Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the fabulous Dr Rebekah Donaldson. Dr Donaldson, who completed her emergency and critical care specialist training at the RVC, is now working at Queensland Veterinary Specialists on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. We thought we would stay in the Southern hemisphere for this podcast and talk about tick paralysis. From presentation to treatment, we hope that you enjoy. 

Links to some relevant papers:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31762008/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37089405/  

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 155 Tick paralysis with Rebekah Donaldson. Published on Mar 20 2026

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Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the amazing Dr Claire Sharp. Claire is Associate Professor at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia) and has such a wide range of academic interests we could talk to her about anything from trauma to sepsis, coagulation to CPR but we thought we would have an antipodean chat about snake envenomation. From clinical presentation, to tips on treatment recommendations as well as what the future holds, we hope that you enjoy. 

Links to some relevant papers:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32743816/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32390184/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29857087/

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 154 Snake envenomation with Claire Sharp. Published on Feb 26 2026

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Joining Brian and myself in a room on campus, we are delighted to have Professor Richard Meeson join us. Richard is one of our fantastic orthopaedic surgeons here at the RVC. We thought we’d ask him some questions separating the fact from the fiction in osteoarthritis. The reason we are not in the studio is that it might not look so good visually, and yes if you are keen you can watch this as a video podcast. We hope that you enjoy. 

Links to some relevant papers:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29618832/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32411739/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35372534/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32835227/

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 153 Myths in Osteoarthritis with Richard Meeson. Published on Feb 6 2026

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Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Catriona Jenkinson join us. Catriona is one of our fantastic internal medicine residents here at the RVC. Cat gave a talk to the hospital on erythrocytosis and thought that it would have interest to a wider audience, not a common condition, though how often can you prescribe a course of leeches? We hope that you enjoy.

Links to some relevant papers:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31472727/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38383003/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38452480/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38452480/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29364032/

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 152 Erythrocytosis with Catriona Jenkinson. Published on Oct 31 2025 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email [email protected]; or [email protected] or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review.

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Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Matthew Simpson. Matt is one of our fabulous lecturers in soft tissue surgery here at the RVC. We thought we’d talk about approach to GI surgery, from suture techniques to staples.  We hope that you enjoy.

Link to relevant paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35090778/

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 151 Gastrointestinal Surgery with Matthew Simpson. Published on Oct 24 2025

If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email [email protected]; or [email protected] or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review. 

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Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Chris Scudder join us. Chris is one of our outstanding internal medics here at the RVC and interested in all things endocrine, but we thought we’d catch up with him about one of his other passions, intravenous catheters. How much do we know about the most common intervention in small animal practice? We hope that you enjoy.  

Link to the main paper we discuss:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39238283/  

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 150 Intravenous catheters with Chris Scudder. Published on Aug 1 2025

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Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosie Allister join us. She has kindly spoken to us before, the last time in 2021 (Podcast 124). Rosie manages the Vetlife helpline, a 24-hour support service for everyone in the UK veterinary community.  Her research, based at the University of Edinburgh, looks at veterinary mental health, wellbeing at work, and veterinary suicide prevention. She has written and spoken extensively about veterinary mental health nationally and internationally. She is an expert in the transition of veterinary student to veterinarian and we thought we’d catch up on Vetlife and provide tips for new graduates on how to plan for the upcoming transition. We hope that you enjoy.

Contact vetlife:
https://www.vetlife.org.uk
Or 0303 040 2551  

Links to some of Rosie’s research:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32220989/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33739493/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39395434/

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 149 Vetlife 2025 with Rosie Allister. Published on May 2 2025

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Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Matt Ozment join us. Matt is an employment lawyer in South Carolina and is married to a vet (that is the veterinary connection). I approached Matt to ask him to talk on the podcast about contracts. Something that I’ve been asked about over the years by our graduates going into practice and thought a podcast might be the way I can ask an expert, Matt, these questions. We hope that you enjoy.

If you are in South Carolina and have a question for Matt – get in contact: [email protected]
To find a lawyer in the US contact your State Bar Association (e.g. in Colorado https://www.cobar.org).
To find a lawyer in the UK search the Law Society website: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk
To find a lawyer in Australia, each state/territory has its own Law Society (e.g. ACT: https://actlawsociety.asn.au/find-a-lawyer )
To find a lawyer in New Zealand search the Law Society website: https://www.lawsociety.org.nz
To find a lawyer in Canada, each province has its own Law Society (e.g. in Ontariohttps://lso.ca/home )

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 148 Contracts with Matt Ozment. Published on Mar 7 2025 
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Joining Brian and myself in our actual studio we are delighted to have Dr Nekesa Morey with us. Nekesa is one of our fabulous cardiologists here at the RVC. We thought it would be a good idea to have a chat about common heart murmurs in puppies, how we can diagnose what is going on, and what treatment options are available. We hope that you enjoy.

If you are looking to send a puppy to us
https://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-vet/specialist-referrals/clinical-services/veterinary-cardiology/puppy-heart-clinic 

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 147 Heart murmurs in puppies with Nekesa Morey. Published on Dec 27 2024

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Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Clive Elwood with us. Clive, an RVC alumnus (his PhD and Masters in Immunology), spent 20 years in private referral practice, where he was Managing Director. He now runs his own coaching business. He decided to write the book that he wished existed on veterinary leadership, and we thought that it would be a good idea to chat to him about his take on leadership in the veterinary profession. We hope that you enjoy.

How to find Clive
https://trelliscoaching.co.uk/

Clive’s book if you are in the UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leadership-Veterinary-Medicine-Clive-Elwood/dp/111974976X
Or the US https://www.wiley.com/en-br/Leadership+in+Veterinary+Medicine-p-9781119749769
Or Australia https://www.amazon.com.au/Leadership-Veterinary-Medicine-Clive-Elwood/dp/111974976X

To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 146 Leadership with Clive Elwood. Published on Dec 20 2024

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