Become a professional in one of the most in-demand fields of the moment: train in Analgesia in Small Animals with this comprehensive online Postgraduate certificate”

Pet care has grown substantially in recent decades, both in terms of the dedication of health care and the demand for quality care.  

Higher life-expectancy and survival in cases of chronic illnesses means that the use of and need for analgesia in small animals is a constant in veterinary practice. Scientific evolution has provoked the emergence of new drugs and ways of applying analgesia. Ensuring their knowledge of this evolution is kept up-to-date requires a lot of time and dedication on the part of the professional. 

This Postgraduate certificate has been created to answer this need. A comprehensive and very specific training that will allow you to advance in your profession in a simple way and is totally compatible with your other commitments. 

Become fully and adequately qualified in Analgesia in Small Animals with this highly effective Postgraduate certificate and open new avenues for your professional progress"

This Postgraduate certificate in Analgesia in Small Animals offers you the advantages of a high-level scientific, teaching, and technological course. These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• Highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations 
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the Postgraduate Certificate 

A Postgraduate certificate that will enable you to work in all fields of Veterinary Anesthesiology with the competence of a high-level professional"

Our teaching staff is made up of professionals from different fields related to this specialty. In this way, we ensure that we provide you with the training update we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in different environments, who will cover the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will bring the practical knowledge derived from their own experience to the course: one of the differential qualities of this course. 

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this Postgraduate certificate in Analgesia in Small Animals. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. This way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your training.  

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice:  with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way. 

With a methodological design based on proven teaching techniques, this Postgraduate certificate in Analgesia in Small Animals will take you through different teaching approaches to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: “learning from an expert”

The contents of this course have been developed by the different experts on this course, with a clear purpose: to ensure that our students acquire each and every one of the necessary skills to become true experts in this field.  
A complete and well-structured program that will take you to the highest standards of quality and success.   

Throughout the course of this training you will be able to enjoy an infinite supply of high-level practical and theoretical content” 

Module 1. Analgesia

1.1. Pain Physiology 

1.1.1. Nociceptive Pathways 
1.1.2. Peripheric Sensitization 
1.1.3. Central Sensitization 

1.2. Chronic Pain I. Osteoarthrosis 

1.2.1. Peculiarities of OA Pain 
1.2.2. Basic Lines of Pain Treatment Due to OA

1.3. Chronic Pain II. Oncologic Pain; Neuropathic Pain 

1.3.1. Peculiarities of Oncological Pain 
1.3.2. Peculiarities of Neuropathic Pain 
1.3.3. Basic Lines of Treatment 

1.4. Opioid Analgesics 

1.4.1. General Characteristics of Opioids 
1.4.2. Opioid Peculiarities in Felines 

1.5. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs 

1.5.1. General Characteristics of NSAIDS 
1.5.2. NSAIDS Peculiarities in Felines 

1.6. Other Analgesics I: Ketamine, Lidocaine

1.6.1. Ketamine General Characteristics 
1.6.2. Lidocaine General Characteristics 

1.6.2.1. Precautions with Felines 

1.7. Other Analgesics II 

1.7.1. Paracetamol 
1.7.2. Dipyrone 
1.7.3. Gabapentinoids (Gabapentin and Pregabalin) 
1.7.4. Amantadine 
1.7.5. Grapiprant 

1.8. Assessment of Post-Surgical Pain 

1.8.1. Implications of Post-Surgical Pain 
1.8.2. Perioperative Pain Assessment Scales  

1.8.2.1. Canines
1.8.2.2. Felines 

1.9. Assessment of Chronic Pain 

1.9.1. Implications of Chronic Pain
1.9.2. Chronic Pain Assessment Scales 

1.9.2.1. Canines 
1.9.2.2. Felines 

1.10. Analgesia in the Emergency Department and in the Hospitalized Patient 

1.10.1. Peculiarities in Emergency and Hospitalized Patients 
1.10.2. Analgesic Protocols for Hospitalized Patients

A comprehensive teaching program, structured in well-developed teaching units, oriented towards learning that is compatible with your personal and professional life"