You will have the experience of expert professionals who will contribute their experience in this area to the program, making this training a unique opportunity for professional growth”

Ultrasound scanning is a universal, non-invasive, real-time technique providing very accurate diagnostic information. Ultrasound examinations are gaining great importance in everyday practice and it is increasingly common among veterinary medicine professionals to include them in their diagnostic protocols.

Ultrasound scans provide the veterinary professional with moving images of the structures being studied, as well as information on the condition of the different tissues. It also allows samples to be taken and uses contrast to refine diagnoses.

It is an operator-dependent technique, so in order to perform an adequate ultrasound examination and obtain the best results, it is necessary to be meticulous and protocolized. Therefore, it is necessary to master basic criteria prior to performing the ultrasound examination, such as: the general anatomy of the region to be explored, the specific anatomy of each viscera, to locate each structure properly and recognize its physiological ultrasound image which will allow us to identify the pathological image. It is also necessary to understand the specific physiology, to correlate the ultrasound findings with clinical signs, and to establish differential diagnoses (and sometimes definitive) with clinical sense and criteria.

Given the online format of this program, you will develop confidence, assurance and greater knowledge of pathologies and differential diagnoses when it comes to providing relevant and necessary information in daily ultrasound practice.

As it is an online program, the student is not conditioned by fixed schedules, nor do they need to move to physically move to another location. All of the content can be accessed at any time of the day, so you can balance your working or personal life with your academic life.

This specialization offers the bases and tools for you to become an expert in veterinary ultrasound  with the help of renowned professionals with extensive experience in the field”

This postgraduate diploma in Abdominal Ultrasound for Small Animals offers you the advantages of a high-level scientific, teaching, and technological course.  These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• Intensely visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic content that is easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Self-regulating learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, discussion forums and debates
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content available from any fixed or portable device with internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

Immerse yourself in this training of the highest educational quality, which will allow you to face future challenges that may arise during daily practice in abdominal ultrasound”

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. In this way, we ensure that we provide you with the training update we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in different environments, who will cover the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will put the practical knowledge derived from their own experience at the service of the course: one of the differential qualities of this course.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this postgraduate diploma in Abdominal Ultrasound for Small Animals. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, you will be able to study with a range of easy-to-use and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the necessary skills you need for your specialization.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice:  with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

Learn from real cases with this highly effective educational postgraduate diploma and open up new paths to your professional progress"

As the course is online, you will be able to train wherever and whenever you want, balancing your personal and professional life"

Our objective is to train highly qualified professionals for the working A goal that you will reach in just a few months and that will allow you to achieve professional excellence.

With this comprehensive program in Abdominal Ultrasound for Small Animals carefully designed by experts, become one of the most currently in-demand professionals”

General Objectives

• Introduce the physical principles of an ultrasound scanner, as well as its basic operation in order to understand what we visualize in an ultrasound image and how to obtain it
• Study the different types of probe, their classification and purpose
• Determine the different ways in which an ultrasound scanner can be used
• Propose an adequate positioning of the patient for an ultrasound examination
• Perform a correct ultrasound approach in exploring the abdominal cavity
• Assimilate and consolidate the location and positioning of the viscera included in this module
• Identify the correct scanning technique for each organ
• Correlate the anatomy of the viscera with its physiological ultrasound image
• Perform a correct ultrasound approach in exploring the abdominal cavity
• Assimilate and consolidate the location and positioning of the viscera included in this module
• Identify the correct scanning technique for each organ
• Correlate the anatomy of the viscera with its physiological ultrasound image

Specific Objectives

Module 1.

• Establish the fundamentals of ultrasound physics and how a scan is performed with image formation
• Determine the different ultrasound artifacts so as to avoid misinterpretation
• Identify the basic operation system of an ultrasound scanner in order to make the best use of it
• Establish the different types of probe and their function
• List the different uses for which an ultrasound scanner can be applied
• Propose a system for preparing patients before an ultrasound examination

Module 2.

• Master physiological image identification
• Identify and recognize ultrasound findings
• Recognize the main pathologies affecting the previously mentioned organs
• Differentiate between incidental and relative findings
• Establish a correlation between ultrasound findings and clinical signs
• Elaborate the most frequent differential diagnoses
• Propose appropriate complementary tests

Module 3.

• Master physiological image identification
• Identify and recognize ultrasound findings
• Recognize the main pathologies affecting the previously mentioned organs
• Differentiate between incidental and relative findings
• Establish a correlation between ultrasound findings and clinical signs
• Elaborate the most frequent differential diagnoses
• Propose appropriate complementary tests

This program will help you to acquire the skills you need to excel in your daily work”