Diagnostic Imaging

Diagnostic Imaging: Diagnostic Ultrasound II

registration open

 

Warsaw / Poland

25.09.2025 – 29.09.2025

EURO 3.300.-*

EURO 3.200.-*(early registration deadline: 01.05.2025)

* eLibrary access is included in the course fee

Total hours: 40
ATF hours (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland): TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate): 5

Program Director/
Principal Course Master:

Prof. Dr. Patrick Kircher, DECVDI (CH)

Course Masters:

Dr. Ewa Stańczyk, DECVDI (CH)
Dr. Tatjana Chan (CH)
Dr. Susanne Thamke (DE)

Course Overview

The aim of this course is to sharpen the participant`s perception and to discuss ultrasound images of various pathological conditions.
This veterinary course in diagnostic ultrasound is an advanced part of the training program.

Please note that Diagnostic Ultrasound I is mandatory before you may register for Diagnostic Ultrasound II.

If you already have training in this discipline and wish to apply for the advanced course as a newcomer, please send your detailed CV and a short motivation letter to registration@esavs.eu. You will then be contacted in case we have places available for newcomers. Please note that participants of the previous course have priority in registering to continue their education.

Literature recommended by the course master:
SMALL ANIMAL DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND by T. Nyland and J. Mattoon

Topics:

– Gastrointestinal Disorders
– The Urogenital Tract
– Endocrine Ultrasound
– Other Parenchymal Organs
– Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Course program (Subject to change)

Thursday, 25 September 2025
08:15 – 08:30 Registration / Welcome
08:30 – 09:15 Welcome back lecture: How to scan an abdomen
09:15 – 10:00 Advanced diagnostic ultrasound technologies
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Lecture: Doppler basics
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 17:00 Wrap up the day
Friday, 26 September 2025
08:30 – 09:15 Lecture: The use of Doppler
09:15 – 10:00 Lecture: The shunt hunt
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Lecture: Interventional Ultrasound
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 17:00 Biopsy training lab
Saturday, 27 September 2025
08:30 – 09:15 Lecture: The thyroid and parathyroid
09:15 – 10:00 Lecture: Non-cardiac thoracic ultrasound
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Lecture: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (incl. Altern. Imaging)
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 17:00 Musculosceletal training lab
Sunday, 28 September 2025
08:30 – 09:15 Lecture: The art of staging neoplastic disorders / What to do with large breed dogs
09:15 – 10:00 Lecture: The reproductive tract
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Lecture: Gastrointestinal specialties
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 17:00 Wrap up the day
Monday, 29 September 2025
08:30 – 10:30 Lecture: The critical patient in Ultrasound
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Case presentations
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:45 Systematic ultrasound – how to write reports
13:45 – 14:45 Case presentations
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:45 Take home messages

Course location

Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska Street 159 C (Building No 22), 02-776 Warsaw, Poland