Overview: This one-day course is designed to introduce the discipline of rigid endoscopy into your small animal general practice. The course will provide an overview of the specialty, including information regarding what equipment and instrumentation is required and how this can be used to expand and advance your current diagnostic capabilities. 

 This hands-on, wet-lab cadaveric course will be highly practical and will have a low delegate to demonstrator ratio making it the ideal opportunity to learn and practise the different diagnostic and therapeutic uses of the rigid endoscopy in small animal practice.  

 Topics to be covered:  

• Equipment and instrumentation 
• Rhinoscopy 
• Urethrovaginocystoscopy 
• Otoscopy 
• Rhinoscopy 
• Laparoscopy
• Thoracoscopy 

Course Description

By the end of this course you will be able to :

• Understand the basic principles of rigid endoscopy 
• Understand the use and limitations of rigid endoscopy in small animal practice 
• To successfully and safely complete the procedures highlighted in the course 
• Understand any risks and complications associated with the techniques/procedures described 

 

Required delegate attributes: The course is designed for the complete novice, but will also be suitable for the clinician who wishes to expand their rigid endoscopy repertoire