How can clinical audit be used across sectors to improve AMS in day-to-day veterinary practice?
Find out in this interactive workshop, brought to you by Arwain DGC!
Delegates from all streams (farm animal, companion animal, equine, mixed practitioners), experience levels, and job roles (including RVNs/REVNs, practice managers) are welcome to attend this workshop as part of the Vets Cymru programme – including those engaged in or preparing for RCVS Practice Standards accreditation.
Find out more below!
Veterinary Prescribing Champions (VPC): Using clinical audit to improve antimicrobial stewardship across veterinary practice
Friday 3 July, 10:00-10:50 | Penbryn Medrus 3
This interactive workshop explores how clinical audit can be used as a practical tool to improve antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) across all veterinary sectors. Suitable for the whole practice team, including those working towards or maintaining RCVS Practice Standards Scheme accreditation, the session demonstrates how a simple, adaptable audit framework can be applied in everyday practice. Using examples from the Veterinary Prescribing Champions (VPC) Network, delegates will gain insight into how audit can support better prescribing decisions, team engagement, and continuous improvement, and how to overcome common challenges such as time constraints and data collection.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role of clinical audit in supporting AMS and professional standards.
- Identify simple, realistic ways to implement audit in practice.
- Recognise common prescribing trends and effective interventions.
- Gain confidence in engaging the wider team in audit activity.
- Leave with a practical audit idea and tools to get started in their own practice.
Participants will leave with practical tips, templates, and inspiration to use clinical audit as a meaningful tool for improving patient care, not simply as a compliance exercise.
Meet the Experts
Amelia Sidwell
Veterinary Development Manager, Arwain DGC
Amelia grew up on a dairy farm in Derbyshire, where her interest in antimicrobial use (AMU) and stewardship first developed. She graduated cum laude from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest in 2016, and began her career in mixed practice, later focused on equine dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, completing specialist training in this field through an EVDC residency. During this time, she led antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, published on AMU in equine dentistry, and presented internationally on the subject. Following the defence of her Master’s thesis on pain behaviour in equids, she now works as Veterinary Development Manager for Arwain DGC, where she is conducting research to support AMU decision-making in farm animal practice. She continues to undertake clinical work in both small animal emergency and critical care and the equine sector alongside her role. Outside of work, Amelia enjoys trail running the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons, cycling, and CrossFit.