Course Description
Instruction in routine preventative care for dogs and cats, the problem-oriented approach to medical problems commonly seen in dogs and cats, and how to anesthetize and perform surgical procedures on healthy animals (neutering, variohysterectomy, small cutaneous mass removal, and routine dentistry).
Athena Title
SA Community Practice
Non-Traditional Format
Senior clinical rotation where 2 hours in clinic equals 1 contact (40 hours per week divided by 2 equals 20 contacts per week or 1.3 credit hours per week).
Prerequisite
Must be a fourth year veterinary student
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
1. The student will learn to obtain a complete history from a client. 2. The student will practice performining a complete physical examination on dogs and cats. 3. The student will learn to use the problem oriented method and record to document findings and propose diagnostic and therapeutic plans. 4. The student will be guided in professionalism. 5. The student will learn basic preventative medicine (vaccinations, parasite control) for dogs and cats. 6. The student will learn to accurately perform basic clinicopathologic tests such as heartworm tests, FeLV/FIV, PCV/TS, urinalysis, etc. 7. The student will learn the indications for ovariohysterectomy and castration and be able to discuss indications, complications, and postoperative care in such surgeries. The student will perform canine OHE, feline OHE, canine castration, feline castration and dental prophylaxis. 8. The student will learn anesthetic protocols for and perform general anesthesia on class 1 and class 2 patients. 9. The student will learn to recognize the following signs and develop a diagnostic and symptomatic therapeutic plan for: acute vomiting, acute diarrhea, bite wounds, abscesses, anterior segment ocular diseases, common skin diseases including small skin tumors, acute dysuria, acute coughing and sneezing, and uncomplicated dental disease.
Topical Outline
1. History taking 2. Physical Examination 3. Communication Skills 4. Infectious Diseases/Vaccination of Dogs 5. Infectious Diseases/Vaccination of Cats 6. Parasitic diseases and their control in dogs and cats 7. Acute medical problems - case based and including vomiting, diarrhea, dysuria, coughing, sneezing, wounds, abscesses, dystocia 8. Common skin diseases, including tumors 9. Common anterior segment eye diseases (such as corneal ulcers) 10. Elective Surgery 11. Dentistry 12. Anesthesia of healthy patients 13. Practice Management/Human Animal Bond 14. Common Behavioral Problems of Dogs and Cats 15. Nutrition/Diets in Dogs and Cats
Syllabus
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