VSC427 Companion Animal 5 (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Animal and Vet Science (ANVET)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Cases presented in this subject will be characterised by greater complexity as the prognosis, clinical course of the disease, and sometimes the treatment, must be balanced against the animal's welfare, client expectations, age of the animal and cost of intervention. Acute emergency patients requiring critical care/intensive therapy parallel the pressures placed on a clinician in real practice. Students will also be challenged to take each case on its merit and to ensure that knowledge and skills required for more routine cases are not forgotten.
The content of the subject will integrate pre-clinical and clinical disciplines. Case material will be augmented by Resource Sessions, which will include highlight lectures. Companion Animal 5 will present four PBL packages over a four week period.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: VSC427
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
Enrolment restrictions:
Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science
Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours)
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to identify and handle medical cases of increased complexity with confidence
- Be able to compare and contrast the diagnostic approach required for routine cases and that utilized for more complex cases.
- Be able to develop and demonstrate skills and an awareness of ongoing professional education.
- Be able to devise and implement acute critical care management plans based on available information and prior to a definitive diagnosis
- Be able to manage advanced standards of patient care, including the monitoring and life-supporting therapy of acutely ill, critical care and anaesthetised patients
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Small Animal Medicine
- Small Animal Surgery
- Equine Medicine and Surgery
- Anaesthesia
- Animal Welfare
- Case Management
- Clinical Pathology
- Communication
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Economics and Business Management
- Epidemiology
- Ethics
- Immunology
- Jurisprudence
- Microbiology
- Nutrition
- Obstetrics and Reproduction
- Parasitology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Physiology
- Preventive medicine
- Public Health and Biosecurity
- Toxicology
- Content covered by each case will be rigorously mapped against CSU Veterinary Graduate Attributes and traditional clinical curricula followed at other Veterinary Schools. In addition, preclinical subject material relevant to the cases presented (for example pathology, microbiology, etc) will be reinforced (if previously covered) or extended, as appropriate for the cases presented.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.