Vets Course
Small Animal Neurology
ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert)
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Jul 2024 - Oct 2025
Jul 2025 - Oct 2026
Neurological cases can be difficult to get to the bottom of, even for experienced veterinary professionals.
With Improve Veterinary Education's online learning program, master the fundamentals of neurology, from neuroanatomy to thoracolumbar myelopathy, and dive deeper into subjects such as neurological emergencies and neurodiagnostics. By improving your confidence and expanding your knowledge of different cases and presentations, you will be able to better diagnose and choose the best treatment for your patients.
Ready to expand your clinical problem-solving skills?
This program is taught entirely online. There are 13 interactive modules that include nine lessons, six interactive video lessons, and three recorded video lessons, allowing full capture of the tutor and the lessons’ content, two case studies, course notes, weekly summary videos, a one-hour live evening webinar, and forum tutoring for the month of each module. Regular case discussions are also included to help you get a real-life meaningful approach to this topic.
To test your knowledge, there are also regular informal assessments using a variety of different methods so you can reflect on your progress and apply what you learn directly in practice.
Benefit from a rich learning experience provided by our world-renowned speakers
By taking this online learning program in neurology, you will have the flexibility to fit your learning around your busy practice schedule.
Each lesson is engaging, and interactive and has been built by a team of online learning specialists. Plus, the program content is overseen by Simona Radaelli DVM PhD DipECVN MRCVS RCVS, European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology.
Change your perspective on neurology, uncover all the latest developments in this area, and achieve a recognized General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert) in Neurology awarded by the International School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies (ISVPS).
Key features of this program
13 varied modules
Covering key clinical subjects in neurology
Support from the Module Tutor
The specialist in the subject area will provide online support during each module and be available to answer all your questions
Leading online learning experience
Presentations, written notes, diagrams, interactive quizzes and exercises which test your knowledge as you learn
Discussion forum
A discussion forum for conversation, debate and sharing cases with your peers and Module Tutors
Recognized Course Director
Simona Radaelli DVM PhD DipECVN MRCVS RCVS, European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology oversees the program ensuring the latest content
Four sessions per month
Each module consists of four sessions spread over one month. Sessions comprise separate lessons and case-based studies to work through at your own pace
Delivered 100% online
Giving you access 24/7 via our world-leading Learning Management Platform
Regular assessments
Pre-module and post-module assessments encourage you to reflect on your learning and evaluate your progress
Dedicated Program Coordinator
You will have a dedicated Program Coordinator who will support you every step of the way
Interactive and engaging modules
Which allow you to absorb the learning materials in an online environment
Know-How
Join the global veterinary online learning CPD specialists and benefit from our high-quality resources
High-Quality Resources
Gain free access to the RCVS Knowledge Library and receive a complementary Improve Veterinary Practice Membership for one year
Programme Details
Module Summary
- Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology and Clinical Neurology
- Module 1 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Neuroimaging
- Encephalopathies
- Module 2 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Module 3 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Seizures, Paroxysmal Movement Disorders, Narcolepsy
- Module 4 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Disorders of Cranial Nerves and Cerebellum
- Module 5 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Module 6 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Thoracolumbar Myelopathy
- Module 7 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Cauda Equina Syndrome and Disorders of Micturition
- Module 8 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System, Myopathies and Junctionopathies
- Module 9 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Neurologic emergencies: intensive care in the neurologic patient
- Module 10 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Neuroanaesthesia, analgesia and fluid therapy
- Module 11 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Physical rehabilitation and nursing care of neurological patient
- Module 12 Case based Discussion Webinar
- Neurodiagnostics: CSF, electrodiagnostics, muscle and nerve biopsies
- Module 13 Case based Discussion Webinar
Please note the module order may be subject to change
Qualifications
The postgraduate online learning neurology program offers you a comprehensive range of structured learning with the ultimate flexibility to access the training that you want while working around your busy practice life.
You can also choose to work towards a recognized qualification from ISVPS.
ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert)
By attending the full online structured program and following the successful completion of the International School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies (ISVPS) assessments, including an examination, you can gain the GPCert awarded by ISVPS.
The Course Includes
Finally, by registering for this online learning program, you will gain free access to the RCVS Knowledge Library and get an Improve Veterinary Practice Membership for free.
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GPCert in Small Animal Neurology
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This course is accredited by ISVPS and allows you to achieve a General Practitioner Certificate
Read more01 - Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology and Clinical Neurology
Learning objectives:
-
Recognise the main anatomic structures of the central and peripheral nervous systems
-
Recall the function and the functional organisation of the key comonents of the peripheral and central nervous systems
-
Demonstrate the ability to select key information in the signalment and history of the patient to support the differential diagnosis
-
Select the steps of the general physical examination to support the neurological examination
-
Identify and reproduce the key steps of and the techiques used for the neurological examination using a systematic approach
-
Interpret the results of the neurological examination showing the ability to identify the neuroanatomical structures tested
-
Summarise the abnormal findings of the neurological examination and use the information to localise the lesion within the nervous system
-
Memorise and apply the sign-time graph and the acronym VITAMIN-D to list the differential diagnoses
-
Use the information collected from the signalment, history and neurological examination to list a differential diagnosis
02 - Module 1 Case based Discussion Webinar
03 - Neuroimaging
Learning objectives
-
Identify the main use of survey radiographs of the skull and spine
-
Recognise the limitations of survey radiographs and justify the use of radiographs in the unanaesthetised patient
-
Demonstrate the ability to identify abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Illustrate the technique and the clinical application of contrast radiology (myelography, epidurography, discography)
-
Identify abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Recognise the limitations of contrast radiography
-
Explain the principles and the clinical application of computer tomography (CT) with and without contrast medium
-
Identify the risks and the advantages associated with the use of CT
-
Identify abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Explain the principles and the clinical application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with and without contrast medium
-
Summarise basic MRI physics, MRI sequences and functional imaging
-
Identify the risks and the advantages associated with the use of MRI
-
Identify artifacts and abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Describe the use of ultrasonography in neurology, especially as a supportive diagnostic tool
04 - Encephalopathies
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the encephalon
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to lesion localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the brain, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors for common encephalopathies
05 - Module 2 Case based Discussion Webinar
06 - Module 3 Case based Discussion Webinar
07 - Seizures, Paroxysmal Movement Disorders, Narcolepsy
Learning objectives
- Recall the neuroanatomical and pathophysiological basis of seizure activity
-
Summarise the classification of seizures and the different stages of a seizure
-
Discuss how to perform a diagnostic evaluation of seizures, including history, general and neurological examination, key ancillary tests and list differential diagnoses based on the clinical findings
-
Explain the main criteria used in the selection of AEDs (antiepileptic drugs) in dogs and cats
-
Explain the contraindications, the side effects and the monitoring of the most common AEDs
-
Illustrate how to manage refractory epilepsy
-
Indicate the pathophysiology, the clinical evaluation and diagnosis of paroxysmal involuntary movement disorders (tremors, myoclonus, dyskinesia, myokymia and neuromyotonia)
-
Discuss the treatment and prognosis of the different paroxysmal involuntary movement disorders
-
Describe the diagnosis and the treatment of narcolepsy
08 - Module 4 Case based Discussion Webinar
09 - Disorders of Cranial Nerves and Cerebellum
Learning objectives:
- Explain how to perform a comprehensive cranial nerve assessment
-
Explain how to perform a neuro-ophthalmological assessment (including pharmacological evaluation of pupil function)
-
Distinguish the different neuro-ophthalmic syndromes, their neurolocalisation and causes
-
Review the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of the different neuro-ophthalmic syndromes
-
Identify the pathophysiology and neurolocalisation of the most common disorders of head and face: laryngeal paralysis, masticatory muscles abnormalities, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuropathy, Horner’s syndrome
-
Discuss the differential diagnoses, the neurodiagnostic investigation, the treatment and prognosis of the most common disorders of head and face
-
Illustrate how to evaluate the function of the vestibular system and how to distinguish between central and peripheral lesions
-
Illustrate how to evaluate the function of the auditory system (including BAEP)
-
List the diseases affecting the vestibular system (based on localisation), their diagnostic evaluation, treatment and prognosis
-
List the diseases affecting the auditory system, their diagnostic evaluation, treatment and prognosis
-
Describe the functional neuroanatomy of the key areas of the cerebellum
-
Summarise the clinical signs of cerebellar dysfunction
-
List the diseases affecting the cerebellum, their diagnostic evaluation, treatment and prognosis
10 - Module 5 Case based Discussion Webinar
11 - Cervical Myelopathy
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the cervical spinal cord
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the cervical spinal cord, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
12 - Module 6 Case based Discussion Webinar
13 - Thoracolumbar Myelopathy
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the thoracolumbar spinal cord
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the thoracolumbar spinal cord, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
14 - Module 7 Case based Discussion Webinar
15 - Cauda Equina Syndrome and Disorders of Micturition
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the lumbosacral junction and cauda equina
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisations
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the lumbar spinal cord and the cauda equina, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
-
Explain the physiology of micturition and the neurolocalisation of the disorders of micturition based on the clinical signs
-
Differentiate between upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron bladder dysfunction
-
List the most common differentials for the disorders of micturition, their treatment and the important prognostic factors
16 - Module 8 Case based Discussion Webinar
17 - Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System, Myopathies and Junctionopathies
Learning objective:
- Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the PNS
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the PNS, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
18 - Module 9 Case based Discussion Webinar
19 - Neurologic emergencies: intensive care in the neurologic patient
Learning objectives:
-
Define status epilepticus and cluster seizures and describe their aetiology and pathophysiology
-
Illustrate the appropriate at home and in hospital emergency treatment of status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
List the supportive care needed by a patient with status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
Explain the diagnostic procedures required in case of status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
Recognise prognostic factors and possible complications in a patient with status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
Discuss the pathophysiology of head trauma (primary and secondary brain injury, raised ICP)
-
Illustrate how to assess the patient with head trauma (primary and secondary assessment) and the appropriate emergency treatment
-
Choose the necessary diagnostic procedures and select appropriate treatment for the patient with head trauma (medical and surgical)
-
Appraise the importance of ICP monitoring and of the modified Glasgow coma scoring system in a patient with head trauma
-
Recognise prognostic factors and possible complications in a patient with head trauma
-
Discuss the pathophysiology of spinal trauma and the possible causes
-
Illustrate how to assess the patient with spinal trauma and the appropriate stabilisation and emergency treatment
-
Choose the necessary diagnostic procedures and select appropriate treatment (for primary injury and secondary injury) for the patient with spinal trauma including principle and indications for surgical vertebral stabilisation
-
Recognise prognostic factors and possible complications in a patient with spinal trauma
20 - Module 10 Case based Discussion Webinar
21 - Neuroanaesthesia, analgesia and fluid therapy
Learning objectives:
-
Estabilish a list of the appropriate clinical parameters and and blood tests needed to safely anaesthetise a patient with a neurological condition
-
Summarise the key aspects of the physiology and pathophysiology of anaesthesia, relevant to the neurological patient
-
Choose the appropriate protocol, drugs and anaesthetic agents to safely anaesthetise a patient with an intracranial disease
-
Illustrate a suitable monitoring for the anaesthesia of a patient with an intracranial disease
-
Summarize the protocol needed for a safe recovery and analgesia of a patient with an intracranial disease
-
Choose the appropriate protocol, drugs and anaesthetic agents to safely anaesthetise a patient with a spinal disease
-
Illustrate a suitable monitoring for the anaesthesia of a patient with a spinal disease
-
Summarize the protocol needed for a safe recovery and analgesia of a patient with a PNS disease
-
Choose the appropriate protocol, drugs and anaesthetic agents to safely anaesthetise a patient with a PNS disease
-
Illustrate a suitable monitoring for the anaesthesia of a patient with a PNS disease
-
Summarise the protocol needed for a safe recovery and analgesia of a patient with a PNS disease
-
Describe the essential physiology of pain (including transduction, transmission and perception) and the mechanism of neuropathic pain
-
Appraise the importance and the limitations of pain scoring a patient with a neurological condition
-
Plan the most suitable analgesic protocol for the most common neurological disorders and surgical procedures, listing indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions
-
Describe the use of fluid therapy in neurological patients during the pre operative, intraoperative and post operative periods: indications, protocols, monitoring
-
Explain how to evaluate and manage blood loss in the neurological patient
22 - Module 11 Case based Discussion Webinar
23 - Physical rehabilitation and nursing care of neurological patient
Learning objectives:
-
Review the principles of physical rehabilitation, their indications, contraindications and benefits for the neurological patient
-
Discuss initial assessment of the patient and demonstrate its value in physical rehabilitation
-
Evaluate the physical modalities of rehabilitation indicated for the neurological patient (physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, massages, passive range of motion, laser therapy, heat and cold, electrotherapy).
-
Suggest therapeutic exercises for particular neurological diseases and justify the recommendations
-
Indicate the risks, benefits, therapeutic time frames and monitoring of the therapeutic plans recommended
-
Explain the modalities for the management of the bladder and bowel functions in the neurological patient and analyse their indications, possible complications and appropriate monitoring
-
Recognise how to care for the respiratory system in the neurological patient and how to monitor function and possible complications
-
Appraise the importance of appropriate nutrition in the neurological patient and indicate its specific needs
24 - Module 12 Case based Discussion Webinar
25 - Neurodiagnostics: CSF, electrodiagnostics, muscle and nerve biopsies
Learning objective:
-
Summarise the anatomy and the physiology of CSF production and drainage
-
Illustrate suitable techniques to collect CSF from the cisterna magna and the lumbar spinal area and the risks involved
-
Identify the contraindications of CSF sampling
-
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of each type of CSF collection and their sutability to the different diease processes
-
Illustrate the suitable tests and techniques to analyse CSF after collection
-
Show how to interpret the results of CSF analysis and how to relate them to the disease processes
-
Identify the principles of electrodiagnostic evaluation of the neuromuscular system and the most appropriate technique to the clinical presentation
-
Show how to interpret the results of electrodiagnostic tests and how to relate them to the disease processes and clinical presentation
-
Evaluate the use of muscle and nerve biopsies in the neurodiagnostic evaluation of a neuromuscular disease: indications, limitations and contraindications
-
Show how to interpret the results of muscle and nerve biopsy analysis and how to relate them to the disease processes and clinical presentation
26 - Module 13 Case based Discussion Webinar
Venue: Online
Date: Jul 2024 - Oct 2025
GPCert in Small Animal Neurology
Get in touch
Accredited by
This course is accredited by ISVPS and allows you to achieve a General Practitioner Certificate
Read more01 - Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology and Clinical Neurology
Learning objectives:
-
Recognise the main anatomic structures of the central and peripheral nervous systems
-
Recall the function and the functional organisation of the key comonents of the peripheral and central nervous systems
-
Demonstrate the ability to select key information in the signalment and history of the patient to support the differential diagnosis
-
Select the steps of the general physical examination to support the neurological examination
-
Identify and reproduce the key steps of and the techiques used for the neurological examination using a systematic approach
-
Interpret the results of the neurological examination showing the ability to identify the neuroanatomical structures tested
-
Summarise the abnormal findings of the neurological examination and use the information to localise the lesion within the nervous system
-
Memorise and apply the sign-time graph and the acronym VITAMIN-D to list the differential diagnoses
-
Use the information collected from the signalment, history and neurological examination to list a differential diagnosis
02 - Neuroimaging
Learning objectives
-
Identify the main use of survey radiographs of the skull and spine
-
Recognise the limitations of survey radiographs and justify the use of radiographs in the unanaesthetised patient
-
Demonstrate the ability to identify abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Illustrate the technique and the clinical application of contrast radiology (myelography, epidurography, discography)
-
Identify abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Recognise the limitations of contrast radiography
-
Explain the principles and the clinical application of computer tomography (CT) with and without contrast medium
-
Identify the risks and the advantages associated with the use of CT
-
Identify abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Explain the principles and the clinical application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with and without contrast medium
-
Summarise basic MRI physics, MRI sequences and functional imaging
-
Identify the risks and the advantages associated with the use of MRI
-
Identify artifacts and abnormal changes in the images collected and associate them with disease processes
-
Describe the use of ultrasonography in neurology, especially as a supportive diagnostic tool
03 - Encephalopathies
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the encephalon
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to lesion localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the brain, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors for common encephalopathies
04 - Seizures, Paroxysmal Movement Disorders, Narcolepsy
Learning objectives
- Recall the neuroanatomical and pathophysiological basis of seizure activity
-
Summarise the classification of seizures and the different stages of a seizure
-
Discuss how to perform a diagnostic evaluation of seizures, including history, general and neurological examination, key ancillary tests and list differential diagnoses based on the clinical findings
-
Explain the main criteria used in the selection of AEDs (antiepileptic drugs) in dogs and cats
-
Explain the contraindications, the side effects and the monitoring of the most common AEDs
-
Illustrate how to manage refractory epilepsy
-
Indicate the pathophysiology, the clinical evaluation and diagnosis of paroxysmal involuntary movement disorders (tremors, myoclonus, dyskinesia, myokymia and neuromyotonia)
-
Discuss the treatment and prognosis of the different paroxysmal involuntary movement disorders
-
Describe the diagnosis and the treatment of narcolepsy
05 - Disorders of Cranial Nerves and Cerebellum
Learning objectives:
- Explain how to perform a comprehensive cranial nerve assessment
-
Explain how to perform a neuro-ophthalmological assessment (including pharmacological evaluation of pupil function)
-
Distinguish the different neuro-ophthalmic syndromes, their neurolocalisation and causes
-
Review the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of the different neuro-ophthalmic syndromes
-
Identify the pathophysiology and neurolocalisation of the most common disorders of head and face: laryngeal paralysis, masticatory muscles abnormalities, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuropathy, Horner’s syndrome
-
Discuss the differential diagnoses, the neurodiagnostic investigation, the treatment and prognosis of the most common disorders of head and face
-
Illustrate how to evaluate the function of the vestibular system and how to distinguish between central and peripheral lesions
-
Illustrate how to evaluate the function of the auditory system (including BAEP)
-
List the diseases affecting the vestibular system (based on localisation), their diagnostic evaluation, treatment and prognosis
-
List the diseases affecting the auditory system, their diagnostic evaluation, treatment and prognosis
-
Describe the functional neuroanatomy of the key areas of the cerebellum
-
Summarise the clinical signs of cerebellar dysfunction
-
List the diseases affecting the cerebellum, their diagnostic evaluation, treatment and prognosis
06 - Cervical Myelopathy
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the cervical spinal cord
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the cervical spinal cord, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
07 - Thoracolumbar Myelopathy
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the thoracolumbar spinal cord
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the thoracolumbar spinal cord, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
08 - Cauda Equina Syndrome and Disorders of Micturition
Learning objectives:
-
Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the lumbosacral junction and cauda equina
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisations
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the lumbar spinal cord and the cauda equina, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
-
Explain the physiology of micturition and the neurolocalisation of the disorders of micturition based on the clinical signs
-
Differentiate between upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron bladder dysfunction
-
List the most common differentials for the disorders of micturition, their treatment and the important prognostic factors
09 - Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System, Myopathies and Junctionopathies
Learning objective:
- Demonstrate how to clinically localise a disease process to the PNS
-
List differential diagnoses appropriate to the localisation
-
Summarise the key aspects (signalment, history, pathophysiology) of the most common diseases affecting the PNS, using the acronym VITAMIN-D
-
Establish a protocol for diagnostic tests suitable to each disease process
-
Indicate appropriate treatment options and prognostic factors
10 - Neurologic emergencies: intensive care in the neurologic patient
Learning objectives:
-
Define status epilepticus and cluster seizures and describe their aetiology and pathophysiology
-
Illustrate the appropriate at home and in hospital emergency treatment of status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
List the supportive care needed by a patient with status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
Explain the diagnostic procedures required in case of status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
Recognise prognostic factors and possible complications in a patient with status epilepticus and cluster seizures
-
Discuss the pathophysiology of head trauma (primary and secondary brain injury, raised ICP)
-
Illustrate how to assess the patient with head trauma (primary and secondary assessment) and the appropriate emergency treatment
-
Choose the necessary diagnostic procedures and select appropriate treatment for the patient with head trauma (medical and surgical)
-
Appraise the importance of ICP monitoring and of the modified Glasgow coma scoring system in a patient with head trauma
-
Recognise prognostic factors and possible complications in a patient with head trauma
-
Discuss the pathophysiology of spinal trauma and the possible causes
-
Illustrate how to assess the patient with spinal trauma and the appropriate stabilisation and emergency treatment
-
Choose the necessary diagnostic procedures and select appropriate treatment (for primary injury and secondary injury) for the patient with spinal trauma including principle and indications for surgical vertebral stabilisation
-
Recognise prognostic factors and possible complications in a patient with spinal trauma
11 - Neuroanaesthesia, analgesia and fluid therapy
Learning objectives:
-
Learning objectives:
-
Establish a list of the appropriate clinical parameters and and blood tests needed to safely anaesthetise a patient with a neurological condition
-
Summarise the key aspects of the physiology and pathophysiology of anaesthesia, relevant to the neurological patient
-
Choose the appropriate protocol, drugs and anaesthetic agents to safely anaesthetise a patient with an intracranial disease
-
Illustrate suitable monitoring for the anaesthesia of a patient with an intracranial disease
-
Summarise the protocol needed for a safe recovery and analgesia of a patient with an intracranial disease
-
Choose the appropriate protocol, drugs and anaesthetic agents to safely anaesthetise a patient with a spinal disease
-
Illustrate suitable monitoring for the anaesthesia of a patient with a spinal disease
-
Outline the protocol needed for the safe recovery and analgesia of a patient with spinal disease
-
Choose the appropriate protocol, drugs and anaesthetic agents to safely anaesthetise a patient with a PNS disease
-
Describe suitable monitoring for the anaesthesia of a patient with a PNS disease
-
Outline the protocol needed for a safe recovery and analgesia of a patient with a PNS disease
-
Describe the essential physiology of pain (including transduction, transmission and perception) and the mechanism of neuropathic pain
-
Appraise the importance and the limitations of pain scoring a patient with a neurological condition
-
Plan the most suitable analgesic protocol for the most common neurological disorders and surgical procedures, listing indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions
-
Describe the use of fluid therapy in neurological patients during the pre operative, intraoperative and post operative periods: indications, protocols, monitoring
-
Explain how to evaluate and manage blood loss in the neurological patient
12 - Physical rehabilitation and nursing care of neurological patient
Learning objectives:
-
Review the principles of physical rehabilitation, their indications, contraindications and benefits for the neurological patient
-
Discuss initial assessment of the patient and demonstrate its value in physical rehabilitation
-
Evaluate the physical modalities of rehabilitation indicated for the neurological patient (physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, massages, passive range of motion, laser therapy, heat and cold, electrotherapy).
-
Suggest therapeutic exercises for particular neurological diseases and justify the recommendations
-
Indicate the risks, benefits, therapeutic time frames and monitoring of the therapeutic plans recommended
-
Explain the modalities for the management of the bladder and bowel functions in the neurological patient and analyse their indications, possible complications and appropriate monitoring
-
Recognise how to care for the respiratory system in the neurological patient and how to monitor function and possible complications
-
Appraise the importance of appropriate nutrition in the neurological patient and indicate its specific needs
13 - Neurodiagnostics: CSF, electrodiagnostics, muscle and nerve biopsies
Learning objective:
-
Summarise the anatomy and the physiology of CSF production and drainage
-
Illustrate suitable techniques to collect CSF from the cisterna magna and the lumbar spinal area and the risks involved
-
Identify the contraindications of CSF sampling
-
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of each type of CSF collection and their sutability to the different diease processes
-
Illustrate the suitable tests and techniques to analyse CSF after collection
-
Show how to interpret the results of CSF analysis and how to relate them to the disease processes
-
Identify the principles of electrodiagnostic evaluation of the neuromuscular system and the most appropriate technique to the clinical presentation
-
Show how to interpret the results of electrodiagnostic tests and how to relate them to the disease processes and clinical presentation
-
Evaluate the use of muscle and nerve biopsies in the neurodiagnostic evaluation of a neuromuscular disease: indications, limitations and contraindications
-
Show how to interpret the results of muscle and nerve biopsy analysis and how to relate them to the disease processes and clinical presentation
Venue: Online
Date: Jul 2025 - Oct 2026
Small Animal Neurology
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This course is accredited by ISVPS and allows you to achieve a General Practitioner Certificate
Read moreGet the practical experience with these two sessions, complete the programme (OL modules) and achieve the General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert) by passing the required assessments with ISVPS.
01 - Neurodiagnostics
Learning objectives:
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Demonstrate how to position the patient during CSF collection
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Perform a CSF collection using the correct positioning for cisternal and lumbar areas
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Recognise how to analyse CSF composition (cell count, cytology and protein content) using the correct equipment
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Perform cisternal and lumbar myelograms
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Demonstrate how to position the patient during electrodiagnostic evaluations
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Show the correct positioning of the electrodes and the use of the computer for electrodiagnostic evaluations
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Analyse the results of the electrodiagnostic evaluations and recognise artifacts and incorrect positioning of the electrodes
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Demonstrate how to position the patient during muscle and nerve biopsies
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List the muscle and nerves suitable for biopsies and explain why
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Perform muscle and nerve biopsies using the correct surgical techniques
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Show how to handle, preserve and submit muscle and nerve biopsy samples for analysis.
02 - Basic spinal surgery
Learning objectives:
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llustrate the clinical application (including indications, advantages, disadvantages, assessment of the patient and complications) of the basic spinal surgical techniques
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Show the correct patient positioning for the each surgical technique
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Perform surgical approach and procedures for ventral slot and cervical fenestration; hemilaminectomy and thoracolumbar fenestration; lumbo-sacral dorsal laminectomy and partial discectomy
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Illustrate the clinical application of surgical procedures as laminectomy, minihemilaminectomy, pediculectomy, corpectomy and vertebral stabilisation.
Venue: Online
Date: Jul 2025 - Oct 2026
Small Animal Neurology
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This course is accredited by ISVPS and allows you to achieve a General Practitioner Certificate
Read moreAvailable Plans
Early
Regular
If course start date is < 15 days then no cancellation is allowed.
Pricing Billing
Small Animal Neurology Regular price
| Payment Option | First Payment | Second Payment(s) | Total Payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPCert Programme Payment in full | $9,628.00 | - | $9,628.00 |
| GPCert Programme - Deposit and Remaining Balance | $2,023.00 | $7,605.00 | $9,628.00 |
| GPCert Programme Deposit and 12 monthly payments | $2,023.00 | $714.00 x 12 (monthly) | $10,591.00 |
Optional Neurology Online Learning Practical Modules Regular price
| Payment Option | First Payment | Second Payment(s) | Total Payment |
|---|
The fees include ALL registration and exam fees to achieve a GPCert from ISVPS.
Payment Terms & Conditions
1. Payments can be made by ACH, credit or debit card, GooglePay and ApplePay.
2. Direct debit payments can be set up using a credit or debit card.
3. In certain circumstances, multiple booking and corporate discounts are available, please contact us on (786) 231 1301 for further information.
4. To confirm your place, we must receive payment in full or the one defined in the invoice.
5. Please also see our full terms and conditions on our website – Terms and Conditions.
Registration Information
1. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first served basis, subject to eligibility.
2. Where all available places are full, applicants will be offered first refusal for the next available date.
3. Improve Veterinary Education reserves the right to close the intake early if the number of applications received exceeds the number of available places.
4. Confirmation and enrollment details will then be sent to applicants once we have received a completed application form.
Venue: Online
Date: Jul 2024 - Oct 2025
GPCert in Small Animal Neurology
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Accredited by
This course is accredited by ISVPS and allows you to achieve a General Practitioner Certificate
Read moreAvailable Plans
Early
Regular
If course start date is < 15 days then no cancellation is allowed.
Pricing Billing
Small Animal Neurology Early price
| Payment Option | First Payment | Second Payment(s) | Total Payment |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPCert Programme Payment in full | $9,199.00 | - | $9,199.00 |
| GPCert Programme - Deposit and Remaining Balance | $1,399.00 | $7,800.00 | $9,199.00 |
| GPCert Programme Deposit and 12 monthly payments | $1,399.00 | $726.00 x 12 (monthly) | $10,111.00 |
Optional Neurology Online Learning Practical Modules Early price
| Payment Option | First Payment | Second Payment(s) | Total Payment |
|---|
The fees include ALL registration and exam fees to achieve a GPCert from ISVPS.
Payment Terms & Conditions
1. Payments can be made by ACH, credit or debit card, GooglePay and ApplePay.
2. Direct debit payments can be set up using a credit or debit card.
3. In certain circumstances, multiple booking and corporate discounts are available, please contact us on (786) 231 1301 for further information.
4. To confirm your place, we must receive payment in full or the one defined in the invoice.
5. Please also see our full terms and conditions on our website – Terms and Conditions.
Registration Information
1. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first served basis, subject to eligibility.
2. Where all available places are full, applicants will be offered first refusal for the next available date.
3. Improve Veterinary Education reserves the right to close the intake early if the number of applications received exceeds the number of available places.
4. Confirmation and enrollment details will then be sent to applicants once we have received a completed application form.
Venue: Online
Date: Jul 2025 - Oct 2026
Small Animal Neurology
Get in touch
Accredited by
This course is accredited by ISVPS and allows you to achieve a General Practitioner Certificate
Read more