Postgraduate in Feline Medicine

Date: 9-10 May 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Develop a confident, logical, and problem-based approach to feline consultations.
• Be able to identify pertinent historical and clinical exam findings to formulate a differential diagnosis list.
• Maximise the information that can be gathered from a thorough history and physical examination.
• Confidently interpret abnormalities in feline haematology and biochemistry profiles.
• Appreciate the potential for patients with systemic disorders to present with neurological, dermatological, and ophthalmological signs.

Module Summary:

• Introduction to the problem-based approach and contextualised care
• History taking and clinical exams: exploring differential diagnoses
• Feline haematology and biochemistry profile: exploring differential diagnoses
• Neurological presentations of systemic disease
• Dermatological presentations of systemic disease
• Ophthalmological presentations of systemic disease
• Case Quiz

Speaker: Susanne Spence, Eilidh Gunn, Ana Rostaher, Vim Kumaratunga

Date: 9-10 May 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Consider differential diagnoses of polyuria and polydipsia and formulate a logical diagnostic approach to investigate this problem.
• Consider differential diagnoses of pyrexia of unknown origin and formulate a logical diagnostic approach to investigate this problem.
• Consider differential diagnoses of hypertension and formulate a logical diagnostic approach to investigate this problem.
• Appreciate the nutritional requirements of cats in health and disease.
• Be able to consider methods of parenteral feeding in cats and identify when these can be appropriately used.
• Identify the unique nursing requirements of cats and consider a “cat friendly” approach.
• Become confident in the basics of anaesthetising and sedating cats and consider the safest protocols for patients, considering any underlying disease.

Module Summary:

• Approach to polyuria and polydipsia
• Approach to pyrexia of unknown origin
• Approach to hypertension
• Nutrition and parenteral feeding
• Nursing the feline patient
• Sedation, general anaesthesia and fluid support in the feline patient

Speaker: Eilidh Gunn, Dee Mullowney, Laura Jones, Andrew Murray

Date: 20-21 June 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Recognise common causes of vomiting in cats and outline an evidence‑based diagnostic approach.
• Identify key differentials for feline weight loss and describe how to prioritise investigations.
• Formulate an appropriate management plan for acute gastrointestinal disease, including supportive care and indications for further testing.
• Describe major infectious gastrointestinal diseases in cats, including routes of transmission, diagnostic methods, and treatment principles. Consider health and safety and zoonotic management concerns.
• Explain the stepwise diagnostic approach to feline chronic enteropathy, including dietary trials, imaging, and biopsy.
• Discuss management strategies for chronic enteropathy, including nutritional, medical, and long‑term monitoring considerations.
• Be able to communicate the differences between low grade intestinal T-cell lymphoma and chronic inflammatory enteropathy in owners, and use diagnostic tests to distinguish between the two conditions.

Module Summary:

• Approach to Vomiting
• Approach to Weight loss
• Management of acute gastrointestinal disease
• Infectious Gastrointestinal Disease
• Feline Chronic Enteropathy Part 1: Diagnostic Approach
• Feline Chronic Enteropathy Part 2: Management Considerations
• Neoplastic Gastrointestinal Disease

Speaker: Margaux Kuijlaars

Date: 20-21 June 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Be able to classify and stage/grade kidney injuries in cats.
• Apply evidence-based medicine to the management of chronic kidney disease; considering targets and when interventions are necessary.
• Be able to make an individualised monitoring plan for patients with CKD.
• Understand the pathophysiology, management and prognosis with acute kidney injury in cats.
• Develop a thorough approach to disorders of the lower urinary tract, including micturition disorders and feline lower urinary tract disease.
• Have an awareness of management options for feline ureteral obstruction, and be able to describe SUB device placement (even if this is prior to referral for this procedure).

Module Summary:

• Acute kidney injury
• Chronic kidney disease part 1: Diagnostic investigation and staging
• Chronic kidney disease part 2: Management, monitoring and prognosis
• Ureteral obstruction and subcutaneous ureteral bypass systems (SUBs) (45 minutes)
• Feline lower urinary tract disease; FLUTD (1.5 hours)
• Urinary tract infections, haematuria and micturition disorders (45 minutes)

Speaker: Freddie Allan

Date: 18-19 July 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• TBC

Module Summary:

• TBC

Speaker: Larissa Gardner

Date: 18-19 July 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Understand how to clinically evaluate abnormalities of the feline respiratory system.
• Understand the infectious causes of upper airway disease in cats, including testing for, and management of each.
• Develop a logical approach to nasal disease, nasopharyngeal, laryngeal, and tracheal disease.
• Understand feline lower airway disease (feline asthma and chronic bronchitis), how to diagnose the conditions and manage them.
• Know how to approach and manage pulmonary parenchymal disease and pleural space disease.
• Be able to interpret lung patterns on radiography

Module Summary:

• Feline upper respiratory tract infections
• Nasal and nasopharyngeal disease in cats
• Feline lower airway disease
• Pulmonary parenchymal disease in Cats
• Pleural space disease in cats
• Imaging the respiratory system – lung patterns

Speaker: Claudia Gil Morales, Mark Coia 

Date: 19-20 September 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Apply principles of antimicrobial stewardship in feline practice, selecting appropriate antibiotics based on likely pathogens, diagnostic evidence, and current guidelines.
• Interpret and evaluate diagnostic tests for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), including imaging, laboratory markers, and molecular assays, and explain their limitations and predictive value.
• Formulate evidence‑based treatment plans for FIP, comparing available antiviral options, monitoring strategies, and expected outcomes.
• Recognise and diagnose feline mycobacterial infections, integrating clinical signs, cytology/histopathology, culture/PCR results, and public health considerations.
• Explain the pathogenesis, transmission, and clinical manifestations of feline retroviruses (FeLV and FIV), and interpret diagnostic test results in different clinical contexts.
• Identify and diagnose protozoal and tick‑borne diseases affecting cats, interpreting laboratory findings and selecting appropriate therapeutic approaches.
• Integrate epidemiological knowledge to assess infectious disease risk in individual cats and populations. Be able to apply knowledge of travel history and raw feeding when considering risk.

Module Summary:

• Appropriate use of antibiotics
• Feline infectious peritonitis Part 1: update on diagnostics
• Feline infectious peritonitis Part 2: update on treatment
• Feline mycobacterial disease
• Feline retroviruses
• Protozoal and tick borne disease

Speaker: Hannah Walker

Date: 19-20 September 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Explain the principles of feline transfusion medicine, including blood typing, crossmatching, donor selection, and safe administration of blood products.
• Differentiate between regenerative and non‑regenerative anaemia using clinical pathology data, reticulocyte assessment, and appropriate diagnostic algorithms.
• Interpret bone marrow findings in cats with non‑regenerative anaemia, recognising patterns associated with primary marrow disease, systemic illness, and immune‑mediated processes.
• Identify and diagnose primary bleeding disorders in cats, including platelet disorders and coagulopathies, using laboratory testing and clinical presentation.
• Assess and manage secondary bleeding disorders.
• Evaluate hypercoagulable and hypocoagulable states in feline patients, selecting appropriate diagnostic tests and applying evidence‑based use of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapies.
• Recognise and manage immune‑mediated polyarthritis and other immune‑mediated haematologic diseases, integrating clinical signs, laboratory data, and immunosuppressive treatment strategies.

Module Summary:

• Feline transfusion medicine
• Regenerative anaemia
• Non-regenerative anaemia and bone marrow disease
• Primary bleeding disorders
• Secondary bleeding disorders
• Hypercoagulability, hypocoagulability and use of anti-coagulants
• Immune mediated polyarthritis and other immune mediated diseases

Speaker: Craig Breheny

Date: 17-18 October 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Interpret feline liver enzyme patterns, bile acids, and imaging findings, and select appropriate biopsy techniques (FNA, Tru‑cut, surgical) based on clinical context and diagnostic yield.
• Differentiate inflammatory and infectious liver diseases in cats, integrating clinical signs, laboratory data, imaging, and microbial diagnostics to reach an evidence‑based diagnosis.
• Diagnose and manage hepatic lipidosis, including stabilisation, nutritional planning, and prevention and treatment of re‑feeding syndrome.
• Recognise and evaluate feline pancreatitis and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, interpreting diagnostic tests and formulating appropriate therapeutic and nutritional strategies.
• Manage portovascular anomalies and congenital liver diseases, and determining when surgical or interventional management is indicated. This may involve selection of appropriate cases for referral.
• Explain the pathogenesis, classification, and clinical implications of feline cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis, and develop rational treatment and monitoring plans.
• Diagnose and manage diseases of the gall bladder and biliary system, including cholecystitis, extrahepatic biliary obstruction, and biliary rupture.

Module Summary:

• Approach to liver disease: interpreting tests and types of biopsy
• Inflammatory and Infectious Liver Disease
• Hepatic Lipidosis and Re-feeding Syndrome
• Feline Pancreatitis and Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
• Porto-vascular Anomalies and Congenital Liver Diseases
• Feline cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis
• Diseases of the gall bladder and biliary system

Speaker: Florence Wootton

Date: 17-18 October 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Understand the aetiology of cancer and how to clinically evaluate clinical signs related to the
  most common malignancies in cats
• Develop a logical approach to feline oncology, interpretation of diagnostic tests and potential treatment including supportive care
• Understand clinical presentation, management, and treatment of feline lymphoma
• Know how to approach and manage cutaneous, respiratory, mediastinal and mammary tumours

Module Summary:

• Aetiology of cancer, paraneoplastic syndromes, clinical staging and antineoplastic treatment
• Alimentary, peripheral and extranodal lymphoma
• How to diagnose and manage the most common cutaneous tumours
• Tumours of the respiratory tract and mediastinum
• Mammary tumours: staging, treatment and prognosis

Speaker: Elisabetta Treggiari

Date: 21-22 November 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Assess and stabilise emergency patients using a structured primary survey, with an emphasis on airway, breathing, circulation, and rapid trauma evaluation.
• Recognise the different types of shock and sepsis in small animals and outline evidence‑based approaches to diagnosis, monitoring, and early intervention.
• Identify common toxicities in cats and describe appropriate decontamination methods and supportive care strategies.
• Evaluate and manage urinary emergencies, including urethral obstruction, and uroabdomen, with a focus on rapid stabilisation and safe decompression techniques.
• Diagnose and treat feline diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS), including fluid therapy planning, insulin protocols, and monitoring requirements.
• Perform emergency point‑of‑care ultrasound (POCUS) to support rapid clinical decision‑making, including assessment of free fluid, bladder status, and basic cardiac and thoracic views.

Module Summary:

• Patient stabilisation and trauma management
• Shock and sepsis
• Toxicology
• Urinary emergencies
• Feline diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycaemia hyperosmolar syndrome
• Emergency POCUS and procedures

Speaker: Carlos Pizarro del Valle, Clara Mattavelli

Date: 21-22 November 2026

Modality: Streaming

Competencies and objectives:

• Be able to recognise and investigate signs of possible endocrinopathies.
• Consider sensitivity and specificity of different tests, and select the most appropriate tests for diagnosing endocrine conditions.
• Confidently interpret results of endocrine testing.
• Be able to select appropriate therapy for diabetic cats and select which patients do and do not require insulin therapy.
• Be confident using continuous glucose monitoring systems in feline diabetes mellitus and know when they can be appropriately used.
• Select the most suitable diet for hypercalcaemic patients .
• Appreciate the potential for interplay between disorders in patients with multiple endocrinopathies.
• Understand the optimal management for each condition in cats.

Module Summary:

• Feline hypersomatotropism
• Feline thyroid disorders
• Feline adrenal disorders
• Feline diabetes mellitus part 1: general approach
• Feline diabetes mellitus part 2: treatment
• Feline diabetes mellitus part 3: monitoring
• Approach to feline hypercalcaemia

Speaker: Edward Shelton, Eilidh Gunn, Susanna Spence