VET educational courses
Cardiac Level 1: Diagnostic Two Dimensional Cardiac Scanning & Evaluation Accompanied by Common Cardiac Diseases
March 8-10 2024, Irving, TX
COURTESY OF:
Dr. Matthew Miller, DACVIM - Ms. June Boone, MS
PROVIDED BY: WAVE/Esaote
This course is designed to cover all right sided imaging planes - the core of an echocardiographic examination - as well as the left sided right auricular view. Subjective and objective evaluation of these images are covered. Hands on scanning sessions will teach the scanning technique needed to develop skill in obtaining these echocardiographic imaging planes. At completion of this course the attendee will be able to recognize all right sided imaging planes, understand the principles of obtaining these images, obtain critical measurements and understand their usefulness in the assessment of cardiac disease. This course will also include integration of echocardiography into your practice by covering the diagnosis and management of the most common adult-onset cardiac diseases. Using case material, we will form strategies for diagnosis, staging, and management of these diseases with emphasis on the role of echocardiography.
Credit Hours: 21 hours
Soft Tissue Level 1: The Fundamentals
April 27 2024, Irving, TX
COURTESY OF:
Dr. Martha Larson
PROVIDED BY: WAVE/Esaote
The objective for this course is for the attendee to leave with the knowledge of how to recognize an ultrasound case, incorporate ultrasound into their practice, and how to create a study for someone to interpret, of the five main abdominal organs. This will be accomplished through learning the basic knobs necessary to create a diagnostic image, how to tweak that image with these knobs, do measurements, and follow a scanning protocol. Recognizing artifacts will be covered, as well as how to quickly assess a trauma case with ultrasound. Hands-on scanning will reinforce the didactic portion, and recognizing normal tissue.
Credit Hours: 8 hours
Soft Tissue Level 2: Intermediate to Advanced
April 28 2024, Irving, TX
COURTESY OF:
Dr. Martha Larson
PROVIDED BY: WAVE/Esaote
The objective for this course is for the attendee to learn the normal and abnormal appearance of all abdominal organs, including pancreas, adrenal glands, and lymph nodes. In addition, scanning technique, machine controls necessary to create a high quality diagnostic image, measurements, and following a consistent scanning protocol will be emphasized. Hands-on scanning will focus on scan technique, recognition of anatomy, and creating a diagnostic scan. Ultrasound guided aspiration and biopsy technique will be covered, and case studies will be presented. Taught by a Board Certified Veterinary Radiologist.
Credit Hours: 8 hours
Basic/Intermediate Abdominal Ultrasound
May 4-5 2024, Anchorage, AK
COURTESY OF:
Katie Moore
PROVIDED BY: Glenn Klevens/Esaote
This workshop will cover basic and intermediate-level abdominal ultrasound. Each morning will be engaged in lectures and the afternoons will consist of hands on wetlabs. You will spend time going through the complete abdomen covering all major organs as well as Gi, pancreas and more. Ultrasound physics will be lightly addressed, as well as tips and techniques will be shared by our instructors.
MRI & Ultrasound In Veterinary Medicine Vet Conference - Sardinia
May 10-12 2024, Sardinia, Italy
PROVIDED BY: Esaote
Introduction to Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
May 16-17 2024, Springfield, MO
COURTESY OF:
Dr. Georgette Goorchenko, DACVR
PROVIDED BY: CRI/Esaote
This 2-day course will focus on how ultrasound can make musculoskeletal diagnoses more precisely, accurately, and efficiently and how findings can be applied clinically. This will enable a more targeted treatment approach to patients suffering from soft tissue injuries such as Achillies tendinopathy, Flexor Carpi Ulnaris injury, and Shoulder tendinopathy. The course will include live dog labs, lectures, and hands-on experience with ultrasound.
Credit Hours: 15 hours
Intermediate Abdominal Ultrasound – Gastrointestinal Tract, Pancreas, and Urinary Tract in Dogs & Cats
June 27-29 2024, Orlando, FL
COURTESY OF:
Simona Buoncompagni DVM, MS, Dipl.ACVIM (SAIM) Miami Veterinary Specialists, USA
Susanne Stieger-Vanegas Mag. med. vet., Dr. med. vet., PhD, Dipl.ECVDI Oregon State University, USA
This 2-day practical course covers how to perform an ultrasonographic examination of the abdomen of dogs and cats with a specific and in-depth focus on the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and the urinary tract. It is aimed at small animal practitioners who already have experience with abdominal ultrasonography and who want to increase the use of ultrasonography in their daily clinical work as part of the diagnostic work-up of routine and emergency patients.
Credit Hours: 15 Hours (RACE Accreditation Pending)
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for the GP
August 5-6 2024, Fort Collins, CO
COURTESY OF:
Dr. Julien Guillaumin, Dr. Lance Visser, Dr. Amanda Cavanagh
PROVIDED BY: CSU TMI/ Esaote
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a rapidly evolving field in veterinary medicine, especially in Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound machines are often available to practitioners, but training is lacking. There is limited training in veterinary school and the post-graduate training is not uniform. Unfortunately, this means your brand-new shining machine may be sitting in a corner of your clinic collecting dust or being used only for cystocentesis!
In this course, you will work with experts in emergency medicine and critical care with many years of experience teaching POCUS and you will learn how to use your machine appropriately. This course is mainly designed to use the ultrasound machine as a point-of-care in an emergency situation but will also teach you to use it as a tool for abdominal ultrasound. The great thing about this course is that you will learn to ultrasound the abdomen, the chest, and the heart!
You will be provided in-person lectures on the three types of POCUS in the morning, followed by a 4-hours hands-on lab on anesthetized small to medium breed dogs. The same pattern will be repeated on Day 2, which allows for repetition and building on those motor skills. This lab is a great way to learn, practice or refine your skills in POCUS. We feel confident that, after this course, you will be set to go back to your practice and start applying your skills from Day 1.
Credit Hours: 16 hours
Advanced Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
October 3-4 2024, Springfield, MO
COURTESY OF:
Dr. Georgette Goorchenko, DACVR
PROVIDED BY: CRI/Esaote
This 2-day course will focus on how ultrasound can make musculoskeletal diagnoses more precisely, accurately, and efficiently and how findings can be applied clinically. This will enable a more targeted treatment approach for patients suffering from soft tissue injuries such as Stifle and Iliopsoas injuries. The course will include lectures, cadaver labs, injection techniques, and hands-on experience with ultrasound.
Credit Hours: 15 hours
Cardiac Level 2: Doppler Echocardiography
November 6-8 2024,Irving, TX
COURTESY OF:
Sonya Gordon DACVIM - June Boone
PROVIDED BY: WAVE/Esaote
The Complete echocardiogram: incorporating 2D imaging, measurements, and color and spectral Doppler. The objective of this course is for the attendee to obtain an accurate and diagnostic echocardiographic study that incorporates color flow and spectral Doppler. All topics will focus on accuracy of the Doppler information and optimizing image quality. Topics covered will include: understanding the physical principles of Doppler echocardiography as it applies to the accuracy and quality of an echocardiographic exam, correct placement of Doppler cursors and gates, recognition of normal and abnormal color flow Doppler, understanding how Doppler aids in the evaluation of common acquired heart disease. Hands on sessions will focus on equipment controls that affect image quality, image optimization and measurement of the Doppler echocardiogram. Taught by a Boarded Cardiologist. Prerequisites: Level 1 or experience obtaining right sided 2D and M-Mode images.
Credit Hours: 21 hours
Practical Ophthalmology for Equine Practitioners
November 15-16 2024, Navasota, TX
COURTESY OF:
Dr. Dennis Brooks, Dr. Brian Gilger, Dr. Ben Buchanan
PROVIDED BY: VetPD/Esaote
Eye related problems and diseases are common in any type of horse and pony and in one BEVA survey constituted up to 10% of clinical cases seen in practice. This 2-day highly practical course was conceived to help veterinarians from mixed and equine practice to learn how to systematically examine the equine eye and to provide a critical overview over the most important and common problems affecting the eye. The internationally renowned equine ophthalmologists involved with this course will cover all the topics through highly illustrated lectures and case presentations and will go into detail discussing all currently available diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and options. Attendees will have plenty of opportunity to put theory into practice on live horses and equine specimens in small groups (2 – 4 vets). Each attendee will rotate through the following stations during the 7 hours of practical sessions: Common ophthalmologic procedures; Basic surgical techniques; Ocular ultrasound; Examination & Discussion of horses with eye problems; Pre-purchase examination case discussions.
Credit Hours: 15 hours
Soft Tissue Level 1: The Fundamentals
December 5 2024, Irving, TX
PROVIDED BY: WAVE/Esaote
The objective for this course is for the attendee to leave with the knowledge of how to recognize an ultrasound case, incorporate ultrasound into their practice, and how to create a study for someone to interpret, of the five main abdominal organs. This will be accomplished through learning the basic knobs necessary to create a diagnostic image, how to tweak that image with these knobs, do measurements, and follow a scanning protocol. Recognizing artifacts will be covered, as well as how to quickly assess a trauma case with ultrasound. Hands-on scanning will reinforce the didactic portion, and recognizing normal tissue.
Credit Hours: 8 hours
Soft Tissue Level 2: Intermediate to Advanced
December 6 2024, Irving, TX
PROVIDED BY: WAVE/Esaote
The objective for this course is for the attendee to learn the normal and abnormal appearance of all abdominal organs, including pancreas, adrenal glands, and lymph nodes. In addition, scanning technique, machine controls necessary to create a high quality diagnostic image, measurements, and following a consistent scanning protocol will be emphasized. Hands-on scanning will focus on scan technique, recognition of anatomy, and creating a diagnostic scan. Ultrasound guided aspiration and biopsy technique will be covered, and case studies will be presented. Taught by a Board Certified Veterinary Radiologist.
Credit Hours: 8 hours
Soft Tissue Level 3: Taking it Up a Notch
December 7-8 2024, Irving, TX
PROVIDED BY: WAVE/Esaote
The objective for this class is for the student to take their abdominal scanning skills to the next level
- In depth evaluation of the liver, gall bladder, and bile duct, using standard subcostal and intercostal windows
- Practice in finding and following the bile duct
- In depth evaluation of the canine and feline pancreas. Regional anatomy, including duodenum, stomach, transverse colon, portal vein, and splenic vein will be used to consistently find the pancreas or region of the pancreas
- Evaluation of the aorta, portal vein, caudal vena cava, renal arteries, hepatic artery will be practiced, using Doppler (both color and pulsed wave) to assess waveforms, direction and velocity of flow
- The portal vein will be evaluated closely for normal flow (direction and velocity) to better evaluate conditions such as portal hypertension
- Evaluation of portal vein and caudal vena cava for intra-hepatic and extra-hepatic portosystemic shunts
- Evaluation of the thyroid gland
The 2nd day will be live case studies.
Credit Hours: 16 hours