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This year's X-ray course
April 10, 2025
Dog & cat
An in-depth, interactive course in abdominal and chest x-rays. Lectures are interspersed with a large amount of image interpretation and quizzes.
Online: 12 700 SEK
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The course is moved from Vetimagingacademy.com, but with the same content and lecturer.
Step 1-approved course
The course is approved for credit in the Swedish specialist training in diseases of dogs and cats, stage 1, and the Norwegian specialist training.
Target group: veterinarians
Level: for everyone
The course is held online: In recent years, this course has developed into an interactive online course. The group exercises take place in different digital rooms. We recommend that you use a computer, preferably with a headset and with a working camera for the best experience.
This is what the schedule looked like for the course in 2023
Day 1
08.00 – 08.15 Registration/login
08.15 – 09.00 Introduction to thoracic radiology
09.00 – 10.00 Lungs
10.00 – 10.15 Break
10.15 – 11.15 Lungs cont.
11.15 - 11.45 Quiz: What is the lung pattern?
11.45 – 12.30 Cardiovascular structures
12.30 – 1.15pm Lunch
13.15 – 13.45 Mediastinal structures
13.45– 14.30 Pleural and extrathoracic structures
14.30– 15.00 Break
15.00 – 17.00 Practical image interpretation and review
Why should you attend the X-ray course?
SAFER DIAGNOSIS
Learn how to best read an X-ray, different shortcuts and how to avoid pitfalls so you can confidently and accurately assess abdominal and thoracic images.
INTERACTIVE TRAINING
The course contains numerous case presentations, group exercises and quizzes with interactive elements to optimize learning.
APPROVED BY SVS AND THE NORWEGIAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION
The course is approved for credit in the Swedish specialist training in the diseases of dogs and cats, step 1, and the Norwegian specialist training. This ensures a high quality of the course's content and structure.
Lecturer
Registration
Please use the form to register
Course fee: 12 700 SEK excl VAT
Objectives of the course, after completing the course the participant will:
have an understanding of basic radiation protection.
have knowledge of general x-ray physics and x-ray technology abdomen and thorax.
have developed a systematic and effective technique for interpreting abdominal and thoracic images in dogs and cats.
be able to account for the normal and race-typical anatomy and how it changes in different projections and races.
understand and describe different types of abdominal and thoracic changes including different contrast examinations and grade the findings according to their most likely radiological diagnosis.
have knowledge of current literature, links and web-based aids.
What the participants think
“An incredibly good overall course in thorax and abdomen radiology! "
"Much needed in daily clinical work and especially when you are alone on call"
“Very educational, useful and above all very interesting!”
“Informative and well structured course with very good handouts to take home!”
"Really a good course, learned a lot, a lot!"
“Very instructive course, perfect combination of knowledge needed in everyday clinical practice to interpret radiographs.”
"Pedagogically laid out course that gives the course participant good tools to be able to interpret future X-rays themselves."
“Very good and instructive course”
"Indispensable for all small animal practitioners who work in smaller clinics without diagnostic imaging"
"Very good and relevant to everyday life as a veterinarian."
"Competent course leader and pedagogically laid out. Recommends everyone who works clinically to take this course!"
"Great, gave me an image interpretation lift!"
"Good and valuable course, with very good course material! Thank you!"
"Instructive, suddenly feels much easier with X-ray reading!"
"A very fun, structured, nutritious and exciting course!"
ALL COMMENTS ARE DIRECT TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH