Clinical Training That Builds Confidence
Advanced imaging delivers its greatest value when your team can use it confidently, safely, and consistently. Patterson’s veterinary-focused training supports both technicians and doctors—from patient positioning and scanner operation to case selection, image interpretation, and practice integration. The goal is a capable team, a stronger caseload, and better patient care from the start.
Training and Support for Your Imaging Program
Technician onboarding: A certified veterinary technician covers patient positioning, software use, quality control, contrast fundamentals, artifact reduction, safety, and long-term equipment care.
Veterinarian clinical training: A licensed veterinarian focuses on case selection, advanced software use, image interpretation, clinical protocols, and revenue-producing workflows.
Follow-up education: Additional sessions help answer questions, address workflow challenges, and bring new team members up to speed.
Procedure-focused training: Hands-on instruction is available for selected procedures related to conditions identified through advanced imaging.
Ongoing clinical support: Veterinary experts remain available for questions and remote assistance after installation.
Teleradiology guidance: Patterson can help connect your practice with radiology partners suited to your modality and clinical needs.
Long-term technical support: Warranty and service options help protect uptime, maintain performance, and keep software current.
A relationship built for the life of your system: Patterson supports your practice from evaluation and installation through training, service, and growth.
PATTERSON VETERINARY ADVANCED IMAGING TRAINING
Technology works when your team does.
Clinical need may justify a CT investment. Staff adoption determines whether that technology becomes part of everyday medicine. Our training is built for the people who will scan patients, select cases, interpret studies, and grow the program.
ADOPTION IS A CLINICAL REQUIREMENT
A scanner alone does not build an imaging program.
Successful CT programs depend on a team that can move from “we own the technology” to “we know when and how to use it.” That requires more than a product demonstration.
Patterson combines peer-to-peer instruction, hands-on patient scanning, protocol development, workflow coaching, and ongoing access to imaging experts. The result is a repeatable program—not a machine your staff is hesitant to use.
PEER-TO-PEER TRAINING
Learn from people who do the work.
Technicians and doctors have different responsibilities around CT. We train each group at its own level, in the language of its daily workflow.
TECHS TRAIN TECHS
Operational confidence at the scanner
Veterinary technicians learn with a credentialed veterinary technician who understands anesthesia, patient handling, imaging workflow, and what it takes to get consistent studies in a real practice.
- Patient preparation, positioning, and anesthesia readiness
- Quality control and safe scanner operation
- Contrast preparation and injection workflow
- Breath-hold technique and motion reduction
- Artifact recognition and repeatable scan setup
- Hands-on repetition with live clinical cases
DOCTORS TRAIN DOCTORS
Clinical confidence beyond acquisition
Veterinarians work with a veterinarian who understands case selection, clinical protocols, imaging software, interpretation, and how CT fits into decision-making across the practice.
- Case selection and clinical indications
- Protocol planning for the practice’s intended caseload
- Advanced software and multiplanar reconstruction
- Image review, interpretation workflow, and teleradiology
- Building confidence across associates and specialties
- Turning new capability into a sustainable service line
A COMPLETE ADOPTION PATH
Training begins before the first scan.
Prepare
We align the schedule, staff, patient cases, anesthesia and monitoring needs, contrast supplies, and workflow so training time is productive.
Launch
Your team learns quality control, patient setup, safe operation, and the first complete scanning workflows on its own CT.
Practice
Repetition builds confidence. The team performs multiple studies, practices positioning, breath holds, contrast, reconstruction, and case review.
Grow
Follow-up education addresses new questions, difficult cases, workflow improvements, new staff, and the next clinical applications you want to add.
HANDS-ON FROM THE START
What an on-site CT training can look like
The exact schedule varies by system, staff experience, patient availability, and clinical goals. A common two-day structure emphasizes repeated, supervised scanning—not passive classroom time.
YOUR TRAINING TEAM
Veterinary experience on both sides of the scanner.
Jodi Robinholt
LVT, LATg · CT Application Specialist
Jodi leads technician-centered training in patient preparation, positioning, scanner workflow, quality control, contrast studies, breath holds, and the repetition required to build confidence.
Shane Whitaker
DVM · National Imaging Support Specialist
Shane works with doctors and clinical teams on case selection, CT protocols, software, interpretation workflow, complex imaging questions, and integrating CT into daily medicine.
Chris Weaver
CVT · Veterinary CT Trainer
Chris brings 20 years of veterinary CT experience to hands-on training, helping clinical teams turn scanner capabilities into confident, repeatable daily workflows.
SUPPORT FOR THE LIFE OF YOUR CT
Training is not a one-time event.
The most important questions often appear after your team begins scanning independently. Patterson remains available as the program grows—whether you are troubleshooting a study, refining a protocol, onboarding a new employee, or preparing to add a new clinical service.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
A CT program the whole team can use.
Repeatable patient, anesthesia, positioning, contrast, and acquisition workflows.
Clear case selection, protocol, software, and interpretation pathways.
Better motion management, fewer avoidable artifacts, and stronger scan-to-scan consistency.
A team prepared to use CT routinely, teach new staff, and expand the clinical program.
BUILD THE TEAM WITH THE TECHNOLOGY
Plan for adoption before installation day.
Tell us about your team, clinical goals, and CT experience. We will help outline a training path designed for the way your practice works.
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