Description
This one-day workshop will provide practical lectures on how to obtain diagnostic echo images. Attendees will then have the opportunity to practice obtaining these images in the afternoon on live dogs with hands-on scanning. They will then be able to take this skill, along with a new understanding of interpretation, back to general practice.
Key Skills:
- Learn how to set up your ultrasound machine for echocardiography
- Learn how to reliably acquire a good echo image of the heart and the basic echo views
- Learn how to interpret your echo studies
Speaker Biography
Jacqui Huxley
BVSc, CertVC, DVC, MVM, MRCVS

Jacqui graduated from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom in 2003. She then went on to work in both mixed and companion animal general practice for 6 years before stepping into her passion for cardiorespiratory medicine. She has been working in cardiorespiratory medicine in referral hospitals since 2009 and has completed a residency in Veterinary Cardiology with the University of Nottingham (U.K.). In 2016, she started a mobile cardiology service (Apex Cardiology) and in 2018, she completed her board certification exams with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). She has been awarded a Masters in Veterinary Medicine by the University of Nottingham, the subject of which is intermittent collapse in dogs and cats. Jacqui obtained her specialist status through the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council and we are fortunate to now have her based in Palmerston North.
Value to your practice
Attendees will gain practical tips on using the ultrasound machine available to them to obtain diagnostic echo images. They will then get to practice obtaining these images and can take this skill, along with a new understanding of interpretation, back to general practice.
Event Details
Start date: November 14, 2020
End date: November 14, 2020
Start time: 08:30
End time: 17:00
Venue: Kahuvet Education Centre, Wiri, Auckland
Coordinates: -37.004418, 174.866307
Directions: 23 Ash Road, Wiri, Auckland 2104