Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

KathW — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:51:53 GMT

Thanks for all the replies. Some useful ideas and insights. I'll get organised - although the RVC two day one is now full.

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

James Laidlaw — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:24:38 GMT

Scanvet in Caterham South London are running 3 1 day courses from March. Think there's info on their website - just google scanvet. Really nice people and small groups only.

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

Mike Martin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:21:49 GMT

To learn ultrasound, I would recommend "seeing practice". The hours count towards your annual CPD requirement, most referral centres will not charge (particularly if your practice refers to them) and there's nothing to beat actually seeing scans of a variety of conditions and being able to ask questions 1 on 1. Downside might be the randomness of what cases are in that day at the referral centre, ie. you might see less than you hoped, but you might see a lot.

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

Mark Hedberg — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:43:42 GMT

How far north are you? I know Edinburgh's a fair step, but there's a day meeting covering practical ultrasound as below. If you're looking for a reasonably priced refresher, this might be a good fit - not too pricey. Disclaimer: I've never been to that particular day course, in fact I've yet to set foot in Edinburgh yet!

Kind Regards,

Mark

Next BSAVA Scottish Regional Meeting

A practical guide to ultrasound of the dog
includes BSAVA Scottish regional AGM

Sunday 29 January 2012
Day Meeting

Speaker: Elizabeth Munro

Venue: Edinburgh Vet School

Prices
Full BSAVA Members: £100
Non BSAVA Members: £220
1st Year Qualified/Students: £20

BSAVA.com has some contact details if you want them.

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

bob lehner — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:55 GMT

There's a series of brief introductory videos on abdo scans at www.uk-ireland.bcftechnology.com

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

plantagenet — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:28:19 GMT

CPD Solutions - excellent.

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David Mills — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:03:25 GMT

RVC >>> Improve

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

Rob Loxley — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:48:52 GMT

[quote user="KathW"]I've spotted that the RVC do a 2 day one and Improve have 1 + 2 day ones for complete beginners but they aren't cheap. [/quote]

But better value than their non-practical offerings, IMHO. I'm sure I've paid off the ultrasound courses I've been on a number of times over; not sure the same for that course on odd feline endocrine diseases...

I've been on a couple of the Improve ones and they were very helpful. Then it's practice - someone suggested scanning anything clipped up for abdominal surgey e.g. bitch spays

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

Laurence Webb — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:06:37 GMT

I did a CPD Solutions 2 days course a couple of years ago that was very good too. A good tutor to delegate ratio with a range of machines so there was something that was similar to what most people had in practice. 2 people per machine and plenty of animals to try scan.

Re: Ultrasound Courses - getting started.

Kate Richardson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:11:43 GMT

Hi Kath, I went on an Improve course a few years back, it was really good, but it does depend on the tutors as on one different course I went on I had a tutor I did not find helpful or good at teaching at all! so please feel free to message me and let me know which tutors are doing which courses, as that can make a HUGE difference. It was 4 sessions, one a month, and BCF lent us a machine from day 1 so we could go back and practice what we had learnt, which was great (we had the option to but the machine at the end with a discount). I was also lucky enough that we had a visiting specialist come to our practice every couple of weeks so I was able to continue learning. It takes time and committment to scan everything you can so that you can become really familiar with what is normal, and recognise artefacts and normal abnormalities. Don't feel like you will be a expert straight away, it really does take time, so concentrate on achieving the basics first.