Designed for veterinarians and veterinary technicians seeking a comprehensive internal medicine approach to common clinical disease processes affecting the gastrointestinal system, pancreas, urinary tract, liver, and endocrine systems in dogs and cats.
 
Instructor: Remo Lobetti, BVSc, MMedVet, PhD, DECVIM
12 RACE-approved CE credits
On-demand lectures plus post-course CE quiz
Approximate Study Time: 12 hours (self-paced)
 
Course Overview:
Join Dr. Remo Lobetti for a comprehensive internal medicine lecture series focused on the recognition, diagnosis, and clinical management of common disease processes encountered in everyday veterinary practice.
 
This 12-hour series provides a practical approach to gastrointestinal, pancreatic, urinary, hepatic, and endocrine disorders in dogs and cats. Through disease-focused discussions, learners will explore clinical presentation, diagnostic considerations, laboratory changes, and treatment strategies to improve case management and patient outcomes.
 
The course emphasizes connecting clinical signs with underlying disease processes, helping clinicians develop a more complete approach to diagnosis and management across multiple internal medicine disciplines.
 
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, you will know how to
Gastrointestinal & Pancreatic Disease
Recognize common disorders affecting the stomach, small intestine, colon, and pancreas
Understand clinical presentations and management considerations for:
Gastritis, ulceration, and gastrointestinal neoplasia
Inflammatory bowel disease, dietary hypersensitivity, lymphangiectasia, and chronic enteropathies
Colitis and large intestinal disease
Acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic neoplasia, and abscessation
Urinary Tract Disease
Differentiate chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and age-related renal changes
Recognize common renal disorders including pyelonephritis, urolithiasis, and obstructive disease
Understand diagnosis and management of lower urinary tract disease including:
Bladder stones
Chronic and interstitial cystitis
Prostatic disease including prostatitis, hyperplasia, neoplasia, and abscessation
Endocrine Disorders
Recognize clinical signs associated with common endocrine diseases
Understand hematologic and biochemical changes associated with endocrine disorders
Review diagnostic testing strategies for endocrine disease in dogs and cats
Understand specific and supportive therapeutic management approaches
Liver Disease
Understand clinical presentation and management of:
Acute and chronic hepatitis
Cholangiohepatitis complex
Hepatic lipidosis
Cholecystitis and gallbladder mucocele
Apply diagnostic and therapeutic principles to common hepatobiliary disorders
 
What’s Included:
Lifetime access to this SonoPath Education course
12-hour self-paced internal medicine lecture series broken into digestible sections
Presentation slides
CE Quiz and certificate (when passed at 70%+)