Cardiology Step by Step – Modular Course

Our modular course in small animal cardiology is designed to guide you step by step from the very basics to confident clinical decision-making. Whether you are just starting with cardiac diagnostics or looking to strengthen your existing skills, this program offers a structured and practical learning experience focused on dogs and cats.

Weekend 1 – Foundations of Cardiac Ultrasound
This first weekend is designed to give you a confident start in echocardiography. You will become familiar with the ultrasound machine, understand its core functions and settings, and begin developing the hands-on technique needed to acquire good quality images. By the end of the weekend, you will have a solid grounding in the fundamental principles of echocardiography and a clear framework for using diagnostic ultrasound as part of your clinical toolkit.

Weekend 2 – Building Confidence and Diagnostic Depth
In this second weekend, we consolidate what you have already learned before pushing further. We revisit core scanning techniques to reinforce good habits, then progressively introduce more advanced echocardiographic methods. You will begin to develop the skills needed to critically interpret your images, recognise normal variation, and identify the early signs of cardiac pathology.

Weekend 3 – Bringing It All Together: Echo, ECG, and Clinical Reasoning
The third weekend marks an important step: integrating everything into real clinical thinking. We introduce the very fundamentals of ECG interpretation, refresh key clinical examination findings, and then bring it all together through interactive case-based sessions. Working through cases that combine echocardiographic data, ECG findings, and clinical signs, you will practise the kind of structured reasoning that underpins confident cardiology in everyday practice.

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