Individual Courses and Comprehensive Study Program

ESAVS Cardiology programme follows the same academic programme and curriculum across Southeast Asia and Europe, with corresponding courses also offered in China.

Courses in China

The courses offered in China follow the same academic curriculum as those in Southeast Asia and Europe. They are conducted in English with consecutive interpretation into Chinese, ensuring accessibility for local participants.

However, courses conducted in China are not currently accredited or directly recognised towards the ESAVS Certificate (CASVM) and Master (MASVM) programmes.

Participants who wish to pursue an ESAVS Certificate or Master qualification in Small Animal Cardiology may apply to have only one of the courses completed in China considered as external courses, subject to individual assessment and approval in accordance with the applicable ESAVS programme requirements.

Please note: While the academic content is aligned across regions, participation in courses held in China does not automatically grant credits towards ESAVS qualifications. Participants intending to pursue the CASVM or MASVM are advised to confirm course eligibility and recognition with ESAVS before registering.

The ESAVS Cardiology program consists of 5 one-week modules. Only courses I, II and III are currently offered in Southeast Asia. After completion of courses I-III in Southeast Asia, it is possible to attend Course IV and V in Europe. The course masters and instructors are Diplomates in Cardiology (ACVIM/ECVIM) and internationally recognized specialists in their field.

Cardiology I
The first module of the Cardiology program focuses on diagnostic and therapeutic options, such as heart murmurs, ECG seminars and interactive case discussions, thoracic radiographs, biomarkers, cardiovascular drugs and the most common diseases seen in private practice.

Cardiology II
In this module we strengthen the already acquired knowledge from course I with more ECG interactive sessions, more cardiovascular diseases and further diagnostic and therapeutic options.

Cardiology III
This course is dedicated to echocardiography. In the morning sessions are lectures about echocardiographic standard views, spectral Doppler, color Doppler, as well as measurements and diastolic function. Additionally, the most important diseases and how they are diagnosed with echocardiography is covered. The afternoon sessions are echocardiographic sessions in small groups, where the participants will learn the practical aspects of performing echos.

Cardiology IV – Only in Europe
This module focuses on advanced echocardiographic techniques. As in module III there are advanced lectures about more exotic cardiovascular diseases, diastolic function, case presentations and much more. In the afternoon sessions there is time to practice echocardiography with 5 Diplomates in Cardiology.

Cardiology V – Only in Europe
As being the last level of the ESAVS cardiology program, this advanced module presents updates of all diseases and new diagnostic and therapeutic options, as well as demonstrating diseases which were not covered in the previous modules. It is a mixture of practicals and theoretical sessions including interactive presentations of unique ECG and Echo cases.