Physiotherapy – Flexi CPD Course

£175.00 Ex VAT

Type:  Flexi CPD (converted from a tutored course)
Start:  On-demand / Unlimited Lifetime Access
CPD:    10 hours (UK), 10 points (approved in AUS, NZ and ZA)
Level:  Introduction / Intermediate

 

 

Description

SAVC and AVNAT Approved Course
This flexi CPD course is aimed at vet nurses and vet technicians in general practice and is available on-demand with unlimited lifetime access.  Each module consists of a tutorial, quiz and further reading articles

 

Module 1

Physiotherapy Toolkit (Modalities)
  • Electrotherapies
  • Therapeutic hot/cold packs
  • Manual therapies
  • Applied exercise therapies

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Understand the principles and application of electrotherapy including:
    • K-laser
    • Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
    • Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
    • Pulsed magnetic therapy (Biomag)
    • Therapeutic ultrasound
  • Understand the use of therapeutic hot/ cold packs
  • Understand manual therapy and its application including:
    • Massage
    • Effleurage
    • Coupage
    • Joint mobilisations
    • Graded stretches
  • Understand applied exercise therapy including:
    • Strengthening and stabilising exercises
    • Balance and proprioceptive exercises
    • Functional exercises
    • Hydrotherapy

Module 2

Patient Assessment
  • Musculoskeletal patient assessment
  • Neurological patient assessment
  • Respiratory / critical care patient assessment

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Carry out a basic musculoskeletal, neurological, and respiratory physiotherapy assessment
  • Understand valid outcome measures to guide patient treatment
  • How to write SOAP (subjective, objective, analysis, plan) notes to progress patient treatment

Module 3

Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy Treatment Techniques
  • Early phase rehabilitation 0-2 weeks
  • Mid phase rehabilitation 2-6 weeks
  • Late phase rehabilitation 6-12 weeks
  • Patient discharge or maintenance physiotherapy programme

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Carry out early physiotherapy treatment including:
    • Early manual therapy techniques
    • Early phase hot and cold pack treatment
    • Early electrotherapies to improve healing and for pain relief
  • Mid phase gentle exercise programmes including hydrotherapy
  • Late phase exercise therapy to include advanced strengthening, proprioceptive, balance and functional exercises
  • Late phase electrotherapies for pain relief, soft tissue injuries and muscle strengthening

Module 4

Physiotherapy Progression Plans and Home Exercise Programmes
  • Patient rehabilitation plans
  • Discharge and maintenance programmes
  • Home exercise plans

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Learn how and when to progress patient plans from early to mid through to late stage rehabilitation to optimise patient outcomes
  • Understand when to discharge a patient, or to continue with a maintenance programme for chronic cases or surgical complications
  • Design home exercise programmes for owners to carry out

Module 5

Musculoskeletal Case Studies
  • CCL reconstruction – TPLO or lateral suture
  • Soft tissue injuries (tendinopathies, iliopsoas strains)
  • Fracture repair
  • Conservative management of chronic conditions, including hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a musculoskeletal case study
  • Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a soft tissue case study
  • Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a fracture repair case study
  • Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a chronic condition case study

Module 6

Neurological and Respiratory (Intensive Care) Case Studies
  • Hemi- laminectomy (HLE)
  • Fibrocartilage embolism (FCE)
  • Pneumonia

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a surgical neurological case study
  • Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a non-surgical case study
  • Consider appropriate assessment, treatment plan and progression of a respiratory (critical care) case study

 

The course will be available immediately following purchase, with unlimited lifetime access and will provide a total of:
10 hours of CPD (UK)
10 points (Australia and New Zealand)
8 points (South Africa – SAVC Accreditation Number AC/2464/25)

Release date: Apr 2025

28 reviews for Physiotherapy – Flexi CPD Course

  1. Natasha P –

    Excellent course. Great supply of further reading, detailed but managable lecture length. Good assignments and great comments from the course giver.

    Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  2. Rachel M –

    really enjoy learnt alot

    Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  3. Tillie W –

    good course and very informative but does focus mainly around physiotherapy

    Rated: Introduction level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice <5 years - UK)

  4. Eva P –

    Fantastic. Very interesting and well laid out course

    Rated: Intermediate level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  5. Elisabeth C –

    I enjoyed the different area of this course and found the information given off good quality.

    Rated: Intermediate / Advanced level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  6. Lucy S –

    Very informative and lots of ways to asses knowledge and learn about the subject

    Rated: Intermediate level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  7. Claudia L –

    I really enjoyed this course, provided the perfect amount of information for a introduction.

    Rated: Introduction level
    (Newly qualified RVN <2 years - New Zealand

  8. Amy G –

    I felt this course was well planned out and definitely catered towards nursing staff who were novices in the field of physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, which is great for veterinary nurses who want to get off to a running start at having a better understanding in this area.

    Rated: Introduction level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

  9. Sophie S –

    I thought the course was great – The weekly tutorials were very thorough and informative and covered all you needed to know to meet the learning objectives. Donna is a very good lecturer and clearly very experienced in the physiotherapy and hydrotherapy field. There is a lot of extra reading provided covering all topics discussed so you can read further into specific areas of interest.

    Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level
    (Newly qualified RVN <2 years - UK)

  10. Leanne B –

    Love the way the course was laid out. Learnt a lot.

    Rated: Introduction level
    (Qualified RVN in general practice >5 years – UK)

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Speaker

Donna Carver BSC(Hons) Physiotherapy, DipAVN (Surgical), RVN, MCSP
Pain and Rehabilitation Service, University of Glasgow

 

Donna qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1993, whilst working in a busy small animal practice. She then took up the position of head nurse in this practice and gained the Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing (Surgical) in 1998.  In 2000 Donna joined the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Services (R (D) SVS) as a surgical nurse.  From 2002 Donna was employed as an emergency and critical care nurse, and whilst studying for a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy (2009). Donna then returned to the R (D) SVS in 2009 as a physiotherapist / veterinary nurse.  Since May 2011 Donna has been employed at the Glasgow University Veterinary School, with the Pain and Rehabilitation service providing physiotherapy and hydrotherapy to small animals.  Donna has given many physiotherapy lectures at local level for the Scottish British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA), at national level for BSAVA and at international level for the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA).  Donna is the author of Practical Physiotherapy for Veterinary Nurses, published by Wiley in 2015.

CPD Hours

This online course is worth 10 hours of CPD.

 

A certificate will be available from the ‘My Courses’ section, for you to download and print, once you have completed the course.  A permanent record of your total CPD hours will also be recorded in your account section.

AVNAT

Australia and New Zealand 

The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated 10 AVNAT CPD points to this continuing education activity.

 

This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 10 CPD points.

 

SAVC

South Africa

The South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) has allocated 10 CPD points to this continuing education activity. Accreditation Number AC/2464/25)

Information

Upon purchase you will be immediately registered to attend the course, with unlimited lifetime access.  The course will consist of six modules, where each module provides one hour and forty minutes of CPD, in the form of a tutorial, a quiz and also a selection of further reading journals, articles or book chapters.

 

The course is completely flexible, where all the learning resources are provided immediately – it is designed for you to complete one module per week, but it is completely up to you, how and when you decide to complete the course. You have unlimited lifetime access to all the supportive learning materials, and once you have completed the whole course, a certificate will be automatically generated.

 

Looking for some further information? – please have a look at our Flexi Online CPD Courses – PDF Guide

Levels

This course has been listed as ‘Introduction / Intermediate’ level

 

All of our courses are aimed at veterinary nurses in general practice, but everyone who works in the veterinary profession is very welcome to attend, whether you are a clinical receptionist, veterinary surgeon, student nurse or have been a qualified nurse for over 20 years!

 

The courses are not formally assessed for skill level, so the following CPD levels are just a rough guide to help you decide if a course may be more or less suitable:

 

Introduction
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice approaching a new topic or looking for a refresher course

Intermediate
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice along with referral / specialist nurses looking for a refresher course

Advanced
– maybe most suitable for referral / specialist nurses and highly experienced qualified nurses in general practice

Invoice My Practice

Invoice

Debit or credit card is the preferred payment method

Please ask your practice manager or accounts department to visit the website, register an account in their own name, and during checkout, complete the ‘delegate name’ and ‘delegate email’ sections with your personal details.  We will then register you a personal account on your behalf, and transfer the course booking over to your new personal account.  We will of course email you all the information you need to access this new account and your CPD course.

 

If you need an invoice and no other payment method is available to you, then please email [email protected] with all the following information:

  • Full name of delegate
  • Email address for delegate
  • Course(s) booking
  • Any discounts / promotions being redeemed
  • Practice name and address
  • Invoice name and address (if different)
  • Corporate group name (Linnaeus, IVC, Medivet, VetPartners etc) (if applicable)
  • Practice code (eg Vet4Pets practices)
  • Booking / invoice reference (if required)
  • Email address to send the invoice (practice manager, accounts department or head office – not your own email address please)

Please note the following:

  • Invoices must be requested a minimum of 4-6 weeks prior to a course starting, to allow time for the payment to be received
  • Delegates will not be allowed access to any course without prior payment
  • An invoice will be emailed to the contact provided and the course booking will be reserved for 7 days, whilst payment via debit / credit card or BACS is arranged
  • There will be an administration fee of £2.50 +VAT per invoice generated. You may book multiple delegates / multiple courses on a single invoice to the same practice

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