General Practitioner Advanced Certificate in Cardiology

The General Practitioner Advanced Certificate is accredited by ISVPS and has been developed for veterinary professionals who wish to advance their knowledge, progress their academic qualifications, and gain recognition in their field.

In partnership with Improve International and Harper Adams University (HAU), the General Practitioner Advanced Certificate is designed for veterinary surgeons who have already completed a relevant certificate and wish to evidence deeper learning.

Requirements

To achieve the GPAdvCert(Cardio) candidates must complete and pass the following:

• Complete the modular training programme
• Completion of the pre and post module questions is strongly advised as an important part of your exam preparation, however, completion is not compulsory to achieve the certificate
• Submit and pass a written assessment by the stated submission date
• Submit a 2,500 word case report
• Undertake and pass an online applied knowledge examination (OAKE) 
• Undertake and pass a case based scenario examination (CBS)

Please note – For courses which started prior to 1st January 2023 – previous assessment requirements are confirmed in the enrolment booklet, in the candidate area.

All candidates will also be required to complete the following additional study:

• Additional study of the non-taught areas of the course syllabus
• Further reading on the taught subjects

On successful attainment of the GPAdvCert(Cardio) candidates will be awarded with a personalised certificate and their name will be included in the ISVPS register of General Practitioner Certificate holders.