Veterinary POCUS Essentials Course was created by two of the most respected names in veterinary emergency and critical care medicine: Dr. Søren Boysen and Dr. Serge Chalhoub.
Together, they bring over 35 years of combined clinical and academic experience in veterinary POCUS — having trained hundreds of clinicians, published landmark research, and presented at veterinary conferences worldwide. Their approach is grounded in real-world emergency practice, meaning every lesson bridges the gap between theory and the pressures of an actual clinical environment. When you learn from Drs. Boysen and Chalhoub, you are learning from the clinicians who helped shape modern veterinary point-of-care ultrasound.
Veterinary POCUS Essentials delivers structured, in-depth instruction across the four core imaging domains that every veterinary clinician needs to master:
- Abdominal Imaging: Learn to rapidly assess abdominal organs and identify free fluid, organ abnormalities, and other critical findings. Gain the confidence to perform FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) exams with precision in emergency settings.
- Pleural Imaging: Develop proficiency in identifying pleural effusion, pneumothorax, and pulmonary pathology. This module equips you to make life-saving triage decisions in dyspneic patients with greater speed and accuracy than ever before.
- Cardiac Imaging: Understand the fundamentals of point-of-care echocardiography, including the recognition of pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade, decreased cardiac function, and volume status assessment. This module demystifies cardiac POCUS so you can act decisively in critical patients.
- Vascular Imaging: Master vascular access and assessment techniques, including guidance for catheter placement and the evaluation of vessel patency. These skills are invaluable in both emergency and intensive care scenarios.
Upon successful completion of the curriculum, you will receive an official certificate for 8 hours of RACE-approved continuing education (CE) credit. This accreditation is recognized across North America and allows you to fulfill your CE requirements while gaining genuinely transformative clinical skills — making Veterinary POCUS Essentials one of the highest-value CE investments available to veterinary professionals today.
