VCA Congress
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Virtual Event
Sarah Little, AFHEA, VCA
The University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Sarah Little has worked in the veterinary industry since 2008 after taking an interest in the profession during work experience and has been working at The University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies as an Anaesthesia Assistant since 2017.
Since starting at the R(D)SVS, Sarah has completed a Level 2 Diploma for Veterinary Care Assistants through the College of Animal Welfare and the Fear Free Certification Program. She has earned a Certificate in Canine First Aid Training as well as a Diploma in Canine Behaviour Training.
Recently she was awarded her Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Diane continues to share her own passion for the work she does by lecturing nationally and internationally and being an active clinical educator for the Masters/Post Graduate Veterinary Physiotherapy Programmes in the UK.
Bronte Stephenson RVN BSc(Hons) C-SQP NCert (Dent)
The College of Animal Welfare
Bronte is a Registered Veterinary Nurse, who began working in small animal first opinion practice in 2015. She qualified as an RVN in 2017, and has since gained the post-nominals of C-SQP and NCert (Dentistry).
Bronte continues to work in clinical practice and is a huge advocate for dental health – no patient goes home from any surgery without a peek in their mouth too! Bronte is frequently involved with teaching other nurses, and veterinary surgeons, dentistry techniques in client education, radiography and local anaesthesia.
She also works as a Distance Learning Tutor for the College of Animal Welfare, assisting VCA and VCS students to complete their courses.
Helen Matyear RVN Cert HE ICH
The College of Animal Welfare
Helen qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2018 and has worked in first opinion and referral practices with orthopaedic, soft tissue and neurological patients. It was while first working in referral that Helen developed a love for all things rehab and so went on to become a qualified Hydrotherapist and proud member of the Institute of Canine Hydrotherapists (ICH).
Helen has a particular interest in the rehab of senior patients and neurological cases and loves seeing the positive effects of combined therapies to help improve quality of life.
Helen splits her time between working at a rehab clinic, nursing in practice and teaching with The College of Animal Welfare. She started working with the college in 2023 as a tutor for the Veterinary Care Assistant qualifications and has a passion for supporting learners to achieve their goals.
Kate Main BVSc PGCert SAM MRCVS
Dogs Trust
Kate graduated from Bristol Veterinary School in 2008. During her final year elective, she studied Animal Behaviour and Welfare, and this sparked an interest in this subject area.
Kate spent 9 years working as a veterinary surgeon in small animal practice, achieving a Post Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Medicine. She joined Dogs Trust’s Veterinary Intervention Development Team in 2021 and is project lead for the Dog Friendly Clinic Scheme, a collaborative project with the British Veterinary Behaviour Association.
Kate has continued her animal behaviour learning journey at Dogs Trust and is studying for her PGCert in Clinical Animal Behaviour.
Tamson Durston RVN CAB BA (Hons) BSc (Hons) MSc (Hons)
Dogs Trust
Tamson is a Registered Veterinary Nurse, Clinical Animal Behaviourist, and accredited Dog Training Instructor. She has also gained an MSc in Human Behaviour Change in order to underpin animal welfare activity with evidenced behavioural science.
Employed full-time as Dogs Trust’s Veterinary Intervention Development Manager, Tam leads a dedicated team working to embed canine behavioural principles within veterinary practice.
As well as providing emotional support for animals, she is keen to optimise human workplace mental and emotional health and has researched and authored a book, ‘Emotional Well-being for the Animal Welfare Professional’.
Dr Libby Kemkaran MA VETMB MRCVS
Dr Libby Kemkaran is a Business Mentor, Neurocoach and TEDx speaker.
She is an Accredited Peak Performance consultant and qualified Flow Coach, creator of the award winning Tame Your Brain® methodology, the Big Cat Business Brain® profiling tool, and she coach CEOs, leadership teams and individual solo entrepreneurs around the globe.
She is a Faculty Partner at the Entrepreneurs Institute, and teaches the TAME® methodology monthly to the partners there.
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