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SMALL ANIMAL ENDOSCOPY: UPPER GI & AIRWAY
Endoscopy is the coolest diagnostic tool.
Want to spend two full days learning upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and upper airway endoscopy in small animals? This workshop presents one of the rarest opportunities in veterinary education today. Strictly limited, participants at this workshop get to learn procedural skills in a real clinical environment with live teaching dogs under veterinary specialist care and full ethics approval. With a total of 9 hours’ practical time and superb endoscopes at your fingertips, this experience will change your diagnostic toolkit forever.
Pro tips for endoscopy in clinical practice
Compared with surgery, upper GI and airway endoscopy offers a less invasive option for foreign body retrievals and diagnostic workups. General practice, emergency and referral vets will find that a successful endoscopy can decrease anaesthetic and procedure time as well as offer faster recovery times for patients.
What’s the catch? To get good at endoscopy, you need hands-on training. We’ve put together this course to get you 2 full days of in-person training because lectures are great, but hands-on training is better. Bonus: tilting your head to the side and twisting your torso as you round the bend towards the duodenum is a superpower you already have. We’ll show you.
Jokes aside, our goal is to make endoscopy an enjoyable and natural part of your diagnostic toolkit.
Your skills will develop quickly with our experienced education team
- Full procedural guidance from start to finish
- Machine setup & image manipulation
- Techniques for great images
- Viable biopsy collection
- Foreign body removal
- PEG tube placement
- Bronchoscopy
- How to look cool while you’re scoping
A little word on equipment
The good old fibre optic endoscopes are still out there, with their chunky eyepieces and missing fibres, and those insufflation systems that only work if the tubing is kinked just-so. It might sound obvious, but it’s worth acknowledging that the quality of your equipment has a significant impact on your experience and on your ability to deliver consistent, diagnostic results. After years of battling fibre optic scopes, your lead educator and small animal internal medicine specialist Dr Richard Burchell recommends video endoscopy as the way forward. If you have one of these in your clinic, your endoscopy journey just got a lot easier.
If you’re in the market…
Participants at this workshop will train on high quality video endoscopes with large screens so your colleagues can all crowd around and gaze adoringly at your skills. These are demonstration units supplied by our training partners, and you will have the opportunity to negotiate the purchase of brand new equipment if you’re keen. There is absolutely no obligation to buy anything. We’re just letting you know in case your clinic is interested in a new unit, and you’d like to try it out before you and your clinic make the investment.
UPPER GI & AIRWAY ENDOSCOPY FOR VETERINARIANS
Practical sessions
- Important scope handling & calibration steps
- Foreign body retrieval
- Endoscopic PEG tube placement
- Endoscopic biopsies of the stomach & duodenum
- Upper GI endoscopy: oesophagus, stomach & duodenum
- Bronchoscopy & bronchoalveolar lavage
Who is this workshop for?
- GP vets
- Small & mixed animal vets
- Emergency vets
- Referral hospital vets
How will this workshop help me with actual clinical cases?
- Fish hook, chew toy & bone GIT FB retrievals
- Internal med workups for oesophagus, stomach & SI
- Collection of biopsies
- Investigation of airway disease
- Minor procedures like PEG tube placement
WHY JOIN A VETPRAC WORKSHOP?
Get confident
Get equipped with the hands-on skills you need to make endoscopy services work for you in clinical practice.
Social network
This is your tribe. Enjoy the chance to spend quality time learning new skills with people who understand what you do each day.
Great food
We’ll make sure you’re nourished with healthy food, sweet treats & caffeine, so you can get on with learning your new skills.
Hands on experience
It’s all about time on the tools. We prioritise procedures & hands-on practice so you learn good habits the first time with specialist guidance available.
Personalised feedback
As a participant, you’ll get real-time tuition on your skills, along with the chance to use personalised feedback and refine your approach.
Real-world training
Workshop Schedule
Your Educators
Dr Richard Burchell
Dr Ann Thompson
Dr Matthew Munro
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Your Questions Answered
Are group discounts available?
Absolutely! Work together, learn together, we say. If 3 or more participants register from the same clinic under the same booking, you’ll receive a 5% discount at checkout when you book on our website.
Will I get CPD points and a CPD certificate?
Of course! Each participant will receive a CPD certificate via email. We do this after you’ve provided feedback and the workshop is complete.
What kind of learning materials are included?
Generally, you can choose printed course notes, a digital copy on USB, or both. Everyone gets a printed copy of the procedure guide.
What happens if I pay and then later can’t attend?
- Transferring or changing registration from one workshop to another will incur a $50 administration fee.
- Cancellations made up to 45 days prior to the commencement date of the Training Course will incur an administrative fee of 50% of the course investment.
- Cancellations made up to 7 days prior to the commencement date of the Training Course are not refundable.
Can I pay in instalments, or do you offer payment plans?
Yes! At VetPrac we are pleased to offer payment plans for our online courses and workshops. We want to make it manageable for you to invest in your professional development.
For more information regarding our payment plans, please do not hesitate to contact Ros at [email protected].
What happens if the workshop is cancelled?
If VetPrac cancels any workshops, we will refund your course fees in full. However, VetPrac will not be responsible for any travel, accommodation or any other expenses incurred by you.
Still have questions? We’ve got answers.
Call +61 491 943 260
Still have questions? We’ve got answers.
Call +61 491 943 260