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2010 Postgraduate Registration
2010 Postgraduate Announcement
ACVECC Research Grants Available for 2010
2010 Post Graduate Review Registration
2010 Post Graduate Review Schedule of Events
ACVECC Research Grants Available for 2010
ACVECC Research Grants Available for 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT – FULL PROPOSALS SOLICITED
The American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 Research Grant Availability. Research grant(s) that center on emergency and critical care issues or problems can be funded for up to a total of $10,000 US.
This year, there will be no submission of pre proposals. The Full Proposal should be submitted electronically to Dr. Elisa Mazzaferro, Chair, Scientific Programs Committee, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at emazzaferro@hotmail.com. You will receive a follow-up email within (48) hours from Dr. Mazzaferro as receipt of your submission. If you do not receive email notification of receipt, please re-submit your proposal, or contact Dr. Mazzaferro directly.
Full Proposals due: March 15, 2010*
Notification of Funding: On or about June 1, 2010 (Award will be presented at IVECCS September 2010)
*Electronically submitted by 11:59 pm Pacific standard time.
Full Proposal guidelines:
Maximum length ten (10) typewritten pages (including budget and references); 1 inch margins; in an easy-to read 12-point font.
• Title Page with name and addresses of all investigators
• Study hypothesis and objectives
• Importance of the proposed study, highlighting relevance to Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, and how your approach will provide new information on the problem. Preliminary data should be presented if available.
• Describe the experimental design to satisfy the listed objectives. For clinical studies, document availability of sufficient case material. Multi-centered investigations may be necessary and are encouraged to provide sufficient case material.
• Budget should be well justified. Maximum budget amount is $10,000. Residual funds will be required to be returned at the end of (2) years. ACVECC does NOT pay for full-time faculty salaries, the purchase of laboratory equipment, or overhead.
• The proposed time line of the project (maximum one year)
• References
The Awardee will be required to provide a 6-month report by April 1, 2011 and is expected to present at least preliminary data at IVECCS 2011. Interim reports will be required every (6) months until final report is presented, due September 15, 2012. ACVECC should be acknowledged in any publication.
Note: The ACVECC Research Grant Program is designed to give preference to funding clinically oriented projects that either utilize clinical cases or experimental research and subjects that address a clinically-oriented emergency and/or critical care problem. The committee is particularly interested in “do-able” projects.
Any questions can be addressed directly to:
Elisa Mazzaferro Vice-President, ACVECC
Scientific Committee Chair, ACVECC
Work Phone: (303) 424-3325
Mobile Phone: (720) 837-7246
emazzaferro@hotmail.com
2010 Post Graduate Review Registration
"The Platelet"
American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Multi-disciplinary Review and Postgraduate Review Course
January 7 and 8, 2010
Hyatt Regency Hotel - Miami, Florida
REGISTRATION FORM
Please Print:
Name______________________________
Address______________________________________________________________
Telephone__________________________
Email address_______________________
Cost of ACVECC Postgraduate Review Conference (check applicable box):
□ Both Days: $275.00
□ Resident rate: $195.00
□ One day only: $ 225.00
□ Resident rate: $125.00
Resident rate applies to residents of ACVECC, ACVIM, ACVS, ACVR and any European specialties; interns and 2009 veterinary school graduate, and veterinary technicians are also eligible for the resident rate.
One day only registration is LIMITED to 20 people per day; overall registration is limited to 70 people so ASSURE your spot by signing up early!
Travel, lodging, and registration for the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 39th Critical Care Congress must be made separately by visiting the website at www.sccm.org. You do not have to attend the SCCM Congress to attend the PGR.
For Miami Hyatt Regency Hotel information, visit the website at www.miamiregency.hyatt.com.
A limited amount of rooms have been blocked off for (2) nights Jan 7-9, at the ACVECC group rate of $159
single/double occupancy. Reservations must be made before December 11, 2009 to be eligible for the group rate.
Group is blocked as "ACVECC," group number G-VECC. If you have any problem booking your room, please contact Sandra Llewellyn at: Sandra@ajtravel.com
How to register for the ACVECC Postgraduate Review Conference:
For credit card payment please e-mail this completed form the kathleen.liard@tufts.edu. You will be sent a return e-mail with a credit card authorization form to complete.
To pay by check, please complete and email this form to alert us that you're coming, and copy and send this form with your check (made payable to ACVECC) to:
Kathleen M. Liard, Staff Assistant
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
Dept of Clin Sci - FHSA
200 Westboro Rd.
North Grafton, MA 01536
2010 Post Graduate Review Schedule of Events
ACVECC announces the 2010 Multi Disciplinary & Post-Graduate Review Course
Two days of top-level CE directed at the Advanced Practitioner, Resident-in-training and Specialist
January 7, 2010 and January 8, 2010
Immediately preceding the 39th Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine
Miami, Florida
JANUARY 7th Day's EVENTS
Multi-disciplinary review
7:30-8:00 am Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:50 Anesthesia - Concepts for Criticalists Benjamin Brainard DVM, DACVECC
9:00-9:50 Innovation in coagulation evaluation Benjamin Brainard DVM, DACVECC
9:50-10:30 Break
10:30-11:20 Updates on sepsis Armelle de Laforcade DVM, DACVECC
11:30-12:20 pm Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Armelle de Laforcade DVM, DACVECC
12:20-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:50 Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia Megan Whelan DVM, DACVECC
3:00-3:30 Interpreting culture results and choosing antimicrobials Scott Shaw DVM, DACVECC
4:00-5:30 Multiple choice examination (optional; geared towards advanced practitioners and residents in
ACVECC and ACVIM training programs)
JANUARY 8th Day's EVENTS
The Platelet
Organized by Dr. Mary K. Boudreaux, DVM, PhD, Professor in the Department of Pathobiology at Auburn University
College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn, AL and winner of the 2009 Jack Mara Scientific Achievement Award.
7:30-8:00 am Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:00- 8:50 The role of platelets in hemostasis James L. Catalfamo MS, PhD
9:00-9:50 Platelet structure and activation pathways Mary Boudreaux DVM, PhD
9:50-10:20 Break
10:20-11:10 Evaluating platelet function James L. Catalfamo MS, PhD
11:20-12:10 pm Diagnosis & Treatment of inherited and acquired platelet disorders Mary Boudreaux DVM, PhD
12:10-1:40 Lunch
1:40-2:30 Diagnosis & Treatment of inherited and acquired platelet disorders Mary Boudreaux DVM, PhD
2:40-3:30 Platelets and Von Willebrand Disease James L. Catalfamo MS, PhD
3:30 Conclude/Questions
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