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 A Highly Practical Surgery Programme

Looking for a Small Animal Surgery Postgraduate Certificate? Would you like a highly practical programme where you learn new skills and refine your current techniques at all of your attendance sessions? Would direct help from expert and approachable tutors in a safe and supportive environment help you to get to grips with surgical procedures?

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Complete in 12 Months

If you’d like to complete your Small Animal Surgery Certificate in just 12 months and travel just three times, this programme could be the one for you.

You’ll develop new and enhanced practical skills to enable you to carry out more effective procedures in your practice, increase practice revenue and provide a more convenient in house service for your patients and their owners. The 12 month duration of the programme gives you a valuable qualification quickly. This means minimal disruption for you, your family and your practice and you can put your new skills to use straight away.

There are just three, highly-practical attendance sessions each of three or four days to reinforce learning, teach you new skills and minimise disruption to your life

You’ll enjoy support from expert and approachable tutors throughout the duration of the course, with a dedicated contact here at CPD Solutions to help and guide you through your PgCert.

Your PgCert in Small Animal Surgery is a valuable qualification awarded by the University of Chester that you can use to further your career and raise your personal and practice profile. The PgCert is 60 credits on the National Framework at Masters Level. Provision is situated within Chester’s renowned work based learning and accreditation framework. You can use your PgCert in Small Animal Surgery as part of your route to RCVS Advanced Practitioner Status. Call us now on 0151 328 0444 if you have any questions.

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Testimonials

‘Easily the best CPD I've had for years!!! Excellent tutor, good facilities.’

- Tony Syrris

Excellent course. I learned a loads of handy tips. It is extremely useful, very practical and I will highly recommend this to anyone who wants to get a good start with Orthopaedics.

- Adelina Proteasa

Tremendous level of content, high standard, excellent presenter, very personable despite it being a recorded session.

- Julius Neuman

‘I would like to pass on my compliments on the online CE program and the superb quality of the ultrasound miniseries. This is my first experience with your program and I am very impressed with the quality.’

- Kelly Hall

‘Wow! Thank you so much for a wonderful lecture. That was the best CPD I've done in years. You explained everything really clearly and succinctly. I really enjoyed it. Thank you, Esther.’

- Sarah Shephard

'This was an excellent course, I now know what I should be doing when scanning hearts so will be scanning many more.'

- Sarah-Jane Eastman

I chose CPD Solutions because the speakers are very knowledgeable and have a large amount of experience to use when answering questions.

- Fran Moreland

'I now feel totally confident to go ahead with endoscopic techniques and get useful information to help improve our service to our clients.'

- Jane Barwick-Nesbit

‘I would just like to say the webinar was excellent. It answered a lot of questions that we have been debating at our surgery, especially the subject of in-dwelling catheters. It was practical and relevant and thoroughly enjoyable. I look forward to more webinars!’

- Dave Cumber

‘Course excellent and best instructional U/S course I've attended.’

'It allows me to perform a significant amount of my yearly CPD obligation without having to spend time away from my young family.'

‘Fabulous webinar - thank you very much, really useful and enjoyable.’

Really informative course with in depth detail and practical advice. Video and photographic information especially helpful

- Nicola Birch

‘Very good engaging speaker, easy to listen to approachable. Representative models were effective and simple. I feel like I understand the basic principles of the techniques practiced and it has given me confidence to have a go in practice.’

- Josie Parker

The course is very practical. I can use a lot of the techniques back home with confidence. The tutors are very experienced and eager to share their experience. The facilities at the CPD training centre are very good.

- Tanya Bruin

Brilliantly organised, tutors of the highest quality and highly practical teaching! Very practical, well taught, well worth it!

- Rory Cowlam

‘I have just attended the webinar on feline urethral obstruction: it has been super! Martha has been really useful and clear. ‘

- Paola Fognani

‘I would just like to say how useful the webinar on the Diabetic Ketoacidosis was - the hour just flew by - I had to watch it yesterday as I was unable to watch it live - very good! Thanks.’

I found the CPD very interesting and helpful. Having the opportunity to do scans and improve. The speakers explained everything and gave many useful tips. Time was more than enough for everyone to practice.

- Antonini Stavroulaki

‘Been meaning to contact you to say how useful the webinar was. I'm not very technical but found it easy to do & the information & the way it was presented was great.'

- Louise Mills

'Really interesting and clinically relevant course. Good to use practical cases rather than just bland repetition of what is in the notes. Jane very approachable and interesting to listen to.'

- Geraldine Young

Brilliant interactive CPD course that fully met my expectations. Excellent tutors, helpful and happy to answer all my questions, give advices and practical tips. Would recommend it to anyone who needs to refresh their general practice skills, as I really enjoyed it.

- Joanna Maciejewska

'Section on status epilecticus-had a dog that would not stop seizuring until I used the protocol given. Also gave me the information I needed to give a clear account to the owners.'

‘I found the Feline Urethral Obstruction webinar very informative, practical and useful. I will probably change the way I manage these cases from now on and pass the new information on to my colleagues.’

- Sarah Topcu

‘Mark very clear and explains things in ways that are not only easy to understand but enable me to work out problems from the underlying principles.’

‘My confidence to deal with those weekend chest films on my own is hugely enhanced. Good notes and good film reading practice.’

'First thyroidectomy very successful thanks to the video and tips.'

Excellent course content, level was just right for me. Really good balance of lectures and practical sessions too. The speaker was excellent, friendly and approachable throughout the day. Definitely will be recommending CPD Solutions to my colleagues.

- Anthony Dennison

Learning to reflect critically on my behaviour and performance as a practitioner has been the best thing that has happened in my career.

- Leon Ringelmann

‘Just like to say it was a very informative series and I am now more confident and skilled when performing abdominal ultrasounds. Thank you.’

Really helpful, thorough and up to date information - it's had a direct positive impact on my clinical practice - thanks!

- Leanne Thompson

‘Such a well put together through presentation that I have already been able to transfer across into using daily at work :) Excellent use of still images and videos to show what we should be aiming to see or how to find.’

Great experience at CPD Solutions learning about Local Anaesthetic Techniques. Would definitely recommend! Came with an idea of what I wanted to learn but came away with so much more!

- Paula Bagshaw-Wright

'Speaker absolutely excellent. Lots of good, practical tips. I learnt about how best we can use our practices current endoscopy and what to purchase to improve it.'

- John Gould

This course provided a great combination of theory and practical techniques. The information was very well presented and one to one feedback given during the wet lab. I now feel confident about getting on with exploratory laparotomies and beyond!

- Siân Richards

Reflecting upon my own cases through literature searching for essays during this course and learning to appraise existing evidence bases for treatment protocols we use day-to-day in our clinic has been invaluable, providing me with skills that I will continue to use for the rest of my career.

- Lynne Faulconbridge

'The course content far exceeded my expectations. Refreshing to cover a subject in such depth & detail. Also was by far the best lecturer I have come across & thoroughly enjoyed my dat. Would recommend this course to every nurse with a interest in dentistry.'

- Claire Francis

‘The ongoing access is the gem of your course!’

This has been such a great experience. I have come away learning more than I thought I would and now feel much happier with not only performing an ultrasound but also changing the settings to achieve a better image.

- Emma Bailey

‘Just wanted to say I find the webinars a very good way of topping up my CPD, although I can rarely listen to them live. I particularly liked the cat vaccination webinar I have just listened to, very informative and practical.’

- Robert Lee

‘Re capping my knowledge was most useful and I found the multiple choice questions helpful to check I had understood what was discussed.’

‘The videos were informative - it was great watching at home. I liked the quiz afterwards.’

Course Very Well Structured And The Tutor Was Of Very High Quality. I Would (and I Will) Recommend This Course To My Colleagues.

- Fabrizio Canelli

‘Thanks for all the really well organised and good quality webinars.’

'Livia was a brilliant tutor - excellent course content and so approachable and helpful. I have leart so much in these 2 days - all of which has been seful and relevant to general practice.'

- Miranda Sheppard

'I performed a superficial caudal epigastric skin flap on a dog who had tried to jump a barbed wire fence causing a massive skin deficit in her groin. I would not have been confident to do this without the video on Keysteps online which shows step by step how to do this technique and explains complications that can occur. I don't think I would have had a successful outcome without the knowledge that Keysteps gave me.'

‘This was a brilliant webinar. Enjoyed it very much and learned a lot too. Thank you for doing this. Dr. Eatwell really has the right feel for those precious creatures.’

- Irina Weese

CPD Solutions have been fantastic.A huge help to me, and boost to my surgical skills and confidence. I’d highly recommend STS Refresher (and CPD Solutions in general) to any vet looking for relevant, comprehensive and interesting CPD.

- Maggie Sellers

I found the course excellent. The practical sessions were also of great value, with good equipment and plenty of time to practise techniques. Overall, I would highly recommend this course to anyone thinking of embarking on Spinal Surgery.

- Cathal Rafferty

Extremely useful to build up practical confidence in emergency situations, excellent and engaging. Now I can face these procedures without panicking. High quality of teaching.

- Giulia Toth

'Excellent speaker. Clear concise and relevant information. Fascinating insights. I found the whole day most enjoyable.'

- Andrew Chivers

'A dog with a descemetocele would have lost its eye if I hadn't gained the confidence to perform a pedicle graft through a Keysteps Online programme.'

‘I thought the webinar on stifle radiology was excellent. I want to run and reassess all my old radiographs now!’

'Excellent course, pasionate speaker and extremely useful practical sessions. In only 2 days feel enormously more confident.'

- Topasz Koch

'The practical sessions were excellent. I feel confident enough to try these in practice. Definitely feel my objectives have been achieved. Lecture sessions were great. Excellent tutor.'

- Helen Stephenson

'Superb! I would not hesitate to recommend this course to colleagues.'

- Hugh Morrey

The online course gave me the flexibility and extra time for me to go back to the video to review its content. The flexibility can go back and replay the video during a period of time ( e.g. 10mths). As a working clinician with young kid is difficult to find quiet and regular time to watch the video. This is a excellent review. Give more more in depth knowledge and practical approach to cardiology

- Timothy Ka Fung CHOI

‘Thought Jonathan Dyce's webinar was excellent, it’s the best one I've attended yet. It was very focused and very relevant to day to day orthopaedics.’

'Excellent lectures, speakers very clear and informative, very useful practical sessions and helpful tutors. Very good to learn alongside other beginners.'

- Emily Hamlyn

'Being able to do the course in your own time at your own speed was really useful.'

‘So far has been the most useful course on abdominal scans I have done.’

Lots of useful information ,presented in a clear and easy to understand way. Various topics, lots of in depth advice that are easy to fit into daily practice

- Nora Janossy

This is the best practical session I have ever attended. Lots of video clips detailing the surgical procedures. Practical sessions are excellent, one to one coaching is always available. I will definitely recommend this course.

- Soo Ming Teoh

‘Just for the record - I think this is a wonderful service.’

‘Thoroughly enjoyed it. Gained confidence in common approach and decision making. Good balance of theory and practical.’

- Philip Perring

‘Really excellent CPD. I was effectively challenged and encouraged to perform new procedures in a great small group environment and I am now much more confident to take them back to my practice.’

- Philippa Morton

Brilliant course. Tutor very enthusiastic, small class size which is optimal to get a lot of time in lab, and one to one with tutor. Venue perfect.

- Ralf Konen

'Superb - I feel more confident now caring for tortoises and communicating with keepers to ensure correct husbandry. Learning techniques such as O-tubing extremely valuable.'

- Lynne Faulconbridge

'Fantastic course, really helpful image filled lectures to cement the images in your brain. Great hands on practical experience. Feel ready to take on my next Endoscopy.'

- Helen Dearing

'I find having whole days away doing CPD very difficult to manage with young children. Now I do CPD when it suits me in smaller units.'

‘For the first time in my life I feel I could make a reasonable attempt at putting a plate on! Orthopaedics seems less frightening – the wetlabs were invaluable.’

'Have used information from your PSS topic to help with a kitten with a shunt and neurological / fitting info for several epileptic / neurological patients. The best bit is being able to return to it when you like.' 'Found the CPD on osteosarcsoma particularly useful when discussing with owners about survival rates'

Very interesting course, will have a positive impact on my approach to managing cases

- Lyndsey Pass

Today has been fascinating and engaging and I will leave with renewed enthusiasm. I can’t wait to get back to practice and implement all that I have learned. There is the perfect mix of lecture vs practical to help maintain focus.

- Emma Fowler

'Can complete CPD at work -no need for long days travelling by train, or giving up evenings.'

The knowledge I have reinforced alongside the surgical techniques I have learned will allow me to manage eye cases better, and to basically save eyes that would otherwise have been enucleation because referral is impractical for many owners.

- Stuart Lloyd

I finally feel confident to be extracting teeth safely and with the least trauma possible. Dentistry is less stressful.

- Tim Pearson

'Access from anywhere anytime, and from a very reliable service.'

‘Thank you for offering such a great way to achieve further knowledge.’

Fantastic experience and fitted in well with my work and family commitments. Would recommend to others.

- Gary Kelly

‘Straightforward logical approach with lots of practical film reading rather than too much focus on theory.’

Absolutely perfect course! Well presented with all the relevant information. Speaker is a true professional with vast knowledge.Fantastic CPD

- Anon

‘The whole course was so well presented – well organised and clinically easily understandable. The lecturer deserves an A*!’

‘I enjoyed the webinar very much, found it very informative and interesting. Thank you very much! ‘

- Kerstin Vockert

My clinical practice has dramatically improved during the course of this programme. The attendance courses and wet labs were a great opportunity to get hands on experience.

- Marialena Avratoglou

'Really enjoyed it, hugely improved my confidence in Ortho cases and I am hoping to put my new skills into practice soon.'

- Emma Lindop

‘Very informative, clear and easy to follow presentation. Extremely accessible way of clocking up those CPD hours and keeping up to date and refreshing knowledge.’

‘May I take this opportunity to express how happy I am with my membership of Webinar Club thus far. I have been impressed by the efficiency and reliability of the webinar service, which compares very favourably to your competitors.’

'Excellent - Have gained much more confidence from this course that I can use tomorrow in practice.'

- Tracey Whitehouse

'Tutor was excellent. One of the most useful and informative courses I've been on. Every vet in first opinion practice would benefit.'

- Lucy Rivett

My knowledge, confidence and ability have significantly improved. The tutors are friendly, approachable and very happy to share their knowledge and practical expertise. I would thoroughly recommend this course.

- Eleanor Cowton

Excellent delivery of the course. Great balance of the theory and the practical sessions. It makes heart scan so much easier! Very informative, interactive supported with the clinical cases. Strongly recommended.

- Iwona Szmyd

Excellent. It has allowed me to approach problems in an improved way, and improved my knowledge immensely and given me new confidence.

- Richard Todd

‘The best course I've seen.’ ‘Have already recommended it!’

Brilliant and very applicable to general practice.

- Georgie Mason

'Very enjoyable and informative. Lots of time using the Ultrasound machine. (Which was great) Feel a lot more confident about scanning in practice now.'

- Louise Topham

Brilliant practical sessions with lively in-depth discussions. Good time frame over which to learn and feel improvement!

- Mary Raho

'Very enjoyable. Excellent opportunity to practice practical skills. Thorough, explanation and keen tutors.'

- Georgina Kendall

Love the modern approach to the PgCert on reflection rather than memorisation and article writing.

- Rhiannon Jones

Great balance of teaching through both practical Endoscopy but also the techniques, theory, what’s normal and what’s not. Taken me to the level I will be happy to go back to the surgery and get straight into working up cases and get stuck in!

- Simon Lyddon

‘Thanks very much for the tortoise webinar - really helpful! Will it be possible to download the notes from the presentation? - it would be so useful!’

- Sarah Baird

‘I have more awareness of patient monitoring, value of cardiac monitors, importance of understanding what the monitor is recording and showing.’

‘I have finally made time to watch the 3rd neurology webinar and would like to say thank you very much indeed for organising the course which was/is very interesting and useful. One thing I really like about these webinars is being able to watch them as many times as you like, within a certain period. It's also really good not having to drive anywhere.’

- Stella Hitchins

An excellent practical course with patient and skilled tutors. Covers all the major emergency procedures that you worry about on call. I am much more confident with the surgeries and have picked up lots of useful tips.

- Laura Powell

Excellent practical facilities and ability to practice and apply techniques learnt. Really friendly and approachable tutors. I love coming here for CPD.

- Emma Corfield

'Thoroughly enjoyable, well taught and considered. Has put me at ease with some new techniques and ideas discussion made me feel that I would know what I would do in similar situations.'

- Emma Holmes

'This course was exactly what I wanted it to be. It simplified some of the topics, meaning I'm more prepared with how to explain common cancers and treatments to owners.'

- Sally Collins

'I am amazed at how much we have achieved in just 2 days. I'm looking forward to level 2 now. I will be a lot more confident at using ultrasound in future.'

- Emma Mapletoft

Superb course - well structured, easy to follow lectures. Thank you.

- Katie Sweet

‘Thank you for offering such a great way to achieve further knowledge.’

'Having already had a very high opinion of CPD Solutions Orthopaedic courses, this course met and exceeded my already high expectations. Application of techniques learnt today are applicable to a very wide range of commonly encountered fracture scenarios and are likely to be put to near daily use in our busy centre.'

- David Strong

Found this to be the best method of learning I have tried.

- Stephen Arundell

‘I greatly enjoyed the webinar and found lots of useful information.’

‘I enjoyed your webinar about post hibernation of tortoises. It was easy to follow and very informative, not having extensive knowledge of this. It left me feeling a lot more confident about dealing with such a case. So thank you.’

- Tim Dannatt

Completing the PgCert has given me both practical skills and confidence to forward my interest in veterinary dentistry and allowed me to provide the best patient care possible. The tutors are excellent and very approachable, and the content is very clinically relevant. I am happy I made the decision to enrol.

- Charlotte Nicholson

The content of the webinars - easy to understand, lots of nuggets of useful information. Aimed perfectly for the emergency practitioner. The study notes are a great takeaway. it was great to have one on one contact and be able to ask questions directly to the lecturer - who was brilliant!

- Eve Tarleton

‘Just a note to say thank you for enabling me to access the webinar. I thought Kevin’s talk was both interesting and informative and found the study regarding changing osmolality through the duration of the hibernation period particularly fascinating.’

- Sue Beck

Amazing. Really good for vet surgeons that are not comfortable around U/S machines. The course offers a good introduction to U/S basics. Practical part quite long and allows us to practise and feel more confident.

- Nadia Cufos

‘Thanks Martha for the webinar yesterday - my first! It was a good use of time which in my life is very important.

- ‘Simon DeVile
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