Get your PgCert in just 12 months
PgCert Emergency Practice
Become an excellent Emergency Clinician in just 12 months with the highly practical, flexible and convenient work-based Postgraduate Certificate in Small Animal Emergency Practice programme from CPD Solutions, validated by The University of Lancashire.
The 12 month duration of the PgCert Emergency Practice gives you a valuable qualification quickly. This means minimal disruption for you, your family and your practice and you can put your new skills to use straight away. All of your attendance sessions are hands-on practicals, giving you new skills and insights that you can use immediately with your patients.
Download a brochure now or book a call with our PgCert team to learn more today.
Next Intake
The next intake for the PgCert Emergency Practice is in July 2026.
Reserve your place with a deposit of just £997 + VAT.
The CPD Solutions Commitment
We know a PgCert is a big step in terms of time, dedication, and investment. That’s why we created The CPD Solutions Commitment.
If, after your first attendance session, you decide a PgCert isn’t right for you, we’ll credit the balance of your investment towards any other CPD Solutions training — from Practical Courses and Online CPD to Webinar Club Memberships and OnTrack programmes.
(This applies to the CPD Solutions PgCert fee only, not the separate University Registration Fee.)
You can take your next step with confidence, knowing your career development is fully supported.
A modern work-based PgCert that could transform
you and your practice
Practical Training
The PgCert Emergency Practice has nine full days of hands-on practical training in essential areas of emergency practice delivered by expert and approachable tutors from the specialties of Emergency and Critical Care and Surgery.
Focused Attendance Sessions
Just three, highly-practical attendance sessions, each of 3 days, to reinforce your learning, teach you new practical skills and minimise disruption to your life. Held at the CPD Solutions Training Centre in Studley, Warwickshire.
Module 1: Essentials of Small Animal Emergency Practice
Module 2: Small Animal Emergency Medicine
Module 3: Small Animal Emergency Surgery
New Skills
New and enhanced practical skills to enable you to carry out more effective procedures in your practice, increase practice revenue and provide a more convenient in house service for your patients and their owners.
Gain A Valuable Qualification
The PgCert Emergency Practice delivered by CPD Solutions and validated by the University of Lancashire represents 60 academic credits at Masters Level 7 within the Quality Assurance Agency’s higher education framework.
Assessment is via reflective portfolios, consisting of a case log (minimum 10 cases per module) and a 4000 word critically reflective essay for each module.
Extensive Learning Resources
The course is delivered via blended learning. Each module comprises 21 hours of face to face practical workshops, 25 hours of directed online learning and 154 hours of self-directed study.
Extensive online resources provide a framework for your studies – webinars, Online Mini Series, surgical technique videos, practical notes, self-assessment MCQs, access to the University’s elibrary and resources, online text books and journals, bespoke reflective writing resources, RECOVER online and in-person training and full access to our Emergency Practice Webinar Club. With unlimited access during your study.
You also benefit from a full 12 months of additional access to the CPD Solutions resources after you complete your PgCert.
Get The Support You Need
You’ll get support from your tutors throughout the course. Face to face practical sessions will help develop your clinical and decision-making skills, and your personal tutor will guide your self-directed studies with constructive feedback on your work.
Your academic tutors are Emergency and Critical Care Specialists Emily Thomas and Daria Starybrat, and Surgery Specialists Smita Das and Mark Longley.
Can I Register for this PgCert?
Applicants for this study route must hold a veterinary degree and have at least 2 years postgraduate clinical experience.
Applicants must have access to suitable veterinary clinical cases to facilitate work-based learning reflections.
UK based applicants must be on the RCVS UK practising register. EU/International students who are not RCVS members will need to satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of The University of Lancashire.
Practical Attendance Session Dates
Module 1
15th – 17th Jul 2026
(3 days)
Module 2
25th – 27th Nov 2026
(3 days)
Module 3
17th – 19th Mar 2027
(3 days)
Venue
CPD Solutions - Training Centre, Studley, UK
Outstanding value
Your PgCert is a major commitment of TIME and MONEY.
We want to do everything we can to make it a huge success.
Let’s look at what added value you get with your investment in a CPD Solutions PgCert:
* CPD Solutions PgCert fee. You also need to register with validating University for that PgCert and pay their fee. The University of Central Lancashire fee is £2750 (no VAT applies) for UK students or £4400 for EU/International students. The University of Chester fee is £2835 (no VAT applies) for UK students or £4425 for EU/International students.
