Small Animal CPD

A gut feeling: top tips to improve your gastrointestinal surgery! (practical workshop)

CPD: 7 hours

This course is designed for vets who manage a small animal surgical caseload and would like to broaden their skillset and improve outcomes for cases requiring:

·         Gastrotomy, enterotomy and enterectomy

·         GDV and gastropexy

·         Oesophagostomy tube placement

Lunch and Refreshments included.

This 100% online CPD mini-module has been developed and aimed towards the more experienced veterinary surgeon. The module content has been developed by veterinary specialists at the forefront of current veterinary research.

The module will provide you with 25 hours of designation specific CPD. Over four weeks we will cover a different weekly topic in an area in which there may have been changes, advances or controversy in recent years. Each week contains lectures, group meetings hosted by referral vets in the subject area, as well as readings and multiple-choice questions. 

To book your place on a Small Animal CertAVP module starting in April 2027.

Modules can be booked as either a Full Course Participant or an E-Learning Participant. 

Full Course Participant - Includes all E-Learning access PLUS in-person workshop at Leahurst Campus. To make a workshop booking please either choose the Full Course Participant option from the module list below or contact vpuoffice@liverpool.ac.uk.

 Workshop details can be found here.

E-Learning Participant - Online module access with full academic and peer support, library access, interactive journal clubs and zoom meetings.

For assessment only, please contact vpuoffice@liverpool.ac.uk

To book your place on a Small Animal CertAVP module starting in January 2027.

Modules can be booked as either a Full Course Participant or an E-Learning Participant. 

Full Course Participant - Includes all E-Learning access PLUS in-person workshop at Leahurst Campus. To make a workshop booking, please contact vpuoffice@liverpool.ac.uk.

 Workshop details can be found here.

E-Learning Participant - Online module access with full academic and peer support, library access, interactive journal clubs and zoom meetings.

For assessment only, please contact vpuoffice@liverpool.ac.uk

This 100% online CPD mini-module has been developed and aimed towards the more experienced veterinary surgeon. The module content has been developed by veterinary specialists at the forefront of current veterinary research.

The module will provide you with 25 hours of designation specific CPD. Over four weeks we will cover a different weekly topic in an area in which there may have been changes, advances or controversy in recent years. Each week contains lectures, group meetings hosted by referral vets in the subject area, as well as readings and multiple-choice questions. 

This 100% online CPD mini-module has been developed and aimed towards the more experienced veterinary surgeon. The module content has been developed by veterinary specialists at the forefront of current veterinary research.

The module will provide you with 25 hours of designation specific CPD. Over four weeks we will cover a different weekly topic in an area in which there may have been changes, advances or controversy in recent years. Each week contains lectures, group meetings hosted by referral vets in the subject area, as well as readings and multiple-choice questions

Total ear canal ablation and salivary gland surgery (sialoadenectomy for salivary mucocoele)

CPD hours: 9

Cost: £650

Description: Cases of canine end-stage ear, aural tumours, and salivary mucocoele are seen regularly in first opinion practice. This course will enable you to start providing in-house surgical management of such cases via our practical surgical teaching principles: maximum cutting time using canine cadavers, expert tuition, and high affordability.

Lunch and Refreshments included.