This programme is designed to build your confidence in echocardiography so that you can start obtaining diagnostic information immediately, right from your very first view.
Comes with lifelong access to expert mentors, providing feedback or a second opinion, whenever you need it.
Our core modules are RACE®–approved for 11 CE credits.
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Finally understand the 'why' behind your Doppler studies, and how to interpret your results to make more confident diagnoses.
Moorong Veterinary Clinic
"I am really enjoying the course. It is achieving its title; giving me confidence in echocardiography!"
The City Vet
"It was a turning point for me. Meeting Catherine through Zoom meetings, discussing cases with her and going through the course step-by-step made a huge difference."
Once you're in, you're in!
We are always adding more resources into the training portal, as well as keeping content up-to-date with the latest guidelines, best practice and research findings.
By enrolling into the Confidence in Echocardiography programme, you will have access to all new modules that we add, supported with lifelong expert mentorship via email or Zoom, as well as membership of the Veterinary Echocardiography community (currently hosted on Facebook).
Our core syllabus is detailed below; however, it is important to understand that this is more than a course - it is a support and mentorship programme. By breaking echocardiography down into its component parts and equipping you with a clear method to follow, you will be able to obtain and interpret your images with confidence - backed by the support of your community and mentors. A second opinion, whenever you need it.
Live webinar: 1st November 2025
Catherine's live session will be on grading the severity of mitral valve disease on echo, and how this fits with the current guidelines on staging.
Live webinar: 28th November
Joshua is an RCVS & American Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology, and Co-Head of Cardiology at the RVC. He will be talking to our group about echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension.
In this module, we will look at the semilunar valves: aortic and pulmonary.
In this module, we look at the atrioventricular valves. As the name suggests, the atrioventricular valves are situated between the atria and the ventricles. This is where echocardiography begins to get even more exciting!
Looking more closely at the right heart, and pulmonary hypertension.
For those who are ready to incorporate the first left-sided views into their examination.
A detailed examination of the two most common cardiomyopathies in small animals: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We will look at:
Primary and secondary signs of cardiomyopathy on echocardiography
How to screen for cardiomyopathy with cardiac ultrasound
Extra cardiomyopathies for reference.
In this module, we will examine:
Pericardial effusions - what are they, and how can we identify them on echo?
Emergency echo and tamponade
Pleural effusions - differentiating pleural and pericardial effusions
In this section, you will be introduced to pulsed wave and continuous wave Doppler; what they are, what they do, and how to use them most effectively.
How can spectral Doppler help in one of our most common findings in veterinary echocardiography: patients with suspected dynamic outflow tract obstruction?
A walkthrough of your most important controls when using spectral Doppler.
Pulsed wave Doppler can be used to look at mitral inflow patterns. In this module, we learn about what this can tell you about your patient's filling pressures. We also take our first look at Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) and how this can be combined with mitral inflow for a more complete understanding of diastolic function.
Doppler techniques for right heart assessment, and estimating the probability of pulmonary hypertension.
From April 2025, I will be uploading new cases each month to support you in your continued learning in echocardiography. You will always find them in this section, and they will remain archived here for you to rewatch whenever you wish.
I will email you every time a new case is uploaded.
Replays of monthly echo webinars.
We travel worldwide to find the most interesting echo cases for our members to learn from in our core content and monthly case walkthroughs.
In 2025, we were lucky enough to be able to fly home to London via the UAE, and meet up with one of the very first people to join our programme: Dr Sherif Elsherif, a small animal veterinarian working at The City Vet in Abu Dhabi. Watch the video above to see how joining the programme has helped Dr Elsherif and his patients.