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This is a transcript of the podcast 'Research Focus: Scott Kilpatrick'.

In this award winning case example, Tonia Simms from The Farm Vets at Hampden Veterinary Hospital (VetPartners), explored the use of antibiotics in surgical calf castrates. Tonia created a risk assessment and policy to reduce the routine use of prophylactic antibiotics. The actions of the team following the introduction of the interventions led to an increase in morale and confidence around not prescribing prophylactic antibiotics without compromising welfare

Decision-making: evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) and contextualised care

Trustee recruitment pack

This flow chart shows how Quality Improvement (QI) is all part of a process, and how each QI initiative can interlink with the other to help us measure and improve our quality of care.

Dr Kit Sturgess, former Editor-in-Chief of Veterinary Evidence, spoke with the two of the winners of our 2023 Veterinary Evidence Student Awards.

Benchmark report for the National Audit for Small Animal Neutering (NASAN) 2023.

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Mark Morton, BVSc DSAS(Orth) MRCVS, who was employed at Chestergates Veterinary Specialists at the time of this QI initiative, introduced a 'Golden Patient' as an incentive for the team to improve theatre efficiency.

Mark won an RCVS Knowledge Highly Commended Award in 2021 for his work.