Venue CPD Solutions Training Centre, Studley, Warwickshire
Course Tutors
Mike Martin MVB DVC MRCVS
Martin Referrals, Kenilworth
Paul Smith BVetMed DVC MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology
Dick White Referrals, Suffolk
Charlotte Whatmough BVetMed MRCVS DipECVDI
European Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
Davies Veterinary Specialists, Herts
Format
Modular Course with five attendance sessions designed for vets in first opinion practice who wish to develop their confidence and skills in dealing with small animal cardiology patients.
Course Outline
Would you like to be able to deal with your cardiology patients with confidence each time one enters your consulting room? This course is for you if you have ever struggled with your investigations and work-up, pored uncertainly over the thoracic films or ECGs that you have just taken, or wondered which therapeutic approach is best for each of your cases.
Throughout the course, the emphasis will be on helping you to develop a consistent approach to each patient in taking a history, clinical examination and further investigations. Your decision-making skills will be developed and you will have a clear knowledge of the relevance and limitations of different investigations together with practical experience of interpretation.
Module 1: Clinical Examination and Adult Diseases
Date: 17th January 2008
Review of heart diseases
How to carry out an effective clinical examination- includes practical on dogs
Taking a history
Specific diseases of the adult canine:
• Mitral valve disease
• Tricuspid valve disease
• DCM
• Pericardial disease
• Parasitic diseases
Specific diseases of the adult feline:
• Cardiomyopathies
• Parasitic diseases
• Hypertension
Module 2: Radiography and Radiology; ECGs part 1
Date: 14th February 2008
• How to get a diagnostic chest film
• Radiology - heart size, lung patterns, normal variations, radiology in specific conditions
• Steeplechase - radiographs and case examples
• ECGs part 1 - understanding ECGs - normal and abnormal electricity of the heart
• ECG reading practical session
Module 3: ECGs part 2
Date: 5th March 2008
• Understanding the six limb leads
• ECG machine function and recording
• MEA
• Artefacts
• ECG complex abnormalities and their clinical significance
• Heart rhythm sounds
• Practical sessions with radiographs and ECGs to interpret
Module 4: Congenital Disease and Echocardiography
Date: 17th April 2008
Congenital conditions - how to diagnose them
• PDA
• Aortic stenosis
• Pulmonic stenosis
• Mitral and tricuspid valve dysplasia
• Ventricular septal defect and atrial septal defect
• Complex anomalies
Echocardiography - an introduction
• A beginners guide - How to carry out an echo scan (including practical)
• The normal heart
• Basic measurements and normal variations
• Echo findings in diseased states - adults
• Echo findings in congenital conditions
Module 5: Therapy for Cardiac Disease
Date: 15th May 2008
• Therapeutics for congestive heart failure
• Congenital heart disease - interventions and surgery
• Pericardiocentesis
• Thoracocentesis
• Arrhythmias and antiarrhythmics
• Pacemakers - what you need to know
Learning tasks are set between modules to enable you to practise what you have learned. Questions raised will be discussed at the next attendance session. You are also encouraged to bring case material yourself for discussion of any challenging or interesting cases that you have seen in your practice.
At the end of the course, you will have developed a consistent and effective approach to your cardiology patients. You will be more confident in decision-making, in selecting tests and their subsequent interpretation, and in the current options available for treatment of conditions that you are likely to encounter in first opinion practice.
Course Fee
£ 1570.00 + VAT (£1844.75)
Includes tuition, course notes, refreshments and lunches.