Internal Medicine: Endoscopy Course Using Natural Orifices

Name: Internal Medicine: Endoscopy Course Using Natural Orifices
Start: 2026-10-05T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-09T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Vienna/Austria

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Program Director:

Prof. Dr. Reto Neiger Dipl. ECVIM-CA, Dipl. ACVIM (DE)

Principal Course Master(s):

Prof. Dr. Reto Neiger Dipl. ECVIM-CA, Dipl. ACVIM (DE)

Course Master(s):

Dr. Christiane Stengel Dipl. ECVIM (DE)

Course Overview

This Internal medicine endoscopy course in small animals using natural orifices is designed for clinicians with no or basic skills in flexible and rigid endoscopy. We cover instrument handling from how to set up the endoscope to maintenance and cleaning. Many tricks are discussed and shown since both course masters have been involved in endoscopic teaching for many years. Classroom teaching on all aspects of endoscopy in internal medicine, starting from indications to complications, procedures and possible findings will be followed almost daily by a practical wet lab with various models (including ex-vivo organs).

Topics

set up and handling of flexible endoscopes
indications, procedure, technique in:

Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy
Colonoscopy
Rhinoscopy (flexible and rigid)
Bronchoscopy
Cystoscopy (flexible and rigid)

cleaning and storage
therapeutic endoscopic interventions
discussion of cases

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 5 October 2026

09:00 – 09:30 Getting to know each other
09:30 – 10:30 1: Introduction to rigid endoscopy
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30 2: Coughing
11:30 – 12:45 Wet Lab – Usage of rigid endoscopes with peppers, etc.
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:15 3: Introduction to flexible endoscopy
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Wet Lab – Boxes
16:30 – 18:00 4: Stridor and nasal disease
Evening Social Dinner

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

09:00 – 10:30 5: Tracheobronchoscopy
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Wet Lab – Lungs (Cadavers)
12:00 – 13:30 6: Rhinoscopy
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:45 7: Pharyngoscopy, Laryngoscopy
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00 Wet Lab – Rhinoscopy and trephanation (Cadavers)

Wednesday, 7 October 2026

09:00 – 10:45 8: Dysuria, hematuria and urinary incontinence
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:15 Wet Lab – Boxes with foreign bodies
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 – 15:15 9: Cystoscopy
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Wet Lab – Bladder (Ex-Vivo, Cadavers)
16:30 – 18:00 10: Regurgitation & vomiting

Thursday, 8 October 2026

09:00 – 10:45 11: Small intestinal diseases
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 12: GI-Endoscopy / Oesophagus
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 13: Gastroduodenoscopy
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 – 16:30 Wet Lab – Gastroscopy (ex-vivo)
16:30 – 17:15 14: Large bowel problems
17:15 – 18:00 15: Colonoscopy
18:00 – 18:30 ESAVS Certificate and Master program, CASUS

Friday, 9 October 2026

09:00 – 10:00 16: Cleaning and maintenance
10:00 – 10:15 Course evaluation and questions
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 14:00 Wet lab cadavers (lung, stomach, bladder)