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Ultrasound in practice teaching for veterinarians

Master Your Ultrasound Machine. On Your Terms.

 
Equip your team to confidently scan in-house with expert-led ultrasound training. Learn on your own machine, boost patient care, and feel great about your work every day.
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Why Most Vets Struggle With Ultrasound—And It’s Not Their Fault


Most training offers a single day with unfamiliar equipment and no follow-up. Vets walk away without structure, support, or confidence—and it shows.

 

They hesitate to scan, lean on colleagues, or refer cases they could handle themselves. The real cost? Slower diagnoses, lost satisfaction, and a quiet fear they’re not doing enough for their patients.

Ultrasound in practice teaching how it works

What We Teach You

 

At FOVU, we provide teaching sessions that can cover a variety of subjects, depending on the requirements of your practice and the level of expertise of your veterinary staff. We are able to either deliver a session that is specifically tailored to your requirements or provide advice on what topics would be the most appropriate given your needs.

 

Offering 7 hours of CPD, here's a list of the topics we typically cover:

Machine Set Up

Learn how to use your ultrasound machine, where specific buttons are located and their function.

 

Ultrasound In An Emergency 

Get confident with emergency cases such as:

  • Abdominal point of care ultrasound POCUS
  • Thoracic POCUS
  • Heart POCUS

 

Basic Abdominal Scan

Learn how to find and scan the following systematically:

  • Liver & Gallbladder
  • Stomach
  • Spleen
  • Kidneys & Ovaries
  • Jejunum
  • Bladder & Prostate
  • Colon
  • Testicles 

Trickier Bits - Abdomen

For those who already have basic scanning knowledge and would like to progress to finding the following:

  • Adrenals
  • Pancreas
  • Blood Vessels
  • Lymph Nodes
  • Duodenum
  • Ileum
  • Pyloroduodenal Junction

Basic Echocardiography

Take your ultrasound skills to the next level with:

  • Right Parasternal long axis views
  • Right Parasternal short axis views
  • Left-sided views

Kay Abbott

Camilla is a great teacher... She is also lovely, and friendly - I didn't feel I was being judged on my lack of skills! The training was all very practical and within the first hour I already knew so much more than when I started! It was great to learn on our own machine and I am looking forward to putting the knowledge to good use. Highly recommended.

A Happy Customer

Caroline thank you for sparking our enthusiasm with ultrasonography and for giving us the confidence to reconnect with our ultrasound machine to benefit our patients. I really enjoyed the session, thank you.

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One Day. Your Equipment. Lifelong Confidence.

We only offer a limited number of in-practice sessions each month to ensure every team gets our full attention.
Train without disrupting your schedule, using the machine you already have—backed by structured prep, real-world teaching, and ongoing support.
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Course Instructors and Locations

Please check that your practice is within the areas the FOVU instructors cover. 

Dr Camilla Edwards DVM CertAVP MRCVS provides peripatetic ultrasound service to first opinion veterinary practices. 

She has experience in leading the delivery of day long, in person, ultrasound lectures and practical teaching to groups of veterinary surgeons as well as online courses and webinars.  

Teaching is one of her passions and with daily practical experience in first opinion practice, she understands what skills practitioners require and want to learn. 

She has experience working with many different ultrasound machines and companies through her reviews and affiliate links, which makes her the ideal person to deliver teaching on specific ultrasound machines and how to use them in first opinion practice.

Camilla aims to deliver friendly, informative, relevant courses which help veterinary surgeons to utilize their ultrasound machines to both the vet’s and the machine’s maximum potential. 

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Online Courses

Outside of our teaching area? Can't find a suitable date? Our FOVU online courses are available throughout the year and will help you grow in confidence and improve your skills.

ONLINE COURSES

How It Works

Tailored Planning

You’ve already talked through your team’s needs with us—now we turn that insight into a focused, efficient training session.

Whether you need help with emergency POCUS, abdominal scanning, or echo, you’ll get:

  • A clear, personalised plan
  • Defined goals for the day
  • A session that meets each team member at their level

No generic syllabus. No wasted time. Just progress.

Prepare - Online Course Access  (up to 20 hrs)

Before the Day: Prepare with Purpose

Your team gets structured video modules to help them:

  • Learn key techniques
  • Watch organ-by-organ scan demos
  • Come ready with questions that matter

In-Practice Teaching Day (7 hrs)

Your instructor will visit your clinic to deliver a hands-on, fully personalised session:

  • Scan with your own machine
  • Use real animals (staff pets, patients with consent)
  • Get immediate feedback and practical coaching
  • Typically 3–6 participants per session

This is immersive, practical training built around the cases you actually see.

Stay Supported - Online Access

Learning doesn’t stop after your instructor leaves.

Your team gets:

  • Ongoing access to scanning demos and 20 hours of online training
  • Ask Me Anything sessions
  • Feedback on their scans

Basic Echocardiography

Take your ultrasound skills to the next level with:

  • Right Parasternal long axis views
  • Right Parasternal short axis views
  • Left-sided views