Event Location | Northwest of England

Abdominal and Thoracic Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) For Veterinary Nurses

Our highly acclaimed two-day weekend workshop is endorsed by BMUS and specifically designed to ensure vet nurses exiting this training are confident and competent to start utilising their new clinical ultrasound skills as soon as they return to work.

₤895.00

North of England RVN Venue

DATE: Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March 2026

NORTH OF ENGLAND VENUE: The Holiday Inn Runcorn, Wood Ln, Beechwood, Runcorn WA7 3HA

Groups are deliberately kept to a small size, so places go quickly - you can, however, reserve a place on our next course and venue by contacting us directly via email: info@aspireucs.com or purchase your place online.

BMUS endorsed POCUS certificate on successful completion of course assessment.

Event Overview

Aspire UCS are all about empowering nurses to develop and diversify, and there’s no better way than adopting this versatile skill as part of your clinical tool set!

Our ground-breaking 2-Day competency-based face to face workshop has been called a ‘Game-Changer’ by one of the Vets Now nurses who attended our Summer 2022 course. Within days he was utilising his newly acquired ultrasound skills with confidence to support vet colleagues and help critically ill patients.

Our practical workshop is specifically designed for experienced RVNs wishing to acquire new skills and further support their veterinary clinicians. We have taught over 600 RVNs to perform basic A- & T-PoCUS scans and our work has been commended by Vets Now. Not only that, but this highly successful workshop has been endorsed by The British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS).

The 2-Day face to face theoretical and practical workshop places a strong emphasis on hands-on the development of ultrasound system skills, the clinical ultrasound techniques necessary for basic abdominal and thoracic PoCUS, as well as considerations for ultrasound-guided needle procedures. There is a practical clinical assessment incorporated into the training to enable the attendees to exit the course with confidence in newly acquired ultrasound skills and abilities, enabling them to work safely and within their scope of practice.

Aspire UCS’s informal delivery style provides attendees with ample opportunity to seek advice and support from the faculty through the duration of the course. It’s also a fun 2-days, informal and non-judgemental!

All course attendees are invited to join our closed Aspire UCS ‘RVN PoCUS Group’, designed to support learners after course completion. We know how challenging and daunting it can be to carry out ultrasound scans with confidence once the course is over and you’re back in the clinic. We all need a ‘Sonographer on your shoulder’ from time to time. We don’t want the learning to end when the workshop ends!

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Course Programme

The 2-Day course includes:

  • Fundamentals of ultrasound physics, image formation and B-Mode artefacts
  • Ultrasound system skills and appropriate image optimisation
  • Best practice technique for Abdominal and Thoracic PoCUS
  • Clinical implications of positive scan findings
  • Underpinning principles of in-plane ultrasound-guided needle technique
  • Professional issues to support effective clinical ultrasound practice – includes ultrasound governance, infection control, how to report a PoCUS scan and much more!
  • Ultrasound-guided needle demonstration
  • Clinical Practical Assessments to include:
  • Ultrasound system knowledge, skills, and image optimisation
  • Demonstration of the basic abdominal and thoracic PoCUS sites

All our attendees are are invited to join our Aspire UCS closed RVN PoCUS Whats App community, enabling them to continue to learn, share interesting cases, any ultrasound technique or system queries once they return to their clinical practice.

Lunch and refreshments are provided during the 2-Day course

Enhance Your Skills with Our Hands-On 2-Day Workshop

Places numbers on Aspire courses are deliberately kept low (no more than 10 – 12 places per event) to ensure that hands-on practice is at the centre of your learning experience.

₤895.00