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Echocardiography and abdominal Small animal VCT online: Technology, Webinar Plus: Thoracic and abdominal Small animal VCT online: Head/neck,
ultrasound courses thorax, abdomen and vascular radiology online musculoskeletal and neurological
Various dates throughout 2024 applications Monday 29th April to Sunday 26th May applications
Monday 29th January to Sunday 24th March Would you like to feel more confident in interpreting thoracic and Monday 23rd September to Sunday 3rd November
Echocardiography courses (one week break w/c 19th February) abdominal radiographs?
• Basic echocardiography This online course for small animal veterinarians will refresh aspects of Are you using or planning to use computed tomography (CT)
Are you using or planning to use computed tomography (CT) in your practice?
• Practical echocardiography scanning day in your practice? thoracic and abdominal radiographic anatomy and essential pathological This online course will help you to understand CT technology and its
concepts. There will be numerous case examples, quizzes, selected
• Intermediate echocardiography This online course will help you to understand CT technology and its background reading and discussion forums to help you increase your diagnostic utilisation for evaluation of the head and neck, musculoskeletal
diagnostic utilisation in thoracic and abdominal imaging, including ability to correctly interpret radiographs. Emphasis will be on the most system and nervous system. It will equip you with the knowledge to
Ultrasound courses abdominal and thoracic CT angiography. It will equip you with the prevalent conditions affecting dogs and cats in first opinion practice, as successfully integrate CT in your small animal veterinary practice – onsite
• Basic small animal abdominal ultrasound knowledge to successfully integrate CT in your small animal veterinary well as common causes of error. or offsite. A review of practically applicable CT technology used in small
animals will lay the foundation for understanding the information displayed
• Practical abdominal ultrasound scanning days practice – onsite or offsite. A review of practically applicable CT Course details on CT images and help to optimise image acquisition for practitioners
technology used in small animals will lay the foundation for understanding
• Advanced small animal ultrasound – finding the small parts the information displayed on CT images and help to optimise image Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16 who have a CT unit onsite.
We are planning to deliver these courses in 2024, however due acquisition for practitioners who have a CT unit onsite. Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £399 Course details
to building works at the RVC’s Hertfordshire Campus we cannot Course details Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42
commit to dates at this stage. Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42 Tutor Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £779
If you would like to know more about these courses please visit Course length: 7 weeks (dates Course fee: £779 Helen Dirrig BVetMed MVetMed DipACVR DipECVDI PGCert(VetEd)
our website www.rvc.ac.uk/cpd include a one-week break) FHEA MRCVS, Lecturer in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, RVC Tutor
If you are interested in attending one of these courses, please Tutor Randi Drees Dr.med.vet. PhD DipACVR (Radiology, Radiation Oncology)
email us at cpd@rvc.ac.uk to be added to our waiting list. DipECVDI (add RadOncol) PGCertAP MRCVS, EBVS® European
Randi Drees Dr.med.vet PhD DipACVR (Radiology, Radiation Oncology) Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology,
DipECVDI (add RadOncol) PGCertAP MRCVS, EBVS® European Consultant Radiologist
Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology,
Consultant Radiologist

Learn to read radiographs online Abdominal ultrasonography online Master class online: Diagnostic imaging Webinar Plus: Integrating
Monday 15th January to Sunday 25th February Monday 15th April to Sunday 19th May of the abdomen echocardiography into your
or Monday 30th September to Sunday 10th Monday 3rd June to Sunday 14th July clinical practice
November Would you like to start to build your ultrasound knowledge and skills
from the comfort of your own computer?
Feeling a little unsure about how to interpret the abdominal radiograph of Monday 28th October to Sunday 24th November
Struggling with knowing whether that white bit on the lung is really a This online course is designed to provide you with the knowledge the dog or cat with a painful abdomen?
problem? Worried that you might miss an intestinal obstruction of a and skills required to perform a basic abdominal ultrasonographic Today many diagnostic modalities are available in veterinary practice to “I’ve done the echo, now what?!”
foreign body? Wondering what is this funky-looking lesion in the stifle? examination. At the end of the course you will have developed techniques evaluate the abdomen of the patient, including radiographs, ultrasound, Developing proficiency in practical echocardiography is a challenge, but
In other words – would you like to enhance your confidence in interpreting and a structured approach to allow you to perform a basic abdominal CT and scintigraphy. What information does each modality deliver and obtaining good images is only the start. The purpose of echocardiography
radiographs? During this course, you will enhance your knowledge of ultrasound in a dog or cat. how do I utilise the modalities best to optimise my diagnostic approach? is to help with clinical decision-making. While other courses might focus
small animal radiology and sharpen your skills at reading radiographs. A The online course is followed by an optional practical session on This course will help you to sharpen your skills by working through the on how to obtain standard echocardiography views and how to make
variety of radiographic cases will be used for individual review and group Wednesday 12th June at the RVC (limited to 20 participants). Please see abdominal anatomy and disease patterns using the different diagnostic measurements, this course will focus on what you can do with your
discussions. This will enable you to practise your reading technique our website for further details. imaging modalities. echocardiography findings to make better clinical decisions in dogs
and to share your experiences while enhancing your skills in assessing and cats with suspected heart disease. It is designed to be suitable for
radiographs. Course details Course details participants with some echocardiography experience, but you do not need
Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 26 online to be an expert echocardiographer to get something out of this course.
Course details Course length: 5 weeks Course fee: £629 Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42 The role of echocardiography will be critically evaluated in a problem-
Course type: e-CPD CPD hours: Up to 42 Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £729 based approach, looking at common presenting problems in dogs and
Course length: 6 weeks Course fee: £729 Tutor Tutor cats.
Pete Mantis DVM DipECVDI FHEA FRCVS, Head of Diagnostic Imaging,
Tutor Dick White Referrals, Honorary Associate Professor of Diagnostic Randi Drees Dr.med.vet. PhD DipACVR (Radiology, Radiation Oncology) Course details
Pete Mantis DVM DipECVDI FHEA FRCVS, Head of Diagnostic Imaging, Imaging, Nottingham University DipECVDI (add RadOncol) PGCertAP MRCVS, EBVS® European Course type: Webinar Plus CPD hours: Up to 16
Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology,
Dick White Referrals, Honorary Associate Professor of Diagnostic Consultant Radiologist Course length: 4 weeks Course fee: £399
Imaging, Nottingham University
Tutor
Virginia Luis Fuentes VetMB PhD CertVR DVC DipACVIM DipECVIMCA
MRCVS, Professor of Veterinary Cardiology, RVC