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DR ABBIE TIPLER
Specialist Small Animal Surgeon
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My journey, cases and surgical tips for veterinarians

Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Case log for fellowship training
This is the minimum case log requirement for training. Neurological surgery: Includes disc decompression, fenestration, fracture...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Study tips
In my bid to work out how I was going to memorise the mountain of literature and knowledge involved in residency training, I employed a...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
Visits with specialists
In my first year of surgical residency training, I left the family and flew to the USA to complete part of my surgical externship at UC...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 16, 20221 min read
A surgical residency with kids
The most common question I get asked about my residency, is how is it possible to do it with kids. My response is that kids are...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 12, 20221 min read
ANZCVS College Awards
When you become a member of the ANZCVS college, one of the advantages is you can be nominated for various awards. There are all sorts of...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Getting Involved / Getting a Residency
I have always been a huge believer in grabbing opportunities that come my way. There has been a recent swing towards 'not taking on too...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 12, 20221 min read
Female Orthopods
Female can't do orthopaedics, they said. This is a picture of one of my first fracture repairs at VSS. Females make great...
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Abbie Tipler
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Residency Training Programme
Thumpers Paw - a journal publication, and the components to a training programme. One of the most challenging aspects of a surgical...
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Abbie Tipler
Sep 29, 20221 min read
The Small Animal Surgery Dream
My dream and passion has always been to be a Small Animal Surgeon and right from veterinary school (many years ago now!), I knew that...
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