Small Animal Medicine Certificate Program

Completely Redesigned. Powered by Innovation.
Real cases.
Real confidence.
Real-life results.
Veterinary education has long prioritized the accumulation of knowledge - but in real practice, it’s the ability to apply that knowledge under pressure that matters most. The new Small Animal Medicine Online Certificate Program shifts the focus from memorizing systems to mastering structure. Built around Problem-Oriented Medicine (POM), it trains veterinarians to think like experts - case by case, decision by decision, using real clinical logic, not just textbook theory.

The most advanced small animal medicine training experience for veterinarians!
Whats New?

Problem Oriented Medicine (POM)
Turns confusion into clarity, a real-life approach to thinking, diagnosing, and acting like an expert.

Personalized 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 Simulator
Trains veterinarians to master emotional, ethical, and clinical communication in realistic, high pressure scenarios with clients and colleagues.

An Intelligent, Living Atlas of Clinical Medicine
Short, interactive lessons you can reshuffle (by POM, system/organ, diagnostics and treatments), revisit, and adapt to your cases, anytime 24/7.

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.

Innovative Learning
Bring each lesson to life with engaging features like Tips & Mistakes, Top 5 - e.g. most common diseases or frequent clinical presentations, Human vs AI, and Consensus & Controversies and extended content for those ready to go beyond the boundaries of their knowledge.

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

Sharper clinical and diagnostic decision-making

Improved client communication and professional resilience

Greater career opportunities, recognition, and personal pride

Achieve the ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert), a Postgraduate Certificate (PgC)* *Pending validation
The result for your clinic

Higher standards of care

More efficient case management

Greater client retention and satisfaction

A motivated team member committed to continuous improvement
The result for you

Sharper clinical and diagnostic decision-making

Improved client communication and professional resilience

Greater career opportunities, recognition, and personal pride

Achieve the ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate (GPCert), a Postgraduate Certificate (PgC)* *Pending validation
The result for your clinic

Higher standards of care

More efficient case management

Greater client retention and satisfaction

A motivated team member committed to continuous improvement
Real-life examples of how you could benefit

Garrick Ponte
BVSc GPCert(SAM) MRCVS
Small Animal Medicine Delegate
The teaching at Improve is excellent and I have been able to take what I have learnt back to use in practice. It’s not just the lectures themselves but the practical work we did straight afterwards which drives home everything, which is why Improve’s modular programs are so great. The difference it’s made in the practice has been huge, I’m more confident with clients and able to take on more complex cases.

Dr Magdalena Doherty
Small Animal Medicine Delegate
I felt that the modular training structure it offered would be a good fit with my workload and the content linked very well to my daily experience in practice. The mix of training methods was another attraction as it seemed to support all styles of learning.

Small Animal Medicine Delegate
Instead of having to book specific days off work to attend a class, I can work through the course content in bite-sized topics at my own pace ..... Having taken an online examination in a different subject, I can see how useful these tasks are in preparation for the final exam.
Modules
1. Clinical reasoning and decision making under uncertainty
2. How to be a competent clinician: mastering complementary diagnostic tests
3. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with vomiting
4. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with diarrhea
5. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with polyuria/polydipsia
6. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with anorexia
7. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with stranguria, hematuria, dysuria and urinary incontinence
8. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with weakness, pallor, jaundice, or cyanosis
9. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with abdominal distension or acute abdomen
10. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with a cough or dyspnea
11. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with ataxia or seizures
12. How to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and monitor the patient with a mass or suspected neoplasia
13. Bonus Module: The art of the consultation

Course for Vets
Small Animal Medicine NEW
ISVPS General Practitioner Certificate
Postgraduate Certificate*
Start Date: November 1st 2025

Modules: 12 Clinical Theory Modules (+ 1 Bonus Module)

CE hours: 170

Course length: 12 Months

Prices start at: $11,370

Entry requirements: Registered veterinarians with a minimum of 1–2 years of postgraduate experience recommended
* Pending validation