Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Certificate Programme

Designed for Precision. Driven by Surgical Innovation.
Real cases.
Real confidence.
Real-life results.
This innovative Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Certificate Programme is designed to go beyond technique, equipping you with the mindset, decision-making, and communication skills essential for today’s veterinary surgeon. Whether managing complex cases, high-pressure situations, or client expectations, you’ll be trained to act with clarity, confidence, and compassion in real clinical scenarios.

The most practical small animal soft tissue surgery training for veterinary surgeons!
Whats New?

9 Expert-led Online Modules
Interactive content designed to strengthen clinical thinking, focus, and surgical decision-making.

10 Practical Wet-Lab Sessions
Delivered in 3 immersive attendance blocks, with cadaver and simulator-based training.

OSATS-Based Skills Assessment
Structured evaluations focused on surgical precision, tissue handling, and technique.

Personalised Expert Mentorship
One-on-one feedback from your mentor, continuous guidance from your coordinator, and a safe space to ask anything, anytime and anonymously.

Active Learning Activities (ALAs)
Draw from the best in high-stakes professions. Risk management from NASA, decision-making under stress from air traffic control, and situational awareness from New York firefighters — all adapted to veterinary clinical practice.

Advanced AI Medical Communication Simulator
Trains vet surgeons to master emotional, ethical, and clinical communication in realistic, high pressure scenarios with clients and colleagues.

Integrated Interdisciplinary Training
Work alongside internal medicine, imaging, and anaesthesia specialists in case-based simulations.

Advanced Learning Tools
Sharpen your clinical thinking with Error Management Training (EMT), Reverse Engineering of the Clinical Case (RECC), Visual Synthesis, and Active Checklists - all supported by immediate, expert feedback.

Europe's Leading Training Centre
Learn in the best environment with direct access to recognised veterinary specialists.

12-month Training Programme
Reimagined to allow you to complete it in one year without compromising in quality and content.
The result for you

Confidently perform a wide range of soft tissue procedures

Make better decisions in complex surgical cases

Communicate clearly in high-stakes client conversations

Lead with greater resilience in theatre and clinical teams

Advance your career and open new professional opportunities

Achieve the ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert) and a Postgraduate Certificate (PgC)
The result for your practice

Expand in-house surgical capabilities and reduce referrals

Improve outcomes, client satisfaction, and clinical efficiency

Strengthen team communication and collaboration in theatre

Gain a competitive edge with advanced surgical expertise

Boost morale, mentoring, and revenue through upskilled staff
The result for you

Confidently perform a wide range of soft tissue procedures

Make better decisions in complex surgical cases

Communicate clearly in high-stakes client conversations

Lead with greater resilience in theatre and clinical teams

Advance your career and open new professional opportunities

Achieve the ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert), a Postgraduate Certificate (PgC)* and approved for application to the RCVS Advanced Practitioner Status *Pending validation
The result for your practice

Expand in-house surgical capabilities and reduce referrals

Improve outcomes, client satisfaction, and clinical efficiency

Strengthen team communication and collaboration in theatre

Gain a competitive edge with advanced surgical expertise

Boost morale, mentoring, and revenue through upskilled staff
Real-life examples of how you could benefit

Colin Dickson
BVMS CertAVP GPCert SAS MRCVS
Small Animal Surgery Delegate
The practical sessions have been invaluable, and the guidance and ‘real world’ tips.
An excellent, well-balanced programme which I would wholeheartedly recommend to my colleagues.

Andreas Manousoudakis DVM GPCert (SAS)
Small Animal Surgery Delegate
Overall, the programme exceeded my expectations. It has certainly improved the care I provide to my patients but it has also helped my practices to become more profitable because we are now
undertaking many more surgical
cases.

Jonny Faire
DVM GPCert (SAS)
Small Animal Surgery Delegate
This has benefitted my career and how I work as a Vet, enabling me to offer a wider variety of surgical procedures in practice and has given me solid foundations to continue to develop my capabilities with more advanced procedures not covered on the course. I would recommend the course to Vets who really want to step up their surgical knowledge and skills and invest in themselves for the future.
Modules
1. Surgical Foundations – Asepsis, Wound Management, and Technical Essentials
2. Reconstructive Surgery – Principles and Techniques of Skin Closure
3. Surgical Oncology – Principles, Planning, and Decision-Making
4. ENT Surgery – Approaches to the Ear, Nose, and Throat Learning Objectives
5. Surgical Practical Block 1 –Tumour Surgery and Non-Technical Skills
6. Surgical Practical Block 1 – ENT Surgical Techniques
7. Surgical Practical Block 1 – Core Techniques and Surgical Confidence
8. Neck Surgery – Anatomy, Access, and Advanced Airway Management
9. Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery – Exploration, Intervention, and Complication Management
10. Emergency, Parenchymal Organ Surgery and Hernia Repair
11. Surgical Practical Block 2 – Gastrointestinal Surgery and Abdominal Exploration
12. Surgical Practical Block 2 –Solid Organ Surgery and Hernia Repair
13. Surgical Practical Block 2 – Cervical Surgery and Emergency Access
14. BOAS and Upper Airway Surgery – Restoring Function in Brachycephalic and Airway-Compromised Patients
15. Urogenital Surgery – Techniques for the Urinary and Reproductive Systems
16. The Art of the Surgical Consultation
17. Surgical Practical Block 3 – Feline-Focused Surgery – Precision, Adaptation and Soft Tissue Mastery
18. Surgical Practical Block 3 – Upper Airway, Thoracic and Urogenital Foundations
19. Surgical Practical Block 3 – Advanced Urogenital Surgery and Abdominal Drains

Course for Vets
Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery NEW
ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate
Postgraduate Certificate
Start Date: 1st November 2025

Modules: 9 Theory Modules (+ 1 Bonus Module) + 10 Practical Attendance Modules

CPD hours: 200

Course length: 12 Months

Prices start at: £9,490 + VAT

Entry requirements: Registered veterinary surgeons with a minimum of 1–2 years of postgraduate experience recommended
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Course Master
Ricardo de Sousa
DipECVS MRCVS DVM