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Is your CPD delivering real value?Our blog explores the true return on investment (ROI) of Continuing Professional Devel...
17/10/2026

Is your CPD delivering real value?

Our blog explores the true return on investment (ROI) of Continuing Professional Development - beyond just ticking boxes. From boosting confidence and clinical skills to improving patient outcomes and career progression, discover how the right CPD can make a measurable difference.

Read now and make your learning work harder for you. 👇
https://premierskillsinstitute.com/return-on-investment-for-cpd/

🚨 Mastering Your Cardiorespiratory Emergencies✅ Build confidence in recognising and managing common cardiac and respirat...
16/10/2026

🚨 Mastering Your Cardiorespiratory Emergencies

✅ Build confidence in recognising and managing common cardiac and respiratory emergencies in small animal practice.
✅ Develop your knowledge of airway disease, heart failure, pericardial effusion and cardiac arrhythmias.
✅ Gain hands-on experience in thoracentesis, chest drain placement, tracheostomy tubes and nasal oxygen catheter placement.
✅ Learn practical, life-saving techniques in our purpose-built wet lab facility.

📆 Date: Tuesday 3 November
⏲️ Time: 9am – 5pm
📍 Location: Premier Skills Institute, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 E7K7
🎓 Speaker: Ciara Mc Grath MVB (HONS) MSc MRCVS DipECVECC

🎁 Bundle Discount Available! Book alongside our GIT Emergency Medicine course and save on both courses!

📆Learn more and register here 👉🏼 https://training.premierskillsinstitute.com/course-detail/mastering-your-cardiorespiratory-emergencies/?id=240

🩺 Anaesthesia: Keeping Your Finger on the PulseThis one-day practical CPD course is designed for small animal vets and v...
14/10/2026

🩺 Anaesthesia: Keeping Your Finger on the Pulse

This one-day practical CPD course is designed for small animal vets and veterinary nurses looking to refresh their knowledge and strengthen their approach to monitoring patients, from routine procedures to more challenging cases.

✅ Build confidence in anaesthetic monitoring, from routine procedures to more challenging cases.
✅ Get the most out of your monitoring equipment, including ECG, capnography and blood pressure monitoring.
✅ Strengthen your knowledge of patient temperature, hydration and oxygen supplementation.

📆 Date: Tuesday 27th October
⏲️ Time: 9am – 5pm
📍 Location: Premier Skills Institute, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 E7K7
🎓 Speakers: Georgina Murphy Dip AVN(Surgical) RVN, PGDip Vet Anaesthesia and Analgesia & Vilhelmiina Huuskonen DVM, Dip. ECVAA

🚀 Learn more and registere here 👉🏼 https://training.premierskillsinstitute.com/course-detail/anaesthesia-keeping-your-finger-on-the-pulse/?id=82

📖✨ We’re excited to share the latest edition of Duggan Connect - now featuring an exclusive 8-page spread dedicated to P...
13/10/2026

📖✨ We’re excited to share the latest edition of Duggan Connect - now featuring an exclusive 8-page spread dedicated to Premier Skills Institute updates 🐾

Stay up to date with the latest courses, insights, and opportunities designed to support your professional development.

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🩺 Enhance Your Medical Nursing Skills – FoundationsReady to strengthen your medical nursing skills and build confidence ...
12/10/2026

🩺 Enhance Your Medical Nursing Skills – Foundations

Ready to strengthen your medical nursing skills and build confidence in patient care?

This two-day practical CPD course is designed for veterinary nurses at every stage of their career, from newly qualified RVNs to experienced nurses looking to refresh and expand their clinical knowledge.

You’ll explore:
✅Patient triage, stabilisation & medical emergencies
✅ Inpatient nursing care, fluid therapy & nutrition
✅ Pain management, monitoring & tailored nursing care plans

📆Dates: Thursday 15th October
⏲️Time: 9am - 5pm
📍Location: Premier Skills Institute, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 E7K7
🎓 Speaker: Eimear Geoghegan BSc (Hons) RVN CertVNECC NCert(MedNsg) & Olivia Flanagan Bsc(Hons), VNECC, DipFN, RVN

📆Learn more and register here 👉🏼 https://training.premierskillsinstitute.com/course-detail/enhance-your-medical-nursing-skills-foundations/?id=273

🐑👨‍⚕️ Meet the Speaker:Warren Schofield MA, VetMB, MRCVS, CertES(Soft Tissue), DipECVSWith over 30 years of experience i...
10/10/2026

🐑👨‍⚕️ Meet the Speaker:Warren Schofield MA, VetMB, MRCVS, CertES(Soft Tissue), DipECVS

With over 30 years of experience in the equine field, Warren Schofield is a European Specialist Veterinary Surgeon working in Ireland, with particular expertise in surgery and orthopaedics involving racehorses and high-performance sport horses.

🎓 Teaching & mentoring

Having previously lectured at UCD, Warren continues to bring his passion for education to every aspect of his career, sharing his knowledge and experience with residents, interns, colleagues and horse owners.

🐎 Equine surgery & orthopaedics

Before moving into consultancy-based work, Warren was a partner at Troytown Equine Hospital in Kildare. Throughout his career, he has developed extensive expertise in complex equine surgery and orthopaedics, particularly in the treatment of racing and performance horses.

🔬 Pioneering veterinary surgery

Warren has published numerous papers across a wide range of topics and was the first to perform and report standing internal fixation of fractures in racehorses.

This pioneering technique removed the need for recumbent positioning under general anaesthesia, helping to avoid the risks associated with recovery. The technique is now practised around the world. 🌍

We’re delighted to have Warren as a speaker and love learning from his exceptional experience, expertise and contribution to equine veterinary surgery. 🐴

🐴 Webinar: Introducing OvaCyte EQ Ano – Hit Fast-Forward on Monitoring Equine Tapeworm InfectionJoin Prof. Nikki Walshe ...
09/10/2026

🐴 Webinar: Introducing OvaCyte EQ Ano – Hit Fast-Forward on Monitoring Equine Tapeworm Infection

Join Prof. Nikki Walshe and Prof. Giulio Grandi for an insightful webinar exploring equine parasitology, with a particular focus on equine tapeworm and responsible anthelmintic use.

Discover how Sweden’s experience with prescription-led parasite control can offer valuable insights for vets in Ireland and the UK, and learn how OvaCyte Eq Ano can support a more targeted approach to equine tapeworm monitoring.

You’ll explore:
✅Current approaches to equine tapeworm monitoring
✅Responsible & targeted anthelmintic prescribing
✅How OvaCyte Eq Ano can support parasite management

📅 Wednesday 14th October 2026
⌚20:00 - 21:30 GMT
🎙️Speakers: The University of Limerick & Giulio Grandi Senior Lecturer, HBIO, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Parasitology

Learn more & register here 👉🏼 https://training.premierskillsinstitute.com/course-detail/webinar-introducing-ovacyte-eq-ano-hit-fast-forward-on-monitoring-equine-tapeworm-infection/?id=312

🔍 Ultrasound Plus 2026 | Small Animal Abdominal Ultrasound CPD✅Build confidence in small animal diagnostic ultrasound wi...
07/10/2026

🔍 Ultrasound Plus 2026 | Small Animal Abdominal Ultrasound CPD

✅Build confidence in small animal diagnostic ultrasound with a structured, practical programme.
✅Develop hands-on scanning skills through small-group training in AFAST®, TFAST®, FNA, and abdominal and thoracic ultrasound.
✅Learn from real clinical cases with interactive lectures, case discussions, and image interpretation.
✅Earn up to 60 CVE points (pending approval) (up to 3 years of CVE accreditation)

📆Dates: October 2026 - September 2027
⏲️Time: 9am - 5pm
📍Location: Premier Skills Institute, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 E7K7
🎓 Speaker: Rosie Ellis DVM, GPCert(DI), MSc, BA

📆Learn more & Register today: https://training.premierskillsinstitute.com/course-detail/ultrasound-plus-2026/?id=293

🦴 Ortho IV: Complex FracturesTake your orthopaedic skills further with this intensive two-day advanced fracture manageme...
06/10/2026

🦴 Ortho IV: Complex Fractures

Take your orthopaedic skills further with this intensive two-day advanced fracture management course, designed for veterinary surgeons looking to build confidence in challenging fracture cases.

Combining clinical case discussion with hands-on cadaveric procedures, delegates will explore advanced fixation techniques and the management of complex fracture complications.

You’ll explore:
✅ Locking plates, plate-rods & dual plating techniques
✅ Open & articular fracture management
✅ Managing infection, delayed/non-unions & implant failure

📆Dates: Thursday 8th & Friday 9th October 2026
⏲️Time: 9am - 5pm
📍Location: Premier Skills Institute, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 E7K7
🎓 Speaker: Shane Guerin MVB MACVSC Cert SAO DVCSC DIPL ECVS MRCVS & James Dunne MVB Cert SAS MRCVS

📆Learn more and register here 👉🏼 https://training.premierskillsinstitute.com/course-detail/ortho-iv-complex-fractures/?id=211

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Thurles
E41E7K7

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Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm

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