31	Oct	Antimicrobial Resistance – A Global Epidemic	Prof Mary BARTON
29	Sep	CKD in cats and its management	Dr Danielle GUNN-MOORE
12	Sep	Chemotherapy in Veterinary General Practice	Dr Shasta LYNCH
7	Jun	How to be a Veterinarian AND be happy?	Dr Brian MCERLEAN
26	May	FLUTD and its management	Dr Danielle GUNN-MOORE
14, 21, 28	Apr	Fundamentals of Anaesthesia for Nurses and Technicians (Group B)	Ms Susanna TAYLOR
10, 17, 23	Mar	Fundamentals of Anaesthesia for Nurses and Technicians	Ms Susanna TAYLOR
19	Feb	Wet Lab in Veterinary Ophthalmology	Dr David WILLIAMS
18	Feb	Ophthalmology in Small Animal Practice	Dr David WILLIAMS
28	Jan	What makes a cat a cat, and how to set up a cat friendly practice?	Dr Danielle GUNN-MOORE

Day	Month	Topic	Speaker
26	Nov	Small Animal Veterinary Toxicology	Dr Karyn BISCHOFF
11	Nov	Abdominal Exploration: How to do it right	Dr Jolle KIRPENSTEIJN
4 - 5	Nov	Critical Care Wet Laboratory	Dr Tom EDWARDS
27	Oct	"One Health" MRSA	Prof Mary BARTON
31	Aug	The Economics of Transboundary Disease Control: Case Studies of FMD Planning in the United States and New Zealand	Prof Tim CARPENTER
1 - 2	Jun	Emergency Critical Care Workshop	Dr Gretchen Lee SCHOEFFLER
7	May	Stress Management Workshop: The Veterinary Profession as an Illustration	Dr Brian MCERLEAN
31	Mar	Where do emerging diseases come from? - A One Health Lecture	Prof Joe BROWNLIE
24 - 27	Mar	AOVET Course - Advances in Equine Fracture Management	Prof Jörg AUER, Dr Christopher RIGGS

Day	Month	Topic	Year 2014
6 - 7	Oct	An Excellent Opportunity for Hands-on Orthopaedic Surgery Workshop
28 - 29	Aug	Veterinary Continuing Education in Cytology and Oncology
25 - 28	Mar	AOVET Course - Principles in Equine Fracture Management
Day	Month	Topic	Year 2013
11 - 13	Dec	4th South China Small Animal Veterinary Conference
21 - 22	Nov	International Animal Welfare Symposium
20	Nov	Pathology of Forensic Animal Welfare Cases
6 - 8	Nov	Mini-Conference in Small Animal Geriatric Care
1	Nov	Orthopaedic Seminar
30 1 - 2	Sep Oct	Surgical Evenings For Veterinary Surgeons and Assistants
2 - 3	May	IACUC/AEC training programme
27 - 29	Mar	Equine Colic and Abdominal Surgery Symposium
12 - 13	Mar	Seminar for Vet Nurses
4	Mar	Treating Lymphoma in Dogs and Cats
21	Feb	Veterinary Imaging & Cardiology Seminar
18 -20	Feb	Hands On Ultrasound Workshop
Day	Month	Topic	Year 2012
26 - 28	Nov	Conference in Small Animal Practice
14 - 16	Mar	PAVC Cardiology Seminar
11 - 13	Jan	Asian Equine Upper Airway Symposium
26	Aug	Treating Heart Disease in the Dog: Now and Next
10	Dec	One-Health Workshop