Small Animal CPD

Join Us for the New Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings

We’re excited to invite you to our new series of Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings, hosted by the Small Animal Teaching Hospital and the Veterinary Postgraduate Unit.

🗓️ When: Once a month from September to July (no sessions in January or August)
🕡 Time: Buffet and refreshments from 6:30 PM, followed by the lecture at 7:00 PM
📍 Where: Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE

These evenings will feature a range of informative and engaging lectures delivered by expert teams from across the hospital, offering insights into the latest in small animal clinical practice.

🔍 Each session includes:

• A networking buffet

• A clinical lecture on a topical subject

• An optional guided tour of the hospital

Whether you're a practicing vet, a student, or simply passionate about small animal care, these evenings are a great way to stay informed, ask questions, and connect with fellow professionals.

We look forward to welcoming you!

This special rate of 50% off is to be used by staff to book any of the Clinical Club Evenings once they have emailed vpuoffice@liverpool.ac.uk to confirm their place.

The evening will take place Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE Registration from 6.30pm including buffet and refreshments.  Lectures to start at 7pm

Audience: Vets & Vet nurses.

Interactive lectures, discussions and a hands-on practical guide you through this one-day workshop focusing on practical echo-based diagnosis and monitoring of cardiology cases in a first-opinion setting.

Lunch and refreshments provided.

2 Day Workshop -21 & 22 September 2026

Join us for this popular 2 day workshop. 

This two day workshop covers topics relating to the Foundations of Advanced Veterinary Practice module or ‘A-module’, the first module in the CertAVP program.  The topics are highly applicable to everyday practice and the workshop is open to all, not just those enrolled on the modules.  For more information please contact our team at vpuoffice@liverpool.ac.uk.

Through a series of presentations, workshops, and interactive group work we will stimulate you to think about making clinical decisions in context, managing mistakes, improvements in practice and 'caring and killing' in practice. You will leave with ideas about how to approach these and similar topics in your reflective writing for the Cert AVP and your practice in general.

Lunch and refreshments provided.

Practical Repair of Humeral Intracondylar Fissures and Condylar Fractures

This CPD event will train vets to surgically manage humeral intracondylar fissures (HIF) and humeral condylar fractures (HCF). Procedural videos will be issued prior to the event, and the day itself focuses on maximising practical surgical exposure, using drybones and cadavers to ensure the specifics of implant placement are understood before being applied in a lifelike surgical context.

In the last decade, implant systems for management of HIF and HCF have advanced dramatically, allowing more repeatable surgical procedures and more reliable surgical outcomes. This CPD event uses Fusion Implants, including the Humeral Intracondylar Repair system (HIRs) and the Lateral Epicondylar Anatomic Plate (LEAP), with technical support from Fusion available at all times

Lunch and Refreshments included.

To book your place on a Small Animal CertAVP module starting in April 2026.

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 Particpant 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 September 2026.

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 Particpant 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

Join Us for the New Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings

We’re excited to invite you to our new series of Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings, hosted by the Small Animal Teaching Hospital and the Veterinary Postgraduate Unit.

🗓️ When: Once a month from September to July (no sessions in January or August)
🕡 Time: Buffet and refreshments from 6:30 PM, followed by the lecture at 7:00 PM
📍 Where: Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE

These evenings will feature a range of informative and engaging lectures delivered by expert teams from across the hospital, offering insights into the latest in small animal clinical practice.

🔍 Each session includes:

• A networking buffet

• A clinical lecture on a topical subject

• An optional guided tour of the hospital

Whether you're a practicing vet, a student, or simply passionate about small animal care, these evenings are a great way to stay informed, ask questions, and connect with fellow professionals.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Wednesday 03 June - Keeping Calm: Optimizing Canine Seizure Control

Rita Goncalves DVM Dip ECVN MVM FHEA MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Neurology and EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology

Stephanie Phillipps BA BVetMed DipECVN FHEA MRCVS

During this CPD evening we will focus on highlighting the most common pitfalls encountered during seizure management in dogs and cats and how to overcome them. This short session aims to review best practice when treating epileptics and will use clinical cases to demonstrate and help grasp decision making.

The evening will take place Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE Registration from 6.30pm including buffet and refreshments.  Lectures to start at 7pm

Audience: Vets & Vet nurses.

Join Us for the New Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings

We’re excited to invite you to our new series of Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings, hosted by the Small Animal Teaching Hospital and the Veterinary Postgraduate Unit.

🗓️ When: Once a month from September to July (no sessions in January or August)
🕡 Time: Buffet and refreshments from 6:30 PM, followed by the lecture at 7:00 PM
📍 Where: Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE

These evenings will feature a range of informative and engaging lectures delivered by expert teams from across the hospital, offering insights into the latest in small animal clinical practice.

🔍 Each session includes:

• A networking buffet

• A clinical lecture on a topical subject

• An optional guided tour of the hospital

Whether you're a practicing vet, a student, or simply passionate about small animal care, these evenings are a great way to stay informed, ask questions, and connect with fellow professionals.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Thursday 05 March 2026 - Identifying and management of a portosystemic shunt - case discussion

Rachel Burrow  BvetMed CertSAS CertVR DipECVS MSc(clin onc)(hons) MRCVS

When a routine anaesthetic doesn’t go to plan, how do you approach the case? This interactive, case-based session follows a first opinion patient with a prolonged recovery from anaesthesia. Together, we’ll work through the clinical reasoning, diagnostics, and interpretation that led to a diagnosis of a portosystemic shunt. With plenty of practical take-home tips and audience participation throughout, this session is ideal for vets and nurses in general practice looking to build confidence in tackling delayed recoveries and recognising when something more serious might be going on.

The evening will take place Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE Registration from 6.30pm including buffet and refreshments.  Lectures to start at 7pm

Audience: Vets

Join Us for the New Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings

We’re excited to invite you to our new series of Small Animal Clinical Club Evenings, hosted by the Small Animal Teaching Hospital and the Veterinary Postgraduate Unit.

🗓️ When: Once a month from September to July (no sessions in January or August)
🕡 Time: Buffet and refreshments from 6:30 PM, followed by the lecture at 7:00 PM
📍 Where: Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE

These evenings will feature a range of informative and engaging lectures delivered by expert teams from across the hospital, offering insights into the latest in small animal clinical practice.

🔍 Each session includes:

• A networking buffet

• A clinical lecture on a topical subject

• An optional guided tour of the hospital

Whether you're a practicing vet, a student, or simply passionate about small animal care, these evenings are a great way to stay informed, ask questions, and connect with fellow professionals.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Thursday 16 April 2026 - Turning Weight Management into Obesity Care

Georgia Woods-Lee  BSc (Hons) RVN CertCFVHNut VTS (Nutrition)

This flexible session will firstly deliver the key aspects of caring for cats and dogs with overweight or obesity and helping them back to a healthy weight. Through taking a holistic, contextualised approach the session will touch on how to adapt strategies to best suit the pet and the owners individual circumstances.

The second half of the session will take the form of an open forum, providing a space for participants to discuss any aspect of obesity care. Whether it’s navigating challenging cases, addressing financial constraints, or finding the right language to initiate conversations with clients, all contributions are welcome.

The evening will take place Leahurst House, Leahurst Campus, CH64 7TE Registration from 6.30pm including buffet and refreshments.  Lectures to start at 7pm

Audience: Vets & Vet Nurses

All our practical workshops include notes.  These will be provided by email in advance of each workshop. 

If you would prefer a printed paper copy the cost of this will be £20.  These notes will then be provided to you on the day of your workshop.