1° ITINERARIO DI AGOPUNTURA OCCIDENTALE - I PARTE FOUNDATION COURSE IN VETERINARY ACUPUNCTURE MARCH 31st APRIL 3rd 2015 Accredited course - Acupuncture and Chronic Pain Management GPCert(WVA&CPM) GENERAL INFORMATION VENUE: Cremona, Trecchi Palace REGISTRATION: h. 08.30 am BEGINNING OF THE COURSE: h. 09.15 am END OF THE COURSE: h. 16.30 pm Download the detailed program from the website www.scivac.it DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION st nd 1 DEADLINE: December 2 2014 2nd DEADLINE: February 16th 2015 REGISTRATION FEE • SCIVAC Members and foreign delegates WHOLE ITINERARY: € 2.500, 00 + VAT (€ 3.050,00) • SCIVAC Members and foreign delegates - SINGLE COURSE 1st deadline: € 881,97 + IVA (€ 1.076,00) • SCIVAC Members and foreign delegates SINGLE COURSE: € 979,51 + VAT (€ 1.195,00) The registration after the indicated deadline will incur a charge of: € 50,00 + VAT 1st DAY, TUESDAY MARCH 31st • Introduction to the course (practical considerations, overview of acupuncture, its history, some TCM nomenclature and the introduction of acupuncture to the West, Safety Brief for needling of fellow participants) • Needling practice (experience needling at Li4, points: neck, shoulder and arm, point finding in the veterinary species) • Introduction to trigger points (trigger point theory in man and animals, finding trigger points) • Pain recognition in animals • Principles of point selection • Safety quiz • Point selection exercises-neck, shoulder and forelimb conditions) COURSE DIRECTOR AND SPEAKER SAMANTHA LINDLEY BVSc, MRCVS, UK 2nd DAY, WEDNESDAY APRIL 1st • Points in the lower back and leg (point finding in the veterinary species, needling practice) • Neurophysiology of acupuncture (revision of pain pathways and the nervous system, explaining the principles of point selection) • Point location dogs (practical handling and location, further principles of point selection, point selection exercises-lumbar, lumbosacral region and hind limb, clinical discussion) • Clinical aspects of treatment (which patients to treat, which conditions to treat, contraindications/cautions, needles and needling techniques, frequency and timing of treatments) • Safety and side effects (safety of acupuncture, serious adverse side effects, minor adverse side effects, relevance to the veterinary species) • Planning patient treatments and presentations 3rd DAY, THURSDAY APRIL 2nd • • • • Face and abdomen points, point location, practice Needling, use of different needling techniques Discussion of relevance of face points in animals Segmental acupuncture the use of acupuncture for − Functional non pathological disorders, paraspinal − Needling-theory and practice, other approaches to − Segmental needling, treatment of visceral − Conditions: point selection exercises • Case demonstrations with discussion 4th DAY, FRIDAY APRIL 3rd sponsor: • Introduction to electroacupuncture (electroacupuncture theory, electroacupuncture experience) • Dermatology (theory and research of acupuncture in dermatology, consideration of dermatological conditions, point selection exercises) • Research and audit (challenges of acupuncture research, examples of acupuncture research, questions to ask and pitfalls to avoid) • Case studies (devising treatment plans for more complex cases) • Running a veterinary acupuncture clinic (safety, practical considerations, timing and pricing) • Quiz (opportunity for revision and reflection) • Case presentations (final forum) 20 TRANSLATION NOT PROVIDED 14 PARTICIPANTS