Veterinary Infrared Training

If you want a horse to perform in a race or performance event, you have to train it to do the job well or you don't win. Similarly, if you intend to provide a valuable service using veterinary infrared thermography (IRT) for promotion of better veterinary care for animals, you need veterinary infrared training or your service will be a detriment rather than a blessing to clients. It takes some knowledge of anatomy and physiology, as well as camera operation, software use, preparation of the patient and the environment, and horsemanship to name a few of the skills for veterinary infrared training, but when well executed you are able to provide the quality service that clients deserve. We can provide veterinary infrared training for one person or a group of people to perform a quality IRT exam. 

Once you have mastered the technique of taking good diagnostic thermal images, the next step is providing accurate interpretation of those images. In certain situations, you may want learn to do this interpretation yourself. Others will prefer to have them evaluated by a licensed veterinary thermographer. We can help you decide what is best in your individual situation, either by providing the necessary veterinary infrared training to interpret veterinary infrared images or by using our internet image interpretation service.

 Seminar Highlights

                                     More Pictures in a different Setting.

Session 1 Class --All Smiles !

Session 2 Class---All Business ?

Happy Faces on the Beach at Roswell!

                                                            More Smiles and A Lot a Laughs

2007 Course Schedule

                 Session 1(S1)-: Basic Instruction in Veterinary Infrared Thermography

                                          (You do not need to be a veterinarian to attend this course)

         Next Roswell Dates for 2008:  May 11-May 14, 2008 @ Roswell, NM

                                                          Tentative Schedule

                                                            Day 1(cont.):  Environmental Considerations; Patient Preparation

                                                            Day 2:  Camera Information and Operation; Patient Positioning

                                                            Day 3:   Lab  to Practice Material Presented in Class

                                                            Day 4:   Discussion and Course Summation / Questions Etc.

                                                                                  Class Limited to 5-6 Participants

                                           Tuition Fee:  $1795* (If Paid By May 1st)

                                                                           $1995* (If Paid After May 1st)

                   * Plus tax  (We also give a $95 Discount for the 2nd and subsequent person from the same clinic/business)

        This session will focus on how to choose and operate an appropriate infrared camera; applicable anatomy and physiology, how to prepare the patient and the environment for an infrared examination, proper patient positioning, artifact avoidance, etc.   Both small and large animal models will be discussed and used in the labs.  There are homework assignments each evening with discussion the following day.  Extra attention is given to problem areas.

Later  S1 Dates: Roswell: (Tentative) July 2008

                                Session 2(S2)-: Clinical Application of Thermographic Principals

                                                    (This course is for experienced Veterinary Thermographers Only.)                                                              Dates: To Be Announced

      Tentative Schedule

               Day 1:  AM -Review & Discussion of Patient Preparation, Positioning, Environmental Considerations, etc.

                                 PM - Lab presenting participant's cases

                               Day 2:  AM - Review of problem areas

                     PM - Lab presenting participant's cases

                               Day 3:  AM - Group Case Preparation

                     PM - Group Case Presentation

                               Day 4:  All Day - Working field trip to a racetrack or show stable etc.

                               Day 5:  AM - Questions, Answers, Evaluation of Previous Day's Imaging Trip

                      PM – Case Presentations, Discussion and Windup

                                                            Tuition Fee:  TBA

This session will be a continuation of Session 1, however it will focus primarily on helping experienced veterinary thermographers improve their ability to produce high quality thermal images that are suitable for diagnostic use.  Additionally, this session will incorporate opportunities to present and discuss clinical cases, review critical principles such as artifact detection, and take a working field trip to a racetrack or other equine facility, etc.  Persons who have no previous training / experience in veterinary infrared thermography should not take this course until they have taken S1.

Join us at the next course and enjoy the historic local scenery while you learn.

Contact: Donna L. Harper, DVM @ info@vet-therm.com

             Post University in Waterbury CT

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 Course Location & Other Instruction in NM

Most instruction is held in Roswell, NM (the famous alien city) including all personal instruction in-between group courses.  If you would like to join in one of the scheduled sessions, or take personal instruction at a different time, please contact:

                                                                Dr. Harper in Roswell at info@vet-therm.com or @ 505-453-7788.