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Society of Companion Animal Practitioners of Sri Lanka

16 A Model TWN Road
Katubedde
Ratmalana
Sri lanka

President: Dr. Janith Gunasekera

WSAVA Representative
Dr. Nalinika Obeyesekere
c/o PetVet Clinic
421/5 Malalasekera
Mawatha, Columbo 7
Sri Lanka

Tel: 0094 12 599799 or 0094 12 599800
Fax: 0094 12 599799
E-mail: petvet@isplanka.lk

Membership (February 2008): 40

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SCAP CE Efforts 2008 - An Opportunity for Corporate Sponsorship

Due to the great demand for quality veterinary services and a need for veterinary clinicians to update their knowledge to meet current trends as well as to advance and develop companion animal practice, in February 2003 the Doctors of Pet Vet Clinic joined together with several colleagues and established the Society of Companion Animal Practitioners (SCAP). Since March 2003, SCAP planned and conducted educational programs for veterinary clinicians in Sri Lanka.

It must be stressed that except for the programs organized by SCAP, there is no other source of advanced educational opportunities in clinical medicine for the companion animal veterinary sector in Sri Lanka. As the veterinary profession is still developing, most veterinarians do not have the resources to attend regional conferences and training seminars even in the South Asian region. Thus the educational programs arranged through SCAP are critical for the development of the companion animal veterinary sector.

SCAP has in the past depended on small individual sponsorships from the pharmaceutical trade in order to fund their professional development programs. As all office bearers and committee members are full time clinical practitioners, the extensive lobbying and time commitment required to obtain even these small funds is not sustainable in the long run.

As corporates clearly understand the value and need for continued learning as well as technological advancement, SCAP felt it was important to engage the assistance of the corporate sector in facilitating this endeavour. To this end, SCAP has put together a detailed proposal that offers a potential corporate a niche area to focus on as part of animal welfare stewardship. This can be positioned as an extension to existing environmental stewardship initiatives. For a complete copy of the proposal, contact the SCAP at the contact information listed above.

Currently in Sri Lanka overpopulation of stray dogs and the ongoing problem with rabies outbreaks is a serious issue of concern. Through updated knowledge and information distribution on current internally accepted humane methods of dog population and rabies control, SCAP has strongly encouraged and motivated the veterinary community of conducting special programs in the City of Colombo as well as other parts of the country. The veterinarians involved with the Health Ministry as well as many private veterinarians through NGOs are currently conducting large scale sterilization and vaccination programs throughout the island using state of the art surgical methods.

In this context, SCAP is looking for long term corporate sponsorship in order to advance this goal of developing the companion animal sector to international standards through advanced clinical training and education.

Benefits to Sponsor
We can provide, above the speaking platform, prominent branding opportunities as a part of the direct marketing campaign (such as banners). Opportunity can be provided for an exhibition booth/stand at the seminar. Your logo can be placed on the conference brochures and other stationery. Sponsors will be acknowledged and appreciated by the President and Secretary at the event. Announcements from sponsors may provided on request.. Additional branding opportunities are also available as a part of our quarterly newsletters. Ongoing regional collaboration may lead to international branding opportunities in the near future.

Vision
The principal vision is to address the needs of the growing number of companion animal veterinary practitioners and facilitate the push towards improving veterinary medicine in Sri Lanka to international standards.

Mission
To increase the access to knowledge, promote continuing professional development (CPD) and thereby improve the standards and professionalism of companion animal practitioners in Sri Lanka.

Past SCAP CE Events
Since 2003, SCAP in conjunction with generous corporate sponsors, have hosted two to four CE events per year and these have covered a wide range of topics including diagnostic imaging, orthopedic and soft-tissue surgery, animal welfare, infectious diseases, urolithiasis and renal diseases, dermatology, ophthalmology, and emergency and critical care medicine.

2008 SCAP CE Events

January 2008 – Radiology - Dr S P Tyagi, Asst Professor, Dept of Surgery & Radiology,
Inmachal Pradesh, India

February 2008 - Electrocardiography and Neurology - Dr Raj Packianathan

“JOURNAL CLUB” CLINICAL SESSIONS will be held once in 4 months at a member’s clinic. The purpose of this session will be for veterinarians to meet and review new ideas and research available in recent publications. One or a group of veterinarians will prepare a presentation based on a recent publication of interest and present it for discussion and integration into Sri Lankan practice situation.

COLLABORATING ENTITIES:
Sri Lanka Veterinary Association
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Peradeniya
Veterinary Department, Colombo Municipal Council

CURRENT BENEFITS ACHIEVED THROUGH SCAP

• Invitations from VPA Thailand and Malaysian SAVA and other regional veterinary associations to our clinicians to attend training programs
• we are able to send veterinary clinicians for training to the South Eastern Region
• increase of multi-doctor veterinary practices with improved diagnostic equipment such as x-ray and scanner equipment, gas anaesthesia machines and development of auxiliary services such as pet stores, grooming and boarding kennels
• awarded membership to the World Small Animal Veterinary Association in 2005, thereby giving us the following benefits from WSAVA –

1. WSAVA’s primary purpose is to advance the quality and availability of small animal medicine and surgery, and this broad aim is achieved in a number of different ways.
2. WSAVA fosters the exchange of scientific information, both between individual veterinarians and between their veterinary organizations.

The purpose of the scheme is to encourage both individual learning and to assist member associations to develop their own self sufficiency and continuing education programmes. This theoretically will make the project self limiting and it would be considered a triumph if that ever happened! Currently the focus of activity is moving from Europe to other parts of the world and it is delightful to see financial strength and development in countries being mirrored in their desire for continuing education in small animal veterinary surgery and their ability to become self sufficient.