Course overview
In this course students will learn about the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of medical and surgical conditions that are encountered in companion animal practice.
Course learning outcomes
- Apply to clinical veterinary medicine knowledge learnt in previous courses, especially anatomy (surgery and imaging), physiology (medicine), pharmacology (medicine and surgery) and pathology.
- Describe medical and surgical disorders of companion animals, including their pathogenesis, pathophysiology, investigation, diagnosis, management and prognosis.
- Use patient histories and clinical examination findings to evaluate the medical condition of companion animals.
- Construct differential diagnosis lists for medical and surgical conditions of companion animals and use the lists to propose a diagnostic approach to patients clinical problems.
- Interpret results of clinical pathology, diagnostic imaging, and other clinical investigations in order to reach a diagnosis for medical and surgical conditions.
- Recognise common diseases and disorders in companion animals and plan therapeutic approaches to them, knowing when to refer complicated or uncommon cases to specialist veterinarians.
- Plan and employ, under supervision and in a team, safe anaesthetic practices for common simple procedures in companion animals.
- Plan and perform, under supervision and in a team, basic surgical procedures safely.
- Work well in a team when conducting basic surgical and anaesthetic procedures.
Availability
Class details
Roseworthy Campus
Class number 56478
Section CL01
Size 100
Available 100
Class number 56479
Section LE01
Size 100
Available 100
Notes:
Class number 56480
Section PR01
Size 100
Available 100
Class number 56481
Section TU01
Size 100
Available 100
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