Small Animal Echocardiography - Core Skills
A
practical workshop one workshop that will give you confidence to bring echo skills to your practice.
8 September 2022
1 day
Massey University Veterinary School, Palmerston North
Date: 8 September 2022
Overview:
The course focuses on the equipment and techniques needed to reliably obtain key echo views; and, importantly, how to interpret them to best help your cardiac patients.
Numbers are strictly limited to ensure plenty of individual coaching from Jacqui.
Attendees will benefit from Massey University Veterinary School's new teaching facilities and amenable dogs, and a large 'hands-on' component. Try out a variety of ultrasound machines/probes and learn which would be best for your practice.
Topics include:
- Equipment choice and set-up, for basic small animal echocardiography
- How to obtain the core echo views of the dog/cat heart
- Analysis and interpretation of dog/cat echocardiograms
- Clinical application - how to use your echo study in the diagnosis and management of cardiorespiratory cases in small animal practice
- If interested/optional - access a variety of ultrasound machines and probes
Learning objectives:
- Understand relevant ultrasound physics and cardiac anatomy, and its application to clinical practice• Learn appropriate equipment choice, ultrasound machine settings, preparation, patient and probe positioning for echocardiography in dogs/cats.
- Feel confident knowing how to reliably obtain right parasternal long and short axis echo views in dogs/cats.
- Understand B-Mode and M-Mode, when best to use them and their strengths/limitations.
- Know how to interpret right parasternal long and short axis echo views in dogs/cats.
- Understand the role of echo in primary practice.
Jacqui is a Veterinary Cardiologist, with experience in both clinical work and CPD delivery. She graduated
from the University of Bristol in 2003 and worked in general practice
for 6 years. During this time, she developed an interest in cardiology
and achieved the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Certificate
in Cardiology. This inspired her to focus solely on this field and she
has spent the last 13 years working in veterinary cardiorespiratory
medicine in referral hospitals, including setting up Apex Cardiology
(2016). Jacqui has completed a residency in Veterinary Cardiology with
the University of Nottingham, been awarded the RCVS Diploma in
Veterinary Cardiology, a Masters in Veterinary Medicine (thesis subject -
intermittent collapse in dogs and cats), and specialist status in
Australia/New Zealand. She is a lecturer on Massey’s MVM
(cardiorespiratory medicine) and an adjunct senior lecture (vet
cardiology, Massey). Outside of work, Jacqui looks after her two children and enjoys running with her dog or spending time on the ocean/lakes.
Cost: $1,622 + GST
To register: https://www.apexcardiology.co.nz/cpd-registration