Key Information
CPD Hours: 16 hours
Course Length: Four weeks
Course Format: A mixture of pre-recorded weekly webinars (which can be viewed live and/or as recorded versions throughout the course), online case assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online discussion forums
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Updated for 2026
Course Information
Key Areas
- Assessment and stabilisation of the dyspnoeic patient
- An overview of respiratory procedures, including TFAST (thoracic ultrasound), thoracocentesis, thoracic drain placement and lower airway sampling
- Investigating sneezing and nasal discharge
- Lower airway disease in the cat and dog
- Pleural effusion – an update on diagnostics techniques and management of common causes
Do you want to improve your diagnosis and management of small animal respiratory disease cases?
Small animal respiratory diseases can be both stressful and frustrating to manage and clinical signs of respiratory disease can range from life threatening to infuriatingly chronic in nature. This online course will present a problem-based approach to several common manifestations of respiratory disease in dogs and cats. The course also provides an update on a range of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for managing respiratory cases.
Why do this course?
You will not only be able to optimise your management of respiratory cases in primary-care practice, but will also grow in confidence when making diagnostic and treatment plans for dogs and cats with respiratory disease.
The webinars for this course will be pre-recorded and can be viewed as recorded versions throughout the course. Live Q&A sessions with the tutors will run on the following dates at 1.30pm London time.
Q&A session dates:
Thursday 25th June
Thursday 2nd July
Thursday 9th July
Thursday 16th July
Tutors
Marc Armour, BVetMed MRCVS
Staff Clinician in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
The Royal Veterinary College
Simon Cook, BSc BVSc MVetMed DipACVECC DipECVECC MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
The Royal Veterinary College
Ruth Gostelow, BVetMed MVetMed PhD DipACVIM DipECVIM FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
The Royal Veterinary College