Small Animal Endoscopy Course (Ireland – 27/02/25, 03/07/25)
Small Animal Endoscopy Course 2025
Learning has always been at the heart of IMV imaging. For three decades we have been running practical ‘hands-on’ ultrasound training courses and we are now delighted to also able to offer endoscopy courses. We are committed to ensuring you can make the most of your endoscopy equipment.
Small Animal Endoscopy Course
Course Overview: This one-day course will be delivered as a mixture of theory and practical learning focusing on the use of flexible endoscopy within the gastrointestinal tract of dogs and cats. Practical techniques will be demonstrated and practiced using a number of models including our canine mannequins.
Topics Covered:
- Understanding the basic principles of endoscopy
- Understanding the strengths and limitations of the technique as an aid to diagnosis
- How to use the equipment, how to manipulate and direct flexible endoscopes
- How to navigate the gastrointestinal tract, including the dreaded pylorus
- Recognising pathology and how to take good biopsies
- Techniques and equipment required to remove gastric foreign bodies
- Placement of PEG tubes (when and how)
Agenda:
The day will be informal and relaxed with maximum time for hands-on learning. Arrive for tea and coffee from 9.00am, ready to begin the lectures at 9:30am.
9:30am – 1:00pm
- Intro to Small Animal Endoscopy Lecture
- Upper GI Lecture
- Break
- Lower GI Lecture
- Upper and lower GI Practical
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm – 5:00pm
- What can endoscopy tell us? Lecture
- Foreign Body Removal Lecture
- Foreign Body Removal Practical
- PEG tube placement Lecture
- PEG tube Practical
Places are limited so book your place early to avoid disappointment.
Location:
IMV Imaging Ireland Office
Unit 2, Block 3,
City North Business Campus,
Gormanston, Co. Meath,
K32 ER81
Speaker: Professor Mark Dunning MA VetMB PhD CertSAM DipECVIM-SA FRCVS
Mark qualified from Cambridge in 1997 and went on to spend time in both mixed and small animal practice. He interrupted a small animal medicine residency at the University of Liverpool to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. After that he remained a Cambridge and finished his small animal medicine residency. He then worked in private specialist practice for four years in England before moving to the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University of Nottingham, where he is now Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine. Mark holds the European Diploma in small animal internal medicine and is an RCVS and EBVS recognised specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine. Mark has a particular interest in teaching endoscopy and allowing practitioners to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of the techniques available.
CPD: 7 hours CPD , VCI credits pending approval
Cost – £400 + VAT / €480 + VAT – includes lunch and course notes.
If you have any further questions, please contact [email protected] / 0044 7760 908463