Extend your understanding of the principles and importance of a physical examination in patients with suspected cardiac disease

Familiarize yourself with the principles of electrocardiography

Integrate your understanding of the approach to electrocardiographic interpretation to help you identify common arrhythmias

Improve your evaluation of thoracic radiographs in reference to cardiac patients

Understand the basic principles of echocardiography and its role in diagnosis of cardiac disease

Recognize and understand the pathophysiology of heart failure

Familiarize yourself with the most common congenital conditions in dogs and cats and understands their management

Familiarize yourself with the most common acquired valvular and myocardial diseases and understand the reasoning behind their management

Familiarize yourself with pericardial diseases and understand how to manage these

Understanding the management of the most common cardiac emergencies

Be able to understand the principles of tumour biology and staging

Formulate a general investigative approach to the cancer patient

Develop your understanding of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgical oncology

Familiarise yourself with the therapeutic management of common canine and feline neoplasms

Enable yourself to recognise and manage common oncologic emergencies

Understand the diagnostic techniques available to investigate urinary disease

Delve into the detail of the pathophysiology of acute and chronic renal failure, glomerular disease and proteinuria

Develop your investigative approach into renal disease

Improve your therapeutic management of such cases

Describe and understand the factors involved in the development of crystalluria and urolithiasis in cats and dogs

Understand the principles of management of lower urinary tract disease in cats and dogs

Explore the often complicated management of FLUTD and urethral obstruction

Examine the possible causes of urinary incontinence, their diagnosis and management

Classify canine prostatic diseases and understand their pathogenesis, diagnosis and medical management

Develop your understanding of deglutition and dysphagia

Familiarise yourself with the pathophysiology of:

Regurgitation

Acute and chronic vomiting

Diarrhoea

Enhance your diagnostic approach to gastrointestinal abnormalities

Describe the principles and basic use of endoscopy in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease and when it is indicated

Improve your understanding of the pathophysiology of hepatic and hepatobiliary disease

Devise a systematic diagnostic approach to the jaundiced patient

Perfect your investigative approach to suspected hepatobiliary disease

Understand the pathophysiology of exocrine pancreatic disease

Describe the investigative approach to acute and chronic exocrine pancreatic diseases

Discuss the therapeutic options in hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases

Perfect your ability to perform common ophthalmic examination techniques:

Basic neuro-ophthalmological examination

Ophthalmoscopy: Distant Direct; Close Direct & Indirect

Correct use of Fluoroscein for corneal evaluation

Tonometry & Gonioscopy

Get to grips with current ocular therapeutics: what do you need to have on your pharmacy shelf?

Familiarise yourself with the medical management of common ocular conditions

Identify the ocular manifestations of systemic diseases

Be able to recognise common ocular conditions that require surgery

Compile a list of the major infectious diseases in dogs and cats

Describe the diagnosis and management of common infectious diseases in dogs and cats

Familiarise yourself with the clinical signs of significant imported diseases occurring in dogs and cats

Understand the principles of vaccination and vaccination regimes

Learn the steps involved in the pet travel scheme

List notifiable diseases in dogs and cats

Demonstrate an understanding of the pathophysiology and clinical signs associated with endocrine pancreatic disease including insulinoma

Describe the investigation and management of diabetes mellitus and diabetic ketoacidosis in the dog and cat

Get to grips with understanding the causes of failure to control diabetes and the approach to the unstable diabetic patient

Understand the pathophysiology of pituitary endocrine diseases

Become familiar with the clinical signs, investigation and management of pituitary endocrine disease in the dog and cat

Get to grips with the underlying principles of endocrine anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology

Become familiar with the clinical signs and diagnostic approaches in cats and dogs with endocrine disorders such as

Hypo and hyperadrenocorticism – common and uncommon presentations

Hypo and hyperthyroidism

Primary and Secondary hyperparathyroidism

Understand the basis of medical and (where appropriate) surgical management for diseases affecting the adrenal, thyroid and parathyroid glands

Learn the basis of immune function and the immune response to better understand the pathophysiology of immune-mediated disease

Develop your diagnostic approach to common immune-mediated diseases in small animals

Transform your understanding of the basis of therapy for immune-mediated diseases

Discuss the use of common immunosuppressive therapies

Familiarise yourself with a thorough and systematic approach to the assessment of the critically ill patient’s major body systems

Enhance your understanding of the minimum database and its’ interpretation

Implement your assessment of your patients when considering their fluid, electrolyte and transfusion requirements

Understand the principles and practical aspects of critical patient monitoring

Recognise imminent cardiopulmonary arrest and learn how to deal with it by learning both basic and advanced life support

Develop a problem-solving approach to skin diseases

Describe the steps involved in dermatologic examination in cats and dogs

List and understand the techniques used for the laboratory investigation of skin disease and when they should be used

Recommend a rational problem-solving approach to the investigation and treatment of:

Alopecia

Pruritus

Become familiar with the common presentations of bacterial, parasitic and fungal skin disease

Identify common dermatologic manifestations of systemic disease and their pathogenesis

Revise your understanding of the principles of functional neuroanatomy

Become adept at a thorough and systematic neurologic examination to help you localise lesions

List and understand further diagnostic techniques available to investigate neurologic disease

Consider the investigation and management of common neurologic syndromes

Understand the steps involved in the investigation into the aetiology of seizures in dogs and cats

Improve your ability to manage seizures in an emergency and longer term.

Understand the rationale behind selection of appropriate tests for your patients

Consider the different sampling techniques, sample processing and identify factors that may affect them

Become familiar with the clinical pathology of hepatobiliary and renal disease

Structure your approach to anaemia to differentiate between non-regenerative and regenerative types before determining possible underlying causes

Transform your understanding of haemostasis to enable you to determine when, why and how it goes wrong

Use your knowledge to interpret laboratory data from clinical patients to help you prioritise further investigations

Develop your haematological skills by becoming adept at interpreting both normal and abnormal haemograms, identifying reticulocytes and discovering platelet and white cell abnormalities

Improve your approach to patients with neutropaenia and marked leucocytosis

Understand the principles and practical aspects of cytological sample collection, storage and preparation

Maximise the value of your microscopy skills

Perfect your ability to describe the principles of routine cytological examination and how this informs a cytological diagnosis

Transform your understanding of the different cytological characteristics of effusions, aspirates and lavage samples

Familiarise yourself with some of the conditions most commonly diagnosed by cytology

Improve your understanding of the importance of a detailed and thorough physical examination

Learn the best approach to the acute management of the dyspnoeic patient and Integrate a dyspnoea algorithm into your investigations of respiratory disease

Consolidate your knowledge of upper and lower airway disease, parenchymal and pleural space disease

Develop an understanding of the importance of diagnostic aids in the investigation of respiratory disease: radiography; endoscopy; ultrasonography and cytology

Familiarise yourself with the principles of primary and ancillary respiratory therapeutics

Review the principles of radiography, radiology and the significance of radiation protection

Understand the principles of ultrasound imaging

Appreciate the use of contrast radiography in a variety of situations and using a variety of techniques

Familiarise yourself with the basic principles of advanced imaging

Compare and contrast CT and MRI as diagnostic tools

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