Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of common conditions affecting the eye and ear and their pathology
- Recognise the basis for a complete examination of the ocular structures
- Describe and reflect on common infectious conditions of the eye
- Implement therapeutic plans for common ophthalmological conditions
- Outline basic handling procedures for clinical examination of various exotic animals, and methods employed to obtain appropriate diagnostic samples
- Obtain a relevant clinical history to each species and explain how poor husbandry may contribute to disease in exotic animals
- Describe basic mechanisms of disease, their clinical manifestations, prevention and treatment in exotic animals
- Establish an approach to emergency patients including triage, initial decision making and prioritization of diagnostic procedures
- Manage common emergency situations, including toxicological emergencies
- Recognise common techniques used in the monitoring and treatment of critically ill animals
- Describe the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of common complications in critically ill patients
- Outline common neoplastic conditions affecting small animals
- Establish a diagnostic plan / medical approach for staging of oncological patients
- Define potential treatment options in small animal oncology, including medical (chemotherapy), surgical and adjunctive treatment modalities