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EMERGENCY MEDICINE & SURGERY

PgC Programme

This modular programme is dedicated to providing high quality, relevant, clinically useful information for the small animal
practitioner. Information is presented based around the major organ systems.
Attend paired modules to advance your knowledge and skills in a specific area, or take the full programme and
successfully pass all ISVPS assessments to gain a General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert) and then progress towards
a Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) qualification by taking the Advanced Practitioner Module delivered by HAU.
A dedicated Programme Tutor will support you throughout your PgC programme to ensure a rewarding and successful
learning journey.

1. The initial approach to the 9. Emergencies in rabbits, rodents and
emergency patient cage birds

2. Laboratory diagnosis, clinical pathology 10. Ophthalmological emergencies
and transfusion medicine

11. The principles of surgery and
3. Anaesthesia, analgesia, sedation the approach to trauma and
and therapeutics wound management

4. Neurological and neuro-toxicological 12. Gastrointestinal Emergencies
emergencies
Includes practical ECG and x ray film reading.

5. Renal, urinary tract, reproductive and 13. Cardiovascular emergencies and CPCR
paediatric emergencies

6. Endocrine and metabolic emergencies 14. Emergency medicine and surgery –
practical session

7. Supporting the emergency patient

8. Respiratory tract emergencies

Taught sessions Practical components Film reading

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