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Thank you so much. The CPD
was the most useful I’ve ever
done and the food and facilities
were fantastic.
Feline dentistry
Goose, Bernese Mountain Dog
Welcome to our 2026
CPD brochure!
We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in 2026 You offer relevant courses with very
to our campus for onsite courses and/or to our online learning
environment – and sometimes both in one course! high quality that I immediately can
Every year we offer tried and true courses for veterinarians and use for my patients.
veterinary nurses that receive fantastic feedback from you, our
loyal participants. There are many old favourites in the line-up Webinar Plus: Integrating echo into clinical practice
for 2026, many of which have been updated and reformatted.
We also have a great range of new courses this year in several flexibility and superb quality are the reasons these courses are so
disciplines. A very pertinent and important course is Responsible popular. Our fantastic tutors are at the top of their professional
antimicrobial use in small animal practice which will be presented fields with a passion for teaching and learning. They are dedicated
in an extended Webinar Plus format. This course, featuring seven to ensuring that the RVC online and onsite CPD experience
expert clinicians from the RVC aims to support veterinarians make provides deep learning opportunities that encourages participants
appropriate treatment decisions about antimicrobial therapy at a to learn, reflect and think critically about their work.
time when antimicrobial resistance has become one of the major I am immensely proud of our team of superb and committed
threats to human and animal health. educators and our fantastic administrative team in the CPD
Other new Webinar Plus courses include: Ears in everyday Unit and can’t thank them enough for their contribution to the
practice; “He’s off his back legs!” Managing the acute spinal cord superlative RVC CPD experience.
patient; Webinar Plus: Orthopaedic essentials; and Webinar Plus: The subjects of the photo shoot this year were the pets belonging
Clinical pharmacology for nurses. to RVC staff and students. They have been photographed as usual
New and updated webinars include: Everything we know about by our highly talented Richard Addison.
CRGV (Alabama rot) – diagnosis, management and more; The If you are looking for courses for equine and farm CPD, then
red eye – what is an emergency?; What did the kidney stone please visit our website, or contact the CPD team for a copy of
say to the cat? “Urine trouble!” and Getting the most from your our Equine and Farm Practice brochure.
pathologist – an introduction to exotic and zoo species diagnostic
investigations. Two new combined webinar and practical courses I do hope that you find something in our portfolio to interest and
are: How to diagnose and treat common stifle problems – the inspire and look forward to welcoming you to the RVC – onsite or
cruciate and the patella and Sharpen your surgery skills – online in 2026.
surgical techniques to build lasting confidence.
We are also excited to host the RVC Vet Nurse Connect
Conference (VNCC) on 25th April. The conference will offer
a comprehensive program with multiple streams, featuring a
combination of lectures and hands-on practical workshops in our
world-class teaching facilities.
Our onsite courses now often involve an online component where
relevant topics are covered as recorded webinars followed by Jill Maddison
practical activities onsite. This is to maximise the time available for BVSc DipVetClinStud PhD FACVSc
practical teaching and it has proved to be a very popular format. SFHEA MRCVS, Professor of General
Our online course portfolio includes e-CPD courses, Webinar Practice and Director of Professional
Plus (live and recorded) and webinars (live and recorded). Their Development, RVC
I like the structure of RVC e-CPD courses.
You always gain interesting information and
things can be put into practice at your own
clinic to give patients the best care possible.
Small animal medical nursing online