CAW CPD Portal

We are pleased to offer MWI Animal Health professionals access to a tailored selection of our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses. These courses have been curated to support your ongoing learning and development within the veterinary and animal care fields. Below, you will find all the necessary steps and resources to access and enrol in your chosen courses, helping you enhance your skills and knowledge at your own pace.

Step 1

If you haven’t already, create an account on The College of Animal Welfare’s CPD site and return back to this page.
*You only need one account to access all these CAW CPD courses.

Create your CAW CPD account now

Step 2

Select a course from the list below, find the “MWIAH Self Enrolment” section and enter this enrolment key:

Course: Piggy in the Middle - The delights and frustrations of balancing upward and downward management (VN Head Nurse)

Course List

Animal Behaviour

An overview of the Dog Friendly Clinic Scheme
Behaviour modification for dogs who are fearful or neutral at the vet: The Academy's Husbandry Project
Being Small and Smart
Cat Friendly Nurse Clinics
Fear and Anxiety in Dogs and Cats
Feline Toileting Issues - A Welfare Concern
Managing Behaviour in a Multi Cat Household
Preventing Conflict in Multi-Cat Households
Reducing Stress in Hospitalised Feline Patients
Rescuing the Rescues - How can we help the rescue dog integrate into our world?
The Emotional Experience: Changing perspectives on behaviour
Things that go crash, bang, wallop! Management of canine noise fears and phobias
What has happened to all the Pandemic Puppies?

Courses in category: 13

Animal Nutrition

Advances in Cardiac Nutrition
Can cats and dogs be healthy on a plant-based diet?
Exotics - Nutritional advice for common exotics seen within practice
Feeding the Veterinary Cancer Patient
Keeping Nutrition Simple for the Pet Owner
Nutrition for Super Senior Felines
Scientific Validation of Premium Pet Supplements vs Online or Branded supplements
The Overweight Pet and His Owner
The Raw Truth
The Raw Truth - Dealing with Raw Clients

Courses in category: 10

Animal Rehabilitation

The role of physiotherapy in animal rehabilitation and performance optimisation.
An Introduction to Veterinary Acupuncture
Brace Yourself - Orthoses in Small Animal Practice
Developments in Managing Canine Osteoarthritis
Feline Rehabilitation: Where to start (2024)
Hydrotherapy: What's really involved?
Massage Therapy for the Veterinary Nurse
Physiotherapeutic techniques: Effective support and care in the inpatient setting (11/06/2024)
Physiotherapy for the Post-operative Spinal Patient
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy for Animals
Rehabilitating the Cranial Cruciate Patient (2024)
Weight management support for rehab (2024)
What can we do to prevent OA; and why this is so important
Why Laser Therapy is Essential Equipment for Animal Rehab and Pain Management Professionals

Courses in category: 14

Business School

Data and Cyber Security
Data protection, information security and cyber security
Diversity and Inclusion
Information requirements in a business environment
Sustainability
The impact of new technologies on accounting
Visualising and communicating information
Working effectively

Courses in category: 8

Clinical Coaching

A Crash Course in Confidence - for you and your student
Compassion Fatigue
Establishing a successful mentoring relationship
Helping Neurodiverse Students
How to support your student with their revision - Tips and tricks to help your student suceed
OSCES - what goes wrong?
Practical support for Clinical Coaches and your students
Preparing students for OSCEs - the mental game
Tools for Empathic Communication

Courses in category: 9

Core Skills

An Introduction to Delegation Skills
An Introduction to Time Management Skills
Cyber Security

Courses in category: 3

Customer Service

Difficult Clients - where do we start to REALLY change things?
Supporting Bereaved Pet Owners
Talking to Clients about Money
Top Tips for Pur...fect Communication

Courses in category: 4

Veterinary Care Assistants

Anaesthesia Monitoring: Putting together the pieces of the puzzle
Client Care for the VCA
Compassion Fatigue: What Veterinary Teams Need to Know
First Aid - How can I help?
Getting Inappetant Patients to Eat
Getting it all done: How to manage your own time and energy
Overcoming Fears of Inadequacy and Self-doubt
Pet Loss and Bereavement Support
The VCAs role in ultrasound examinations

Courses in category: 9

Veterinary Nursing

A day in the life of an ECC Referral Nurse
Advanced Anaesthesia for the Orthopaedic Brachycephalic Patient
Advances in Wound Management: How to tackle those tricky wounds!
Blood Gas Bootcamp
Cats and Cardiology
Critical Writing Skills
ECGs Made Easy
Feeding the Inappetant Patient
Feline Rehabilitation: Where to start
Hocus Pocus - Utilising Ultrasound to Improve Patient Care & Outcomes
Managing Pain in Oncology Patients - The nurses role
Oncology Surgery for Veterinary Nurses - Cut to cure
OSCE Hints and Tips
PADS - What is knees and teeth syndrome?
Physiotherapeutic techniques: Effective support and care in the inpatient setting (29/02/2024)
Rehabilitating the Cranial Cruciate Patient
The Emergency Laparotomy - How you can make a difference!
Weight management support for rehab
Wellbeing in the VN Profession

Courses in category: 19

VN Equine

Achieving compliance with naughty neddies
Anaesthesia for Equine
Equine Behaviour from a Veterinary Nursing Perspective
Equine Lameness - what's it all about?
How Regenerative Medicine improves Clinical Outcomes in the Equine Patient
Peak performance for animal rescue incidents
PPID - the practical tips to manage the horse
The Nurses Role in Equine Diagnostic Imaging
What can human behaviour change science teach us about managing overweight horses?
What's New in Equine Wound management?

Courses in category: 10

VN Head Nurse

Ambassadorial Roles for Veterinary Nursing
Confidence for leadership- how to trust and inspire
Do, Delegate, Delete - The Art of Time Management and Delegation
Embracing Change
Emotional Intelligence skills - supporting yourself and others in trying times
Getting the Most from Your Team
Introduction to the Mind Matters Initiative and Supporting Veterinary Nurses to Thrive
Overcoming the Challenges of Clinical Practice
Piggy in the Middle - The delights and frustrations of balancing upward and downward management
Playing to Win: Conflict Need Not be Feared!
Recruitment and Retention: helping your team to flourish
Supporting the return to work journey - chronic illness, mat leave, mental & physical health
Team Building - Creating a Culture of Trust and Respect
The questions everyone is asking about flexible working
Time to Step Up! - How to Make the Transition from RVN to Head RVN
Your clinical and managerial workload- how to keep the wheels in motion
Your Social Media Tool Kit

Courses in category: 17

VN Small Animal, Wildlife and Exotics

An introduction to monitoring anaesthesia in small furries!
Avian Anaesthesia - Keeping it safe!
Bonding Rabbits - And why all bunnies need a buddy!
Dealing with Rats and Mice in Practice
Developing a Nursing Plan for Small Mammals and Exotics
Don't Fear the Ferret!
Families: The two legged and four-legged smallies
Hibernation: Let's dispel myths and legends to face it safely
Holistic Rabbit Anaesthesia - It's more than just the drugs!
Making a Rabbit Friendly Practice
Nursing Aquatic Patients
Nursing Care for Hedgehogs
Nursing the Small and Mighty Rodents!
Preliminary Veterinary Care of British Wild Fauna
Rabbit breeds - When appearance affects health and welfare
Rabbits - How to Get the Bloods Out and the Meds In
Rabbits - Pain and Analgesia
Rabbits as Prey and Humans as Predators: the dichotomy of interacting and living together
Reptile Factfile: The ABC's of Dealing with Reptiles in Practice
Small Rodent Pre, Peri and Post Anaesthesia Protocols
Triaging the Avian Patient
Welfare Minded Dental Disease Management in Rabbits and Small Mammals
What's Up Doc? - Common Rabbit Conditions
What's Up Doc? - Top Tips for Rabbit Patients
Why Guinea Pigs are NOT Small Rabbits!

Courses in category: 25