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CPD Hours: 16 hours
Course Length: Four weeks
Course Format: A mixture of two-hour weekly webinars (which can be viewed live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), online case assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online discussion forums
Key Areas
- Assessment and stabilisation of the dyspnoeic patient
- An overview of respiratory procedures, including TFAST (thoracic ultrasound), thoracocentesis, thoracic drain placement and lower airway sampling
- Investigating sneezing and nasal discharge
- Lower airway disease in the cat and dog
- Pleural effusion – an update on diagnostics techniques and management of common causes
About this course Do you want to improve your diagnosis and management of small animal respiratory disease cases?
Small animal respiratory diseases can be both stressful and frustrating to manage and clinical signs of respiratory disease can range from life threatening to infuriatingly chronic in nature. This online course will present a problem-based approach to several common manifestations of respiratory disease in dogs and cats. The course also provides an update on a range of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for managing respiratory cases.
Why do this course?
You will not only be able to optimise your management of respiratory cases in primary-care practice, but will also grow in confidence when making diagnostic and treatment plans for dogs and cats with respiratory disease.
The webinars will run on the following dates from 12.30pm to 2.00pm London time including a 30 minute registration and familiarisation period prior to the commencement of the lecture.
Webinar dates:
Tuesday 12th May
Tuesday 19th May
Tuesday 26th May
Tuesday 2nd June
Tutors Simon Cook, BSc BVSc MVetMed DipACVECC DipECVECC MRCVS
Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
The Royal Veterinary College
Ruth Gostelow, BVetMed MVetMed PhD DipACVIM DipECVIM FHEA MRCVS
Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
The Royal Veterinary College
