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Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine Syllabus

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Upon completion of this course you should be able to: 1. Comprehend the concept of problem based learning. Clinical Competency 1

Problem solving, evidence based medicine

2. Practice self directed learning. Clinical Competency 1 Self directed learning 3. Develop problem solving skills. Clinical Competency 1 Problem solving

4. Use the problem solving approach to work through a clinical case. Clinical Competency 1

Problem solving

5. Develop clinical reasoning skills. Clinical Competency 1 Clinical reasoning

6. Explore the use of veterinary resources and evidence based medicine. Clinical competency 1.

Evidence based medicine

7. Refine interpersonal and small group communication skills Communication

8. Develop a reflexive sense of learning and inquiry that will develop and foster life long learning skills and techniques. Clinical Competency 1.

Learning

9. Develop self and peer assessment tools Assessment

10. Familiarize yourself with the hospital for phase 2 of your veterinary curriculum. Learning

11. Develop history taking and communication skills. Communication

Competency One: Comprehensive patient diagnosis (problem solving skills), appropriate use of clinical laboratory testing, and record management

VMED 5001/5002 Course Objective

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Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 1,2,4,5,11 Participation, Exam

Case based instruction, small group discussion, facilitator evaluation

1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1,3,4,5,6 Participation, Presentation, Exam

Case based instruction, small group discussion, facilitator evaluation, lectures, laboratories

1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1,3,4,5,6 Exam, Presentation, Participation

Case based instruction, small group discussion, Lecture

1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 1,2,3,4,5,8 Participation, Presentation, Exam


1.5 Participation in Patient Discussions 1,3,4,5,7, 11 Participation, Presentations

Case based instruction,


small group discussion

1.6 Medical Records 4,6,10 Participation Case based instruction

Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


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2.1 Treatment planning 1,2,3,4,5,8 Participation, Presentation,Exam

Case based instruction, small group discussion, clinical experience in-patient

2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

1,2,3,4,5,8 Participation, Presentation, Exam

Case based instruction, small group discussion, clinical experience in-patient

Competency Five: Basic medicine skills, experience and case management

VMED 5001/5002Course Objective

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5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 Participation, Presentation, Exam


Competency Eight: Client communications and ethical conduct


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8.1 Client Communication/Client Education/Discharge Summary 2,11 Participation Case based instruction, small group discussion

8.3 Ethical Conduct 9 Participation, Self and Peer Assessment

Small group discussion

Competency Nine: Critical analysis of new information and research findings relevant to veterinary medicine


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9.1 Critical Analysis of New Information and Research Findings Relevant to Veterinary Medicine 9.2 Demonstrate effective use of literature, references and informational technology in support of diagnosis, case management, and continuing medical education.

6, 10 Presentation, participation, exam

Small group discussion, Lecture

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Learning Objectives: Keywords

1. Demonstrate a familiarity with communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal, necessary for building the veterinary-client relationship.

Communication skills, verbal, nonverbal, veterinary-client Relationship

2. Understand the impact of the human- animal relationship on human psychological and physiological health.

Human-animal relationship


3. Facilitate the decision making process surrounding euthanasia.

Decision making, euthanasia

4. Demonstrate an ability to recognize and acknowledge clients’ emotional and behavioral responses to euthanasia and the grief experienced prior to, and after death has occurred.

Euthanasia, grief process

5. Describe the importance of the veterinarian’s role in animal welfare and within the community’s response to animal welfare issues.

Animal welfare, veterinarian’s role

6. Demonstrate a beginning awareness of personal as well as professional values and ethics relative to common ethical dilemmas presented in veterinary practice.

Values, ethics

7. Define and describe their individual responses to stress and learn appropriate coping strategies to manage such stress.

Stress, coping

8. Utilize basic communication skills to develop response to clients in crisis and the challenges presented by the emotional responses of both the client and staff.

Communication skills, crisis, responses

9. Outline a plan of action for presenting clients with information relative to their pet’s poor health/poor prognosis, bad news.

Bad news


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1.5 Participation in Patient Discussions 1, 4, 6, 8, 9 Assignments Lecture and discussion


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8.1Client Communication/Client Education/ Discharge Summary

1,3,5,7,10,11,12 Assignments Lecture and discussion

8.2 Working with Health Care Team 1, 3,4,6,8,9 Assignments Lecture and discussion

8.3 Ethical Conduct 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 Assignments Lecture and discussion

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COURSE OBJECTIVES: KEY WORDS

1. To provide instruction in both basic and applied aspects of drug usage in animals.

2. To introduce fundamental principles of drug action such as drug disposition, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

3. To emphasize the major drug classes used to treat diseases in veterinary medicine, including autonomic drugs, anti-inflammatory agents, respiratory drugs, antihistamines, anticonvulsants, cardiovascular agents, diuretics, hormones,


gastrointestinal drugs, antineoplastics, antimicrobials and anti-parasitic agents. 4. To provide instruction on classes of drugs utilized in pain management and in balanced anesthesia, including local and general anesthetics, analgesics, tranquilizers, sedatives, and muscle relaxants.

5. To introduce regulatory and legal considerations for drug use and actions.

SVM INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING GOALS/OBJECTIVES ALIGNED WITH COMPETENCIES: SVM 9 +1 Clinical Competency Anchor Points


Aligned with VMED 5223 Learning Objective

Assessment Method

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1.1 History/Physical Examination 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1, 3 Exam Lecture/Lab 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 1.5 Participation in Patient Discussions 1.6 Medical Records 5 Exam Lecture/Lab Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated

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2.1 Treatment planning 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Exam Lecture/Lab

Competency Three: Anesthesia and pain management, patient welfare


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3.1 Anesthesia/Patient Status/Response/Plans 4 Exam Lecture and Demonstration

3.2 Pain Management/Patient Welfare/Empathy 4 Exam Lecture/Lab Competency Four: Basic surgery skills, experience, and case management


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4.1 Basic surgical skills 4.2 Surgical experience gained through rotation 4.3 Case Management Competency Five: Basic medicine skills, experience and case management


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5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 5.2 Medical experience gained through rotation Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management

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6.1 Emergency Care Management 6.2 Intensive Care Management Competency Seven: Health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety


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7.1 Health Maintenance/promotion 3 Exam Lecture/Lab 7.2 Disease prevention/Control/Eradication 7.3 Biosecurity 7.4 Zoonosis 7.5 Food Safety Competency Eight: Client communications and ethical conduct


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8.1 Client Communication/Client Education/Discharge Summary

8.2 Working with Health Care Team 8.3 Ethical Conduct 8.4 Emotional Stability 8.5 Reliability/Thoroughness/Punctuality/Appearance Competency Nine: Critical analysis of new information and research findings relevant to veterinary medicine


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Competency Ten: Comparative Pathobiology: In the clinical setting discuss and apply basic science (physiology, immunology, histology, neuroscience, anatomy, etc.) to clinical cases within and across common species and between animal classes (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, etc.).


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10.1 Comparative and developmental physiology & anatomy 10.2 Drug metabolism as it relates therapy, anesthesia, analgesia, and adverse drug reactions.

2 Exam Lecture/Lab

10.3. Apply central biological principles and mechanisms on a cellular, systemic, and population level.

5203 At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to: Key words 1. Recognize normal and abnormal behavioral patterns. Animal behavior 2. Describe typical communicative behaviors among animal species to include vocalizations, auditions, visual signals, and olfactory signals.

Animal behavior

3. Demonstrate knowledge of social structure among domestic animal species. Socialization 4. Recognize behavioral disorders in animal species. Behavioral disorders 5. Formulate a treatment plan for behavior disorders in animal species. Treatment plan


6. Identify the role of the veterinarian in behavioral issues as they relate to animal welfare.

Animal welfare

28 Clinical/Basic Science Competencies mapped to the 9 AVMA-COE Clinical Competencies


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1.1 History/Physical Examination 1 Examination Lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1 Examination Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1,2,3 Examination Lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


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2.1 Treatment planning 5 Examination Lecture 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

5 Examination Lecture



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5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 1,2,4 Examination Lecture Competency Eight: Client communications and ethical conduct


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8.2 Working with Health Care Team 6 Examination Lecture 8.3 Ethical Conduct 6 Examination Lecture Competency Nine: Critical analysis of new information and research findings relevant to veterinary medicine


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9.1 Critical Analysis of New Information and Research Findings Relevant to Veterinary Medicine

1-6 Examination Lecture

Competency Ten: Medical Knowledge - After acquiring the breadth and depth of medical knowledge, the students will develop the ability to apply this knowledge to patient care in the clinical settings with the use of problem solving and critical thinking skills.


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10.1 Identify and apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences, which are appropriate to their discipline.


10.2 Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations.


10.3 Effective use of information technology: Use information technology to manage information, access on-line medical information; and support your education and clinical diagnostic and patience care skills.


10.4 Apply the basic science principles of normal and abnormal structure and function to clinical medicine


10.5 Demonstrate the application of evidence-based medicine in patient care


10.6 Recognize the scientific basis of modern therapeutics 1-6 Examination Lecture 10.7 Apply principles of preventive health care and fundamental issues of environmental health




10.8 Apply the principles of clinical reasoning in both basic science and clinical science


10.9 Demonstrate the application of central biological principles and mechanisms that underlie animal health and disease from molecular and cellular level to organismal and population manifestations.


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Introduction - Basic biology, taxonomy and systematics (Intro) 1. Be able to describe the 3 forms of symbiosis and understand how parasitism

differs from mutualism and commensalism. 2. Be able to differentiate the major groups of helminth parasites (Trematoda,

Cestoda, Acanthocephala, Nematoda) from each other based on morphology of eggs and adult parasites, and life cycle characteristics so that when you see a parasite or parasite egg you can place it taxonomically and in so doing, have some initial knowledge of its probable life cycle and pathophysiology.

3. Be able to differentiate from one another, the cyclophyllidean and pseudophyllidean cestodes based on the morphology of the egg, larval and adult stages; and general life cycle patterns so that when you see a tapeworm you have some idea of its probable life cycle and source of infection.

4. Be able to differentiate the 10 Nematode superfamilies based on distinctive features of the eggs, adult worms, location within the definitive host (organs inhabited), and general life cycle patterns.

5. Be able to morphologically identify between the major groups of parasitic protozoa (Ciliophora, Sarcomastigophora, and Sporozoa). Among the Sarcomastigophora be able to differentiate the Sarcodina from the Mastigophora; and among the Sporozoa be able to differentiate the Coccidia, Haemosporidia, and Piroplasmida from one another. For each, know the sites of infection within the vertebrate hosts, and the biological vectors if any.

6. Describe the general life cycle of Eimeria sp., including all the stages and where in the host these occur so that you have a sense of the pathophysiology of infection.

7. Be able to differentiate the Insecta from the Arachnida so that you can differentiate an insect from a mite or tick.

8. Based on life cycle type and morphology be able to differentiate the Diptera, Mallophaga, Anoplura, and Siphonaptera from each other so that when you see one of these insects you will know something about where it breeds, how it feeds, and the pathogens, if any, for which it serves as a vector.

9. Be able to differentiate Ixodid and Argasid ticks from one another based on the morphology of the adults, feeding behavior, and life cycles so that you understand their reservoirs in the environment and ease/difficulty of control.

10. Be able to differentiate the seven families of mites discussed based on the morphology of the adults and location in or on the host. This will help you understand the environmental reservoirs, pathophysiology, and treatment of infestations.

Symbiosis Helminths Cestodes Nematode superfamilies Protozoa Eimeria Insecta Diptera; Mallophaga; Anoplura; Siphonaptera Ticks Mites

Parasites of Companion Animals (CA)


1. Describe in detail the important life cycle, modes of transmission and other epidemiological features of the common helminthes, protozoa and ectoparasites of dogs and cats that are needed to rationally devise effective treatment, prevention and control measures, both for individual animals and in population (e.g. kennel) settings. (60% emphasis on this group)

2. Be able to describe the etiology, pathogenesis and clinical features of the common genera of helminthes, protozoa and ectoparasites of small animals.

3. Cite the major features of the life cycle, transmission, pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of the less common “occasionally encountered” list of parasites of dogs and cats. (30% emphasis on this group)

4. Describe the spectrum of activity, mode of action, market formulations and guidelines for use, including important side effects, of drugs used for treatments, prevention and control of helminthes, protozoa and ectoparasites of small animals.

5. Using principles and information presented in the course, be able to design and provide parasite control programs for kennels, catteries and for individual animals in different geographic areas.

6. Recall and recognize the major features of the minor, rare and regional parasites of small animals (10% emphasis on this group)

7. Indicate the importance, clinical effects and transmission modes of small animal parasites of zoonotic/public health significance, with appropriate preventive measures. Public health aspects of minor and rare parasites are to be accorded the same emphasis as the primary, “common list”.

8. Recognize (identify) eggs, larvae, oocysts, gross specimens and diagnostic pathological lesions associated with major and minor species of parasites of small animals (laboratory).

9. Be able to choose and perform the most accurate laboratory and field diagnostic methods used for identification and diagnosis of small animal parasites (laboratory).

Detailed life cycles; Common parasites; Dog and cat Etiology; Pathogenesis Major features of life cycles; Less common parasites; Dog and cat Drug treatment Control programs Rare; Regional parasites; Dog and cat Public health; Preventative measures Diagnosis Laboratory diagnostic methods

Ruminant Parasites (RU) 1. Describe the key life cycle, population biology, environmental niche and

epidemiological features of the major genera of helminthes and protozoa (see checklist) and major genera/groups of external parasites (see checklist) needed to rationally devise cost-effective treatment and control measures and to prevent economic losses and clinical disease in ruminants.

2. Understand the pathogenesis and describe the clinical features of the major genera of helminthes and protozoa of ruminants and the major genera/groups of external parasites.

3. Indicate the spectrum of activity, mode of action, market formulations and guidelines for use, including important withdrawal time requirements, of drugs used for treatment and control of helminthes, protozoa and external parasites of ruminants.

4. Using principles and information presented in the course, be able to design and provide rationale for cost-effective control programs for individual cow-calf, stocker and feedlots operations in different geographic areas.

5. Recall and recognize the major features of the minor, rare and regional parasites of ruminants.

6. Recognize (Identify) eggs, larvae, oocysts, gross specimens and diagnostic pathological lesions associated with major and minor species of parasites of ruminants (Laboratory).

7. Be able to choose and perform the most accurate laboratory and field diagnostic methods used for identification and diagnosis of ruminant parasites (Laboratory).

Ruminant parasite; Life cycle; Population biology; Environmental niche Ruminant parasite; Pathogenesis; Clinical features Drug treatment Control programs Rare; Regional parasites Diagnosis Laboratory diagnostic methods

Equine, Swine Parasites (EQ/SW) 1. Differentiate the parasites covered on the basis of morphology, location

within the host, lesions associated with the parasite and clinical signs produced by these infections.

Equine parasite; Swine parasite identification


2. Explain the life cycle of the parasites discussed, particularly the prepatent periods, infectious stage, migrations and intermediate hosts.

3. Describe the occurrence of the parasites, by geographical distribution and age of hosts commonly infected.

4. Associate infectious diseases with their ectoparasite vectors. 5. Indicate what drugs or treatments are commonly effective, if any, against the

parasites discussed. 6. Identify suitable parasite control strategies for stock reared and/or maintained.

Life cycles Geographic distribution Vector borne diseases Drug treatment Control programs

Exotic Parasites (Ex) 1. Identify and correctly spell the names of parasites commonly found associated

with disease in zoo and privately owned exotic animals. 2. Be able to describe the life cycle, epidemiology, clinical signs, pathologic

findings, diagnostics, and treatments for each parasitism. 3. Indicate which of these parasitisms are zoonotic.

Exotic parasite identification Life cycle; Epidemiology; Pathology; Diagnosis; Treatment Zoonosis

SVM INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING GOALS/OBJECTIVES ALIGNED WITH COMPETENCIES:

SVM 9 +1 Clinical Competency Anchor Points


Aligned with VMED 5235 Learning Objective*

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination CA 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 RU 1-7 EQ/SW 1-4 Ex1-3

Exams (written); Practical (lab); Oral patient presentation

Lecture; Laboratory; Patient Presentation-Learner

1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills CA 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 RU 7



1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology Intro 1-10 CA 1-9 RU 1-7 EQ/SW 1-4 Ex 1-3



1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment CA 8, 9 RU 5-7 EQ/SW 6 Ex 1, 2



1.5 Participation in Patient Discussions CA 1-9 RU 1-7 EQ/SW 1-6 Ex 1-3





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2.1 Treatment planning CA 4, 5 RU 3, 4 EQ/SW 5, 6 Ex 2

Exams (written); Practical (lab);

Lecture; Laboratory; Patient


Oral patient presentation

Presentation-Learner


CA 4, 5 RU 4, 5 EQ/SW 5, 6 Ex 2



Competency Seven: Health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

7.1 Health Maintenance/promotion CA 1-9 RU 3, 4 EQ/SW 1-6 Ex1-3



7.2 Disease prevention/Control/Eradication CA 1-9 RU 3, 4 EQ/SW 1-6 Ex 2, 3



7.3 Biosecurity CA 1-9 RU 3, 4 EQ/SW 5, 6 Ex1-3



7.4 Zoonosis CA 7 RU 3, 4 EQ/SW 3, 6 Ex 3



7.5 Food Safety CA 7 RU 3, 4 EQ/SW 3 Ex 3



Competency Nine: Critical analysis of new information and research findings relevant to veterinary medicine


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CA 1-9 RU 1-7 EQ/SW 1-6 Ex 1-3 CA 5,7 RU 1-9 EQ/SW 1-6 Ex1-3



*CA- Companion Animal; RU –Ruminant; EQ/SW – Equine/Swine; Ex- Exotic 5236

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Introduction to viruses, their nature, structure and basis of virus classification. 1. Know structural components of different types viruses. 2. Know different types of viral genomes 3. Know what is a capsid, a capsomere, and nucleocapsid. 4. Know the different types of Capsid symmetry 5. Know about virus envelope. 6. Know about prion and diseases associated with prion. 7. Know the basis of virus classifications, serotypes of influenza and FMDV

Viral structure, viral components, virus classification system

Virus inactivation. 8. Know virus and prion inactivation methods 9. Know Which pH is detrimental to most viruses

Chemical inactivation, physical inactivation

Virus replication. 10. Know and understand each steps in animal virus productive life cycle 11. Know why are viruses generally very specific as to the type of host,

tissues, and cells they are able to infect? 12. Know which type of RNA virus must carry a premade RNA dependent

RNA polymerase in the virion? 13. Know which RNA virus carries a premade reverse transcriptase in the

virion? 14. Know which type of RNA virus just need to carry the genetic code for the

polymerase? 15. Know where do most DNA and RNA viruses replicate? – what are the

exceptions? 16. Know about inclusion bodies.

Virus life cycle, virus entry, virus replication, virus release, virus envelopment

Host- virus interaction part 1: Host defense against viral infection 17. Know the mechanism(s) of interferon antiviral property, specificity. 18. Know the mechanism of NK cell killing of virus-infected cell. 19. Know why macrophages can be a double edged sword with respect to

host-virus interaction. 20. Know the reason(s) why virus replication is necessary for cellular

immune response but not for humoral immune response 21. Know the mechanism(s) of MAC lysis of enveloped virus/infected cell

expressing membrane proteins on the cell surface. 22. Know the basis of cytotoxic T cell killing of an infected cell 23. Know how a host’s defense system lyses/destroys a virus and a virus-

infected cell in an infected animal.

Innate immunity, interferon, NK cells, adaptive immunity, humoral immunity, cellular immunity, antigen, antibody, viral clearance, cytotoxic T cells, MAC lysis, opsonization

Host-virus interaction part 2: Pathogenesis of virus infection 24. Know different outcomes of virus infections. 25. Know what is syncytia and which type of viruses produce syncytia 26. Know what are inclusion bodies 27. Know the different mechanism of viral persistence (Evasion of immune

response) 28. Know the basis of retrovirus mediated transformation 29. Know the immune complex/ immune mediated damages in response to

virus infection 30. Know the different types of viral spread in the nervous system 31. Know the different patterns/type of persistent viral infections 32. Know about slow atypical infections (prion)

Cytocidal effects of viruses, non- cytocidal infections, transforming infections, hematogenous viral spread in a host, viral spread by the nerves, acute infections, chronic infections, latent infections, congenital/immunotollerant infections, slow viral infections, slow atypical infections by prions.

Principles of virus diagnostics. 33. Understand the differences between direct and indirect methods for viral

diagnostics. 34. Know the different virus propagation procedures, the characteristics of

primary and continuous cell lines and their uses in viral diagnostics. 35. Understand the basis and various steps of direct and indirect ELISA,

competitive ELISA, IFA, IHC, complement fixation, HA and HAI tests.

Direct verses indirect viral diagnostic approaches, virus isolation methods, virus propagation in cells and chicken embryos.viral identification methods, fluorescent antibody


36. Understand the basis and uses of serum and virus neutralization tests. 37. Know the rapid diagnostic tests that can produce results within several

hours (within a day).

test (FA test), enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID), immunohistochemistry (IHC), Hemagglutination (HA) and hemagglutination inhibition (HAI), virus and serum neutralization test and complement fixation tests.

Viral vaccines - prevention of viral diseases. 38. Know different types of viral vaccines 39. Know advantages and disadvantages of different routes of vaccination 40. Know type(s) of immune responses when vaccinated with i) a modified

live or inactivated virus, ii) Plasmid based subunit protein vaccine, iii) live virally vectored subunit vaccine iv) Plasmid based subunit DNA vaccine

41. Know advantages and disadvantages of each vaccine types. 42. What are the main concerns for inactivated and live modified viral

vaccines? 43. Know why plasmid based subunit DNA vaccine is superior than plasmid

based subunit protein vaccine? 44. Know the mechanism of viral clearance in blood and in the infected cells.

Vaccine types, inactivated and modified live vaccines, plasmid based subunit protein and DNA vaccines. Virally vectored subunit vaccine, gene-deleted marker vaccine, vaccine that differentiate infected verses vaccinated animals (DIVA).

Infections of the respiratory tract part 1 that may be associated with and central nervous system (CNS) diseases.

45. Know the transmission, pathogenesis and different outcomes of bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1), BHV-5, equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1), EHV-4, pseudorabies virus (PRV), canine herpesvirus (CHV) , feline herpesvirus (FHV), infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT), feline calicivirus in their respective hosts.

46. Know the consequences of latent infection and reactivation by different animal herpesvirus in their respective hosts.

47. Know the consequences of pseudorabies virus infection of a pig verses cattle or a dog.

48. Know the gross and microscopic lesions caused by these viruses in their respective hosts.

49. Know the rapid and/or common diagnostic methods for these diseases. 50. Know the current vaccine practices against these diseases.

BHV-1 (IBR), BHV-5, EHV-1, EHV-4, PRV, CHV, FHV, ILT, Feline calici virus (FCV)

Infections of the respiratory tract part 2. 51. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and vaccination practices

of bovine respiratory syncytia virus (BRSV) and parainfluenza virus infections in cattle.

52. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, lesions, diagnosis and vaccination practices of swine influenza, equine influenza and avian influenza viruses.

53. Know the differences between antigenic shift and drift of influenza viruses

54. Know why some avian influenza viruses are highly pathogenic. 55. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, lesions, diagnosis and vaccination

practices of Newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis virus in chickens. 56. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnostics and control measures of

ovine progressive pleuropneumonia (OPP) and caprine arthritis and encephalitis (CAE) viruses.

BRSV, PI3, swine influenza virus, Avian influenza virus, Newcastle disease virus, infectious bronchitis virus, OPP, CAE.

Infections of the gastrointestinal tract part 1. 57. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and vaccination practices

of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), Rinderpest, canine parvovirus (CPV), feline panleukopenia virus, bovine and porcine rotavirus, bovine and porcine coronaviruses and classical swine fever virus.

BVDV, Rinderpest, canine parvo virus, feline panleukopenia virus, bovine rota virus, porcine rotavirus, bovine corona virus, porcine coronaviruses,


transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) and classical swine fever virus.

Viruses associated with vesicular and integumentary systems diseases. 58. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, preventive and/or

eradication measures of foot and mouth disease (FMDV), vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). Know about vesicular exanthema of swine (VES) and swine vesicular diseases (SVD) that might have similar lesions as foot and mouth disease virus.

59. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and preventive measures including vaccination practices of contagious ecthyma virus (also known as orf virus), bovine vaccinia mammilitis (cow pox), pseudo cow pox (PCP), bovine papular stomatitis and bovine ulcerative mammilitis (BHV-2) viruses.

60. Know the different types of Bovine papilloma viruses with their host disease association, know the transmission, pathogeneis, diagnosis and prevention of bovine cutaneous papillomatosis.

61. Know the pathogenesis of papilloma virus oncogenesis.

FMDV, VSV, VES, SVD, ORF, contagious ecthyma, cowpox, bovine vaccinia mammlitis, PCP, bovine popular stomatitis, bovine ulcerative mammilitis, BHV-2.

Vector borne and vector borne zoonotic animal viruses. 62. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and vaccine practices of

bluetongue virus, West Nile virus (WNV), eastern equine encephalitis (EEV), western equine encephalitis (WEV) and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEV) viruses.

63. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention and/or vaccine practices of Rift Valley fever (RVF) and African swine fever (ASF) viruses.

64. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention and/or vaccine practices of rabiesvirus

WNV, EEV, WEV, VEV, RVFV, ASFV Rabies

Viruses associated with abortions. 65. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention and/or

vaccine practices of porcine parvovirius (PPV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and equine viral arteritis (EVA) viruses.

PPV, PRRSV, EVA.

Viruses associated with multisystemic diseases. 66. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention and/or

vaccine practices of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), infectious canine hepatitis (ICH), malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus 1(AHV-1) and ovine herpesvirus 2 (OHV-2), canine distemper virus (CDV).

PCV2, ICH, MCF, AHV-1, OHV-2, CDV

Immune mediated viral diseases. 67. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and prevention and/or

vaccine practices of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) (feline coronavirus) and equine infectious anemia (EIA) viruses.

FIP, EIA

Diseases associated with prions 68. Know the etiology, transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and control

measures of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), scrapie, and chronic wasting diseases (CWD).

BSE, Scrapie, CWD

Oncogenic viruses. 69. Know the cell cycle, tumor suppressor and proto-oncogenes. 70. Know the different viral mechanism of carcinogenesis 71. Know the transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and control of

Bovine leucosis, feline leukemia, Jaagsiekte sheep retro, Avian leukosis, Marek’s disease and Myxoma viruses.

Cell cycle, proto-oncogenes, Bovine leucosis virus, feline leukemia virus, jaaksiekte sheep retrovirus, avian leucosis virus, Marek’s disease virus, myxoma virus.




Aligned with VMED _5236_Learning Objective Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology

1-24, 27-47, 53-54, 61 Exam Lecture

1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment

25-26, 35-37, 48-49, 51-52, 55-60, 62-68, 71 Exam Lecture

Competency Seven: Health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety

Aligned with VMED_5236_ Learning Objective Assessment Method

Teaching Method

7.2 Disease prevention/Control/Eradication

38-43, 50-52, 55-60, 62-68, 71 Exam Lecture

7.4 Zoonosis 62-64 Exam Lecture Competency Ten: Comparative Pathobiology: In the clinical setting discuss and apply basic science (physiology, immunology, histology, neuroscience, anatomy, etc.) to clinical cases within and across common species and between animal classes (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, etc.).

Aligned with VMED _5236_Learning Objective Assessment Method

Teaching Method


17-32, 45-47, 51-71 Exam lecture

5241/5242

1. Overall Course Objectives List keywords for each objective (to be used for searching.)

2. Understand the basic defense mechanisms for the body systems (this course includes the neurological and dermaological systems) for domestic animals.

Defense mechanisms

3. Understand how the defense mechanisms are overcome to produce disease. This includes portal of entry, patterns of damage, and potential outcomes.

Portal of entry, outcomes

4. Know and recognize the congenital diseases and their effects on the systems.

Congenital, genetic

5. Know the etiology, pathogenesis and recognize lesions associated with degenerative and necrotizing diseases of the systems. This may include abnormalities of blood flow and metabolic, nutritional and toxic diseases.

Toxicity, ischemia, infarction, degeneration, necrosis, metabolic, nutritional

6. Know the pathogenesis and recognize the lesions associated with infectious or other inflammatory

Infection, bacteria, virus, autoimmunity, inflammation


diseases affecting each system, including crossover effects on other systems.

7. Know and recognize the various primary tumors of each system. Know common metastatic neoplasms that may affect the system

Neoplasia, metastasis

8. Dematopathology (general objectives)

9. Understand the normal histologic anatomy of the epidermis, dermis, adnexa, and subcutis so as to understand the pathological changes discussed in each

Histology, anatomy

10. Learn and properly apply dermatopathologic terminology (vocabulary related to primary and secondary lesions) and be able to recognize pictures of the lesions they describe

Dermatopathology nomenclature, primary lesions, secondary lesions

11. Recognize and describe gross skin lesions using proper dermatopathologic terminology and be able to describe the basic pathogenesis of lesions, the importance of which will be indicated in lectures

Dermatopathology nomenclature, pathogenesis

12. Recognize the importance and limitations of biopsies and impression cytologies, as they relate to the diseases discussed

Biopsy, cytology

13. Recognize and identify integumentary system responses to injury including changes to the epidermis and dermis by identifying the different types of inflammatory reactions and the reaction patterns in the dermis and epidermis

Dermatitis, imflammatory reactions, reaction patterns, Dermatopathology nomenclature

14. (Detailed Objectives) 15. Know the layers of the epidermis and the dermis Epidermis, dermis, skin anatomy 16. Be able to name the nonkeratinic cells in the epidermis

and describe their basic functions Epidermis, cell functions, skin anatomy

17. Know what type of collagen comprises the basement membrane

Collagen, basement membrane

18. Know and understand the basic structures and functions of desmosomes and hemidesmosomes

Desmosome, hemidesmosome

19. Know what adnexa are Adnexa 20. Know the hair cycle and the anatomy of the hair follicle;

also know what type of keratinization occurs in each segment of the hair follicle

Adnexa, hair follicle, keratinization

21. Understand the significance of CLA+ T lymphocytes and understand how they are “honed” back to the skin

Lymphocyte, CLA+, skin immunity

22. Know all the primary and secondary lesion descriptive names and be able to recognize them by definition and/or picture

Dermatitis, Dermatopathology nomenclature

23. Know all the terms related to pathology of the epidermis we discussed, including orthokeratotic and parakeratotic hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, dyskeratosis, dysplasia, necrolysis, spongiosis and acantholysis

Hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, dyskeratosis, dysplasia, necrolysis, spongiosis, acantholysis

24. Understand the difference between hydropic, vacuolar, and ballooning degeneration

Hydropic degeneration, vacuolar degeneration, ballooning degeneration


25. Be able to define exocytosis Exocytosis, dermatitis 26. Understand the classifications of the pathological

reactions of the epidermis by mechanism Dermatopathology nomenclature

27. Be able to know/recognize diseases and/or epidermal changes that result in vesicle/cleft formation and understand why they occur at different levels of the epidermis

Vesicular dermatitis, vesicle, bulla,

28. Know and understand the basics of autoimmune vesicular disease development by understanding Pemphigus Foliaceous; be able to recognize the names of other autoimmune skin diseases and the types of lesions seen with them (particularly as rule outs for other diseases) Pemphigus vulgaris Bullous pemphigoid Lupus erythematosus (know basics on pathogenesis) Dermatomyositis Erythema multiforme Toxic epidermal necrolysis

Autoimmune disease, pemphigus, bullous pemphigoid, lupus, dermatomyositis, erythema multiforme, toxic epidermal necrolysis

29. Know all the terms related to pathology of the dermis including flame figures, mineralization, disorientation, dysplasia, hyalinization, desmoplasia/sclerosis, papillomatosis, pigmentary incontinence, mucinous degeneration,

Dermis, flame figure, calcinosis cutis, calcinosis circumscripta, pigmentary incontinence, mucinous degeneration, nomenclature

30. Know the difference between flame figure and flame follicle

Flame figure, flame folicle

31. Understand pathological changes in adnexa adnexa 32. Be able to recognize dermal vascular changes and their

possible sequelae vasculitis

33. Know what panniculitis is and be able to give differentials that could cause it

panniculitis

34. Understand and recognize the patterns of dermal inflammatory infiltrations and which types of inflammatory cells are typically seen in each pattern

Dermatitis nomenclature,

35. Be able to recognize which changes we see in acute dermatitis versus subacute dermatitis versus chronic dermatitis

dermatitis

36. Know, recognize and understand the reaction patterns of skin and adnexal lesions and give examples of the diseases in which they’re seen: Perivascular dermatitis Interface dermatitis Nodular and diffuse dermatitis Vasculitis Intraepidermal vesicular/pustular dermatitides Folliculitis, perifolliculitis, furunculosis Fibrosing dermatitis Panniculitis Atrophic dermatosis

Perivascular dermatitis Interface dermatitis Nodular and diffuse dermatitis Vasculitis Intraepidermal vesicular/pustular dermatitides Folliculitis, perifolliculitis, furunculosis Fibrosing dermatitis Panniculitis


Hyperplastic dermatitis Mixed reaction pattern

Atrophic dermatosis Hyperplastic dermatitis Mixed reaction pattern

37. Understand and be able to recognize congenital and hereditary defects, especially the ones affecting hair follicles, as these are the most commonly seen

Follicular dysplasia

38. Understand the pathogenesis of collagen dysplasia Collagen dysplasia 39. Be able to describe briefly epitheliogenesis imperfecta,

congenital ichthyosis, congenital hypotrichosis, and hypertrichosis

epitheliogenesis imperfecta, congenital ichthyosis, congenital hypotrichosis, hypertrichosis

40. Understand physiochemical injury to the skin and give examples

Physiochemical dermatitis

41. Know and understand the nutritional/metabolic diseases including Vit A dermatosis, Zn responsive dermatosis, superficial necrolytic dermatitis

Vit A dermatosis, Zn responsive dermatosis, superficial necrolytic dermatitis

42. Understand hypersensitivity dermatitis including the types (I-IV) and be able to recognize lesions seen with flea/insect bite hypersensitivity

Hypersensivity dermatitis, flea/insect bite hypersensitivity

43. Understand atopy and the differences between atopic and contact dermatitis

Atopy, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis

44. Neuropathology (general objectives) 45. Define and describe changes in neurons, glial cells,

axons and myelin in response to injury. neurons, glial cells, axons, myelin

46. Define and describe gross and microscopic changes, pathogenesis etiologic factors inselected diseases of the following categories:

a. Congenital defects b. Trauma and pressure inducing lesions c. Edema and vascular obstruction d. Infectious, inflammatory and

immunologic diseases e. Toxicologic diseases f. Deficiency diseases g. Storage diseases

Congenital defiect, trauma, pressure inducing lesions, edema, vascular obstruction, infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, immunologic diseases, toxicologic diseases, deficiency diseases, storage diseases

47. (Detailed Objectives) 48. Understand the ground rules for nervous system

response Nervous system response

49. Learn the terminology related to neuroanatomy and neuropathology

Neuroanatomy, neuropathology

50. Learn the cell types of nervous tissue cells and their functions

Neuronantomy, histology

51. Understand the organization of grey and white matter of the CNS

Gray matter, white matter, anatomy

52. Understand the structure of the neuron Neuron, histology 53. Read the excitotoxicity mechanisms Neurophysiology, exitotoxicity


54. Visualize and learn the neuronal response to injury: central chromatolysis, ischemic neuronal change, vacuolization, inclusion bodies

Chromatolysis, ischemia, vacuolization, inclusion bodies

55. Visualize and learn the astrocyte functions and their response to injury:

Astrocyte

56. Visualize and learn the oligodendrocyte functions and response to injury

Oligodendrocyte

57. Visualize and learn the microglia functions and response to injury:

Microglia

58. Understand the pathology of axons and myelin sheaths Axon, myelin 59. Understand the causes and pathogenesis of the four

principal types of axonal degeneration: Wallerian degeneration, dying back neuropathy, neuronopathy, axonal swelling and atrophy

Pathogenesis, axonal degeneration, wallerian degeneration, neuropathy, axonopathy

60. Learn the descriptive terminology of axonopathy Axonopathy 61. Understand the mechanisms and learn the pathology of

myelin sheaths Axonopathy, myelin, demyelinization

62. Learn the causes of demyelination demyelination 63. Understand the mechanisms of primary demyelination Demyelination 64. Remember the types of nerve degeneration Nerve degeneration, axonopathy,

neuropathy 65. Understand the regeneration in the CNS and compare it

with the regeneration of the PNS Regeneration

66. Understand the results of ependymal injury Ependymal injury 67. Learn the various meningeal layers and their reaction to

injury Meninges, anatomy

68. Understand the role of lymphocytes in the nervous system

Lymphocytes

69. Learn the definition of hydrocephalus, the causes and in brief the classification

Hydrocephalus

70. Learn the definition of porencephaly – hydranencephaly and possible causes

Porencephaly, hydrancephaly

71. Learn the definitions and causes of hypoplasia and abiotrophy in the CNS and understand their pathogenesis

Hypoplasia, abiotrophy, pathogenesis

72. Understand the mechanisms and visualize the lesions of pestivirus infections in the nervous system

Pestivirus

73. Understand the mechanisms and causes and visualize the lesions of swayback, and enzootic ataxia in the nervous system

Swayback, enzootic ataxia

74. Understand the pathogenesis and focus on the chronology and lesions caused by the ingestion of Veratrum spp. in animals

Veratrum spp.

75. Learn the definitions of anencephaly, prosencephaly, meningocele, meningoencephalocele, encephalocele, spina bifida, hydromyelia, syryngomyelia

anencephaly, prosencephaly, meningocele, meningoencephalocele,


encephalocele, spina bifida, hydromyelia, syryngomyelia

76. Understand the general pathogenesis of storage diseases and associated lesions.

Storage diseases

77. Understand the causes pathogenesis and lesions of traumatic injuries such as concussion, contusion and laceration

Concussion, contusion, laceration

78. Know the differences between tensional, compressional and shear stresses

Tensional stresses, compressional stresses, shear stresses

79. Understand the pathogenesis of the concept of Duret hemorrhages

Duret hemorrhage

80. Understand the morphology and distribution of various hemorrhages in the CNS

Hemorrhage

81. Understand the pathogenesis and lesions of anesthetic myelopathy and be aware of the various differential diagnoses in horses

Anesthetic myelopathy, equine

82. Visualize the appearance and understand the pathogenesis of CNS infarcts

Infarction, pathogenesis

83. Know the causes, pathogenesis and lesions of feline ischemic encephalopathy

Feline ischemic encephalopathy

84. Understand the component and the function of the blood brain barrier

Blood brain barrier

85. Understand the morphologic differences and the pathogenesis of vasogenic edema and cytotoxic edema

Vasogenic edema, cutotoxic edema

86. Know the pathogenesis and lesions caused by salt poisoning

Salt poisoning, salt toxicity

87. Know the causes pathogenesis and lesions of equine mycotoxic leukoencephalomalacia

equine mycotoxic leukoencephalomalacia

88. Know the causes, pathogenesis and lesions of polioencephalomalacia and thiamine deficiency in herbivores and carnivores and their differences

Thiamine deficiency, polioencephalomalacia

89. Know the causes pathogenesis and lesions of equine nigropallidal encephalomalacia

equine nigropallidal encephalomalacia

90. Know the lesion distribution of selenium poisoning Selenium poisonong, selenium toxicity

91. Know the cause, pathogenesis and lesions of avian nutritional encephalopathy

avian nutritional encephalopathy

92. Know the causes and associated lesions of pyogenic infections in the CNS

Pyogenic encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, myelitis, meningitis

93. Know the cause pathogenesis and lesions of Thrombotic Meningoencephalitis (TME)

Thrombotic Meningoencephalitis

94. Know the cause pathogenesis and lesions of listeriosis Listeriosis, Listeria monocytogenes

95. Know the etiologic agents of viral encephalitis in animals, their pathogenesis, viral distribution and associated gross and histologic lesions

Viral encephalitis, pathogenesis


96. Know the diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of viral encephalomyelitis

Viral encephalitis, diagnosis

97. Know the general biosecurity measures related to the zoonotic meningoencephalomyelitides

zoonotic meningoencephalomyelitides, biosecurity

98. Know the causes, pathogenesis and associated lesions of CNS mycotic infections and be aware of their zoonotic potential for the prosector

Mycotic encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, biosecurity, zoonosis

99. Know the causes, related biosecurity, pathogenesis, diagnosis, distribution and associated lesions of spongiform encephalopathies

spongiform encephalopathies, biosecurity, pathogenesis

100 Know the causes, pathogenesis, and distribution and associated lesions of protozoal encephalomyelitides and in particular Sarcocystis neurona in horses, neosporosis and toxoplasmosis in herbivores and carnivores

protozoal encephalomyelitides, sarcocysticosis, sarcocystis neurona, neospora, toxoplasmosis, toxoplasma

101 Know the causes, pathogenesis, and distribution associated lesions of parasitic diseases affecting the nervous system

Parasitic encephalitis

102 Understand the pathogenesis and know the lesions of degenerative processes and related injuries of the intervertebral discs

Intervertebral disk disease

103 Understand the pathogenesis and recognize the lesions of cervical compressive myelopathy in dogs and horses

cervical compressive myelopathy

104 Recognize the malformations of vertebral column and spinal cord and secondary complications

malformations of vertebral column and spinal cord

105 Know the 3 forms and associated lesions of granulomatous meningoencephalitis (GME) and the most affected breeds

granulomatous meningoencephalitis (GME)

106 Know the most common inflammatory and degenerative lesions of vertebral column and meninges able to affect the spinal cord

Myelopathy, myelitis, meningitis, myelomeningitis

107 Know the lesions associated with cauda equine neuritis and polyadiculoneutritis in domestic animals

cauda equine neuritis, polyadiculoneutritis

108 Know the cause and the lesions of equine degenerative encephalomyelopathy

equine degenerative encephalomyelopathy

109 Know the appearance and localization of meningioma meningioma 110 Know the appearance and localization of

oligodendroglioma oligodendroglioma

111 Know the appearance and localization of astrocytoma and the types of this neoplasm

astrocytoma

112 Know the appearance and localization of all the primary encephalic neoplasm

primary encephalic neoplasia

113 Know the most frequent tumors able to metastasize to the CNS

Metastatic neoplasia


114 Know the appearance localization and brief classification of peripheral nerve tumors

peripheral nerve tumors

115 Understand the secondary effect of neoplasms on the nervous system

neoplasia

116 Know the lesions and organ localization of idiopathic granulomatous meningoencephalitis (GME) in dogs

granulomatous meningoencephalitis (GME)

SVM 9 +1 Clinical Competency Anchor Points Competency One: Comprehensive patient diagnosis (problem solving skills), appropriate use of clinical laboratory testing, and record management


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology all exam lecture/lab 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment all exam lecture/lab 6.2 Intensive Care Management Competency Ten: Comparative Pathobiology: In the clinical setting discuss and apply basic science (physiology, immunology, histology, neuroscience, anatomy, etc.) to clinical cases within and across common species and between animal classes (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, etc.).

Aligned with VMED _5241_ Learning Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

10.1 Comparative and developmental physiology & anatomy

2,4,12-15,36-41,88, 91,107,117,119, 122,133,137-153, 168,179,192,212, 213,281-284,290, 297

exam Lecture, lab


all exam lecture/lab

5264

List course learning objectives: The successful students will be able to:

List keywords for each objective (to be used for searching.)

1. List applicable differential diagnoses when given a clinical situation describing Dyspnea, nasal a dog or a cat with a respiratory disorder and including signalment, history and aspergillosis, nasal clinical signs. neoplasia, upper respiratory

tract infection, brachycephalic syndrome, laryngeal paralysis, tracheal collapse, bronchitis, feline asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, lung tumor, pleural disease, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, pulmonary thromboembolism, systemic fungal disease, heartworm disease

2. Design a diagnostic plan when given a clinical situation describing a dog or a CBC, chemistry, cytology, cat with a respiratory disorder and including signalment, history and clinical signs. radiology, ultrasound,

diagnostic imaging, MRI, CT, transtracheal wash, bronchoscopy,


bronchoalveolar lavage, endoscopy, fine-needle aspirate

3. Design a treatment plan when given a clinical situation describing a dog or a cat Antibiotics, with a respiratory disorder and including signalment, history and clinical signs. bronchodilators, surgery,

thoracotomy, lobectomy, thoracostomy, chest tube, thoracocentesis, ventilation, oxygen therapy

4. List applicable differential diagnoses when given a clinical situation describing Oral disease, dental disease, a dog or a cat with a digestive disorder (including oral, dental, pharyngeal, pharyngitis, esophagitis, esophageal, gastric, small intestinal, colonic, anorectal, pancreatic and liver megaesophagus, diseases) with signalment, history and clinical signs. regurgitation, vomiting,

diarrhea, gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric neoplasia, GI foreign body, GI motility, endoparasites, acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome, hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, dietary indiscretion, intussusception, inflammatory bowel disease, protein-losing enteropathy, intestinal lymphangiectasia, intestinal





Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 1, 4 exam lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1, 2, 4 exam lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1, 2, 4 exam lecture 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 2, 5 exam lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

2.1 Treatment planning 3, 6 exam lecture 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

3, 6 exam lecture

Competency Four: Basic surgery skills, experience, and case management


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

4.1 Basic surgical skills 7, 8 exam lecture




Assessment Method

Teaching Method

5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

exam lecture

Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management

Aligned with VMED

Learning Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

6.1 Emergency Care Management 2, 3, 5, 6 6.2 Intensive Care Management 2, 3, 5, 6


Aligned with VMED

Learning Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

10.2 Drug metabolism as it relates therapy, anesthesia, analgesia, and adverse drug reactions.

3, 6

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1. Understand basic concepts and principles of chemistry testing of serum/plasma samples used in laboratories.

Beer’s law, linearity, reference intervals, sensitivity, specificity, spectrophotometry, refractometry, serum, plasma

2. Identify samples and anticoagulants used for chemistry testing and plasma/serum discolorations that interfere with testing.

Lipemia, hemolysis, EDTA, heparin, clot separator tubes, anticoagulant

3. Interpret changes in enzyme activity encountered in routine chemistry panels.

ALP, GGT, ALT, AST, CK, leakage enzyme, induced enzyme, cholestasis, liver, hepatitis

4. Interpret changes in laboratory tests used in diagnosis of liver disease and detecting hepatic dysfunction.

Bilirubin, bile acids, ammonia, cholesterol, BUN, liver, hepatitis

5. Interpret the changes often encountered in serum/plasma concentrations of albumin and globulin.

Hypoalbuminemia, monoclonal and polyclonal hyperglobulinemia, panhyperproteinemia, panhypoproteinemia, liver, hepatitis, enteritis


6. Interpret changes in serum/plasma concentrations of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium.

Hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia, hypermagnesemia, hyperphosphatemia, enteritis, neoplasia, oncology

7. Using chemistry panel and urinalysis, differentiate the types of azotemia (pre-renal, renal, and post-renal) in dogs, cats, and large animals.

BUN, creatinine, hyperphosphatemia, urine specific gravity, GFR, acute kidney injury, chronic renal failure, nephritis

8. Identify mechanism and causes of dilute urine without azotemia. Central diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, osmotic diuresis, medullary washout, hyposthenuria, isosthenuria,

9. Identify the cells and casts commonly encountered on urine sediments.

Granular cast, waxy cast, cellular cast, hyaline casts, transitional cells, hematuria, pyuria, bacteruria, squamous cells, kidney, nephritis, nephrosis, cystitis

10. Identify and know the significance of the crystals commonly encountered on urinary urine sediments.

Calcium oxalate dehydrate, calcium oxalate monohydrate, calcium carbonate, triple phosphate/struvite, cystitis,

11. Interpret and know the causes of common electrolyte abnormalities. Hyponatremia, hypernatremia, hypokalemia, hyperkalemia, hypochloridemia, hyperchloridemia, decreased Na:K ratio, gastritis, enteritis, gastroenteritis

12. Identify the common types and causes of acid:base abnormalities in animals, and how to differentiate primary from compensatory changes.

Bicarbonate, metabolic acidosis, metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, mixed acid:base disturbance

13. Identify specific causes of an increased and decreased anion gap. High-anion gap or titrational metabolic acidosis

14. Understand the cellular and cytokine-mediated events that control differentiation of precursors in erythropoiesis, granulopoiesis, and thrombopoiesis.

Erythropoietin, colony stimulating factor, thrombopoietin, bone marrow

15. Perform common laboratory tests applicable to hematology. packed cell volume, blood smear preparation, staining blood smear, total protein and fibrinogen concentration, microscopy of blood smear, hematology


16. Characterize and classify anemias using changes on CBC: reticulocytes,

MCV, MCHC, and erythrocyte morphology changes.

Regenerative anemias, non- regenerative anemias, polychromasia, Howell-Jolly body, hematology

17. Identify blood-loss anemias and the different types of hemolytic anemias, whether extravascular or intravascular, based on changes on CBC.

Immune-mediated anemia, erythroparasites, Heinz body anemias, fragmentation anemias, hemoglobinuria, spherocytes, schistocytes, Heinz body, hematology

18. Identify the common causes of non-regenerative anemias. Anemia of inflammatory disease, anemia of renal disease, marrow failure, iron deficiency, hematoloty

19. Differentiated between appropriate and inappropriate presence of NRBCs on a CBC.

Hematology, erythropoiesis.

20. Identify the compensatory changes that can occur in response to anemia. 2,3 DPG, oxygen affinity of hemoglobin, lag phase for reticulocyte release

21. Identify the common causes of erythrocytosis. Hemoconcentration

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22. Given a case signalment, history, and CBC, be able to determine the most likely cause, treatment options, and prognosis of anemia in a dog or cat.

Immune-mediated hemolytic immune-mediated anemia, mycoplasmosis, babesiosis, Heinz body anemia, DIC, bacteriology, parasitology

23. Given a case signalment, history, and CBC, be able to determine the most likely cause, treatment options, and prognosis of anemia in a ruminant.

Anaplasmosis, bracken fern toxicosis, nitrate toxicity, copper toxicosis, anemia, toxicology, bacteriology

24. Given a case signalment, history, and CBC, be able to determine the most likely cause, treatment options, and prognosis of anemia in a horse.

Red maple toxicosis, EIA, toxicology, virology, anemia, equine

25. Describe the normal morphology, function, and kinetics of the blood leukocytes.

Neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes

26. Understand the principles of blood cell counting used by hematology analyzers.

Flow cytometry, impedance, buffy coat analysis

27. Describe and understand the significance of changes in morphology of blood leukocytes.

Toxic changes, left shift, morulae of anaplasma and ehrlichia, hypersegmentation,

28. Describe the commonly encountered leukograms of animals. Stress leukogram, inflammatory leukogram, physiologic leukocytosis, leukemia, inflammation, neoplasia

29. Interpret common changes in leukocyte concentrations. Neutropenia, neutrophilia, lymphopenia, lymphocytosis, monocytosis, leukogram,

30. Interpret common changes in platelet concentrations, function, and morphology and their likely causes.

Thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis, MPV

31. Given a case signalment, history, and CBC, be able to determine the most likely cause, treatment options, and prognosis of thromobocytopenia and thrombocytopathy in a dog or cat.

Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, DIC, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, von Willebrand disease, buccal mucosal bleeding time

32. Differentiate the cascade and cell-based models of coagulation and identify the common laboratory tests that assay coagulation.

PT, PTT, FDP, TEG, intrinsic pathway, extrinsic pathway, coagulation, coagulopathy,

33. Identify the physiologic inhibitors of coagulation. Antithrombin, Protein C, thrombomodulin, TFPI

34. Describe the process of fibrinolysis and its inhibitors. Plasmin, fibrin degradation products

35. Describe the process of thrombosis. Vichow’s triad, thromboembolism

36. Given a case signalment, history, and CBC, be able to determine the most likely cause, treatment options, and prognosis of coagulopathy in a dog or cat.

Warfarin toxicosis, Vitamin K antagonist toxicosis, DIC, toxicology, hemophilia

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37. Given a case signalment, history, and CBC, be able to determine the most likely cause, treatment options, and prognosis of coagulopathy in a horse.

Purpura hemorrhagica, hepatopathy

38. List the different types of inflammation that are recognized on aspirations, impression smears, and effusions, and their likely causes.

Neutrophilic, pyogranulomatous, histiocytic inflammation

39. Identify the major fungi recognized on aspiration and impression smears. Histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, blastomycosis, sporotrichosis, coccidiomycosis, fungus, fungi,

40. Identify the 3 main categories of effusions, how they are characterized, and their likely causes.

Transudate, exudate, protein-enriched transudate

41. Differentiate chylous, bilious, uroabdomen, and hemorrhagic effusions, as well as enterocentesis.

Enterocentesis, abdomen, chylothorax, uroabdomen

42. Identify the cytologic characteristics of the round cell tumors. Lymphoma, histiocytoma, TVT, plasmacytoma, mast cell neoplasm

43. Differentiate the cytologic features of sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas, and describe the nuclear changes expected with malignancy.

Sarcoma, carcinoma, neoplasia, oncology, melanoma

44. Differentiate the cytologic features commonly occurring, benign skin lesions.

Lipoma, inclusion cyst, dermis, dermatitis

45. Differentiate the different causes of lymphadenopathy evident on cytology of nodal aspirates.

Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, lymphoma, lymphadenitis, metastatic neoplasm, lymph node

46. Identify the immunodeficiencies that occur in foals and their diagnosis.

Failure of passive transfer, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), protein, colostrum, equine

47. Identify the differential diagnosis for lymphatic obstruction in horses, and the pathogenesis, etiologies, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment of these conditions.

Ulcerative lymphagitis, lymphadenitis, lymphosarcoma, abscesses, neoplasia

48. Identify the mechanisms of lymphatic flow in the equine limbs and the mechanisms of edema formation with stall confinement.

Edema, anasarca, dependent edema

49. Relate the diagnostic approach to edema based on the form pathophysiologic mechanisms of edema formation in horses and the differential diagnoses for each mechanism.

Purpura hemorrhagica, equine viral arteritis, granulocytic ehrlichiosis, equine herpes virus, ulcerative lymphangitis, virology, bacteriology

50. Identify the differential diagnosis for lymphadenomegaly in ruminants, and the pathogenesis, etiologies, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment of these conditions.

Visceral caseous lymphadenitis, lymphoma, actinobacillosis, bacteriology, neoplasia





Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 22-24, 31, 36, 37, 46-50

Exam (written) Lecture

1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 22-24, 31, 36, 37, 46-50


1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1, 3-6, 8, 12, 14, 17, 20, 21, 25, 28- 30, 32-35, 46, 48, 49



1-21, 25-30, 32- 35, 38-45

Exam (written); Practical (lab)

Lecture; Laboratory

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Course learning objectives: List keywords for each objective

1. Be able to explain the concept of endocrine cell signaling and list the characteristics of protein, steroid, and modified amino acid hormones.

cell signaling, protein hormone, steroid hormone, modified amino acid hormone, endocrine, neurocrine, paracrine

2. Be able to describe and compare the location and function of the endocrine glands, as well as the names and functions of the hormones they produce.

hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, parathyroid, endocrine pancreas, CRH, TRH, somatostatin, dopamine, GnRH, ACTH, TSH, LH, FSH, growth hormone, prolactin, ADH, oxytocin, cortisol, aldosterone, thyroid hormone, insulin, glucagon, PTH, vitamin D, calcitriol, calcitonin

3. Be able to recognize and explain the feedback mechanisms that maintain homeostasis for each endocrine gland system.

negative feedback, positive feedback

4. Be able to describe and explain the etiology of the most common diseases of endocrine and metabolic systems.

hyperadrenocorticism, hypoadrenocorticism, diabetes meelitus, diabetic ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, hypercalcemia, hypocalcemia, equine endocrinopathies

5. Be able to recognize and describe the clinical signs associated with the most common diseases of endocrine and metabolic systems.


6. Be able to choose the most appropriate testing methodologies for the diagnosis of endocrine and metabolic disease, describe and compare their limitations and pitfalls, and be able to interpret the results of these tests in a clinical context.


7. Be able to describe and compare the treatment options and prognosis associated with the most common diseases of endocrine and metabolic systems.






Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 5 Exam (written) Lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 5, 6, 7 Exam (written) Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1, 2, 3, 4 Exam (written) Lecture 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment

6 Exam (written) Lecture

1.5 Participation in Patient Discussions 5, 6, 7 Participation Lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

2.1 Treatment planning 7 Exam (written) Lecture


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2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability

7 Exam (written) Lecture

Competency Five: Basic medicine skills, experience and case manageme


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 5, 6, 7 Exam (written) Lecture 5.2 Medical experience gained through rotation 5, 6, 7 Exam (written) Lecture Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management


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6.1 Emergency Care Management 5, 6, 7 Exam (written) Lecture 6.2 Intensive Care Management 5, 6, 7 Exam (written) Lecture Competency Eight: Client communications and ethical conduct


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6, 7 Exam (written) Lecture



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10.1 Comparative and developmental physiology & anatomy

1-7 Exam (written) Lecture

5203 At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to: Key words 1. Recognize normal and abnormal behavioral patterns. Animal behavior 2. Describe typical communicative behaviors among animal species to include vocalizations, auditions, visual signals, and olfactory signals.

Animal behavior

3. Demonstrate knowledge of social structure among domestic animal species. Socialization 4. Recognize behavioral disorders in animal species. Behavioral disorders 5. Formulate a treatment plan for behavior disorders in animal species. Treatment plan 6. Identify the role of the veterinarian in behavioral issues as they relate to animal welfare.

Animal welfare




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1.1 History/Physical Examination 1 Examination Lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1 Examination Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1,2,3 Examination Lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


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2.1 Treatment planning 5 Examination Lecture







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5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 1,2,4 Examination Lecture Competency Eight: Client communications and ethical conduct


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8.2 Working with Health Care Team 6 Examination Lecture 8.3 Ethical Conduct 6 Examination Lecture Competency Nine: Critical analysis of new information and research findings relevant to veterinary medicine


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Competency Ten: Medical Knowledge - After acquiring the breadth and depth of medical knowledge, the students will develop the ability to apply this knowledge to patient care in the clinical settings with the use of problem solving and critical thinking skills.


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10.1 Identify and apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences, which are appropriate to their discipline.


10.2 Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations.


10.3 Effective use of information technology: Use information technology to manage information, access on-line medical information; and support your education and clinical diagnostic and patience care skills.


10.4 Apply the basic science principles of normal and abnormal structure and function to clinical medicine


10.5 Demonstrate the application of evidence-based medicine in patient care


10.6 Recognize the scientific basis of modern therapeutics


10.7 Apply principles of preventive health care and fundamental issues of environmental health


10.8 Apply the principles of clinical reasoning in both basic science and clinical science


10.9 Demonstrate the application of central biological principles and mechanisms that underlie animal health and disease from molecular and




cellular level to organismal and population manifestations.

5010 5242 5253 epi—Mark has 5260 5261 cardio

List course/clerkship learning objectives: List keywords for each objective (to be

used for searching.) 1. Use the language of cardiology so communication between veterinarians can be accurate and concise

Cardiology, communication, terminology

2. Interpret the results of diagnostic tests specific to the evaluation of an animal with cardiac disease

Electrocardiography, echocardiography, radiography, Doppler, Holter, blood pressure

3. Recognize the most common arrhythmias in domestic animals Sinus rhythm(s), atrioventricular block, sick sinus syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation

4. Select appropriate treatment for the most common arrhythmias Antiarrhythmic, pacemaker 5. Identify the mechanisms leading to heart failure Heart failure, angiotensin, cardiac output,

catecholamines, contractility, hypertrophy 6. Select appropriate treatment for left and right-sided heart failure Diuretic, inotrope, angiotensin converting

enzyme inhibitor, thoracocentesis, abdominocentesis

7. Identify the most common congenital and acquired heart diseases Pulmonic stenosis, aortic stenosis, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, tricuspid dysplasia, chronic degenerative valve disease (endocardiosis), endocarditis, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease




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Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 2,3,7 Exam Lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 2,7 Exam Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 5 Exam Lecture 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 2,3 Exam Lecture




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2.1 Treatment planning 4,6 Exam Lecture 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

4,6 Exam Lecture



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5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 2,3,4,6,7 Exam Lecture Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management


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6.1 Emergency Care Management 3,4,6 Exam Lecture 6.2 Intensive Care Management Competency Eight: Client communications and ethical conduct


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Teaching Method

8.2 Working with Health Care Team 1 Exam Lecture 5262 ortho

1. Perform an orthopedic examination on a small animal patient and interpret results of the examination

palpation, orthopedic examination

2. Describe the pathophysiology of, treatment options for, and prognosis for major developmental orthopedic diseases affecting small animal patients such as musculotendinous disorders, patellar luxation, hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament disease and elbow dysplasia

patellar luxation, hip dysplasia, cruciate ligament disease, elbow dysplasia

3. Describe the pathophysiology of, treatment options for, and prognosis for major acquired and traumatic orthopedic diseases affecting small animal patients such as luxations and fractures

orthopedic trauma, fractures, luxations

4. Identify external and internal orthopedic implants and external coaptation methods available in veterinary medicine and describe their application

plates, screws, pins, fracture alignment, implants, coaptation

5. Discuss fracture biomechanics, bone healing and reasons for fracture complications

bone healing, implant failure, osteomyelitis, non-union




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Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 1 Exam Lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1, 2, 3, Exam Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 2, 3, 5 Exam Lecture 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 1, 2, 3, Exam Lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated

2.1 Treatment planning 2, 3, 4 Exam Lecture



2, 3, 4, 5 Exam Lecture


4.3 Case Management 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Exam Lecture Competency Five: Basic medicine skills, experience and case management

5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Exam Lecture Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management

6.1 Emergency Care Management 3 Exam Lecture 5263 urinary

Course learning objectives: Key Words

1. Explain the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease

2. Develop a comprehensive treatment plan for AKI and CKD patients. Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease,

Treatment plan

3. Distinguish common causes of incontinence and how they are identified and treated.

Incontinence

4. Describe the pathogenesis of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease and develop a comprehensive treatment plan.

Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

5. Demonstrate an understanding of urolith formation and treatment in dogs and cats.

Urolith formation

6. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of surgery in the diagnosis/ treatment of urologic disease.

Surgery, urologic disease

7. The student will be able to identify the anatomic and physiologic differences in renal physiology in the horse compared to other species.

Renal, Anatomic, physiologic, horse

8. The student will be able to accurately identify urologic disease processes in the horse and formulate a diagnostic plan.

Urologic diseases, horse, diagnostic plan

9. The student will be able to correctly develop a therapeutic plan for the treatment of urology diseases in the horse.

Urologic disease, treatment, horse

10. Demonstrate understanding of renal physiology in the food animals.

Renal physiology, food animal

11. Accurately identify urologic disease processes in farm animals and formulate a diagnostic & therapeutic plan.

Urologic disease, treatment, food animal





Aligned with VMED 5263

Learning Objective

Assessment

Method

Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination

1, 3, 4

Exam (written)

Lecture

1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills

1, 3, 4

Exam (written)

Lecture

1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10

Exam (written)

Lecture


1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10

Exam (written)

Lecture


2.1 Treatment planning

2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11

Exam (written)

Lecture


2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

Exam (written)

Lecture


4.1 Basic surgical skills

6

Exam (written)

Lecture


5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management

2, 3, 4, 5, 8

Exam (written)

Lecture

Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management

6.1 Emergency Care Management

2, 4, 6

Exam (written)

Lecture

6.2 Intensive Care Management

2

Exam (written)

Lecture

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COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES List keywords for each objective (to be used for searching.)

1. Introduce and learn relevant aspects of clinical avian medicine and surgery Avian, medicine, surgery 2. Introduce and learn relevant aspects of clinical herptile medicine and surgery Herptile, medicine, surgery 3. Introduce and leran relevant aspects of clinical exotic mammal medicine and

surgery Exotic mammal, medicine, surgery

4. Introduce and learn relevant aspects of clinical fish medicine Fish, medicine, aquarium 5. Introduce and learn relevant aspects of raptor and wildlife medicine as it

relates to rehabilitation and release of patients back into their natural habitat Wildlife, raptor, medicine, rehabilitation, release

6. Introduce and learn the relevant aspects of zoo medicine Zoo, medicine 7. Introduce and learn the relevant aspects of primate care, zoonotic concerns,

health programs, and common disease presentations of primates Primates, care, diseases, medicine, zoonotic, health





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Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

2.1 Treatment planning 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture



Assessment Method

Teaching Method

5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 5.2 Medical experience gained through rotation 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

6.1 Emergency Care Management 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 6.2 Intensive Care Management 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture Competency Seven: Health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety


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Teaching Method

7.1 Health Maintenance/promotion 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 7.2 Disease prevention/Control/Eradication 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 7.3 Biosecurity 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture 7.4 Zoonosis 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 Exam Lecture


5266 farm animals


After completing the course, students should be able to:

1. Recognize important historical information and use this information to create an initial differential list

Historical information

2. Develop a detailed list of differential diagnoses for the conditions & diseases covered.

Differential diagnoses, disease

3. Recognize diagnostic tests available for covered diseases and describe their utility Diagnostic test, Disease 4. Create a testing strategy based upon the differential list and identify a specific disease diagnosis

Testing strategy, Differential list, Disease diagnosis

5. Select the most appropriate treatment or management plan Treatment/Management plan 6. List and discuss methods of practical anesthesia Practical anesthesia 7. Recognize diseases with zoonotic potential Zoonotic diseases 8. Review and describe local anatomy with diseases/conditions treated by surgical correction

Anatomy, Diseases & conditions, Surgical correction




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Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 1 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 1,2,3,4 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 2.3.4.5.6 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 3.4 Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


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2.1 Treatment planning 5 Competency Three: Anesthesia and pain management, patient welfare


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3.1 Anesthesia/Patient Status/Response/Plans 6 3.2 Pain Management/Patient Welfare/Empathy 5,6 Competency Four: Basic surgery skills, experience, and case management


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4.1 Basic surgical skills 8 Competency Five: Basic medicine skills, experience and case management


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Teaching Method

5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 2,3,4,5 Competency Seven: Health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety


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Teaching Method

7.1 Health Maintenance/promotion 5 7.2 Disease prevention/Control/Eradication 5


7.3 Biosecurity 5 7.4 Zoonosis 7 7.5 Food Safety 5

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Course Objectives: KEY WORDS 1. Expose the 2nd year students to the basic principles of

veterinary anesthesia and pain management

2. Students should acquire the basic knowledge of: a. Anesthetic machines and their functions b. Anesthesia monitoring and their applicability c. Anesthesia drugs’ pharmacodynamics d. Clinical applicability of anesthetic drugs and

general anesthesia

e. Pain pathways and their implications

AVMA-COE Clinical Competencies



Assessment Method

Teaching Method

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AVMA-COE Clinical Competencies

1.1 History/Physical Examination Lectures 5, 16, and lab 2

Exam, lab Lecture, lab

1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills Lectures 5, 15, 16, 19, 20 and labs 2 and 3


1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology Lectures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and labs 2 and 3

Exam, lab Lecture

1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment Labs 2 and 3 Exam, lab Lecture, lab 1.5 Participation in Patient Discussions Lectures 19, 20

and labs 2 and 3 Exam, lab Lecture, lab



Assessment Method

Teaching Method

3.1 Anesthesia/Patient Status/Response/Plans Lectures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and labs 2 and 3


3.2 Pain Management/Patient Welfare/Empathy Lectures 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and lab 3




Assessment Method

Teaching Method

8.2 Working with Health Care Team Labs 1, 2, and 3 Exam, lab Lecture, lab 8.3 Ethical Conduct Labs 1, 2, and 3 Exam, lab Lecture, lab 8.4 Emotional Stability Labs 1, 2, and 3 Exam, lab Lecture, lab 8.5 Reliability/Thoroughness/Punctuality/Appearance Lectures 1, 2, 3,

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and labs 2 and 3


5272 oncology

Goals (students should be able to): Key words 1. Understand the principles of diagnosis and treatment

of cancer Cancer, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, Surgery

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2. Develop a patient specific diagnostic strategy based on diagnostics available to clinicians

Diagnosis

3. Outline a treatment plan after discussing the various modalities available for cancer patients

Treatment, Surgery, Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy

4. Predict general side effects associated with differing oncology treatments

Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy

5. Identify specific tumor types in various species and assess a prognosis

Cancer, Prognosis

6. Understand concepts surrounding the supportive care aspects of cancer therapy

Palliative/Supportive Care, Cancer

SVM 9 +1 Clinical Competency Anchor Points Competency One: Comprehensive patient diagnosis (problem solving skills), appropriate use of clinical laboratory testing, and record management

VMED 5272 Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 2, 5 Exam Lecture 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 2, 3, 4, 5 Exam Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 1, 2 Exam Lecture 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment

2, 5 Exam Lecture/Lab

1.5 Participation in Patient Discussions 2, 3, 4, 5 Exam Lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated

VMED 5272 Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

2.1 Treatment planning 3 Exam Lecture 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability

3, 4 Exam Lecture


VMED 5272 Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

3.2 Pain Management/Patient Welfare/Empathy 3, 4 Exam Lecture Competency Four: Basic surgery skills, experience, and case management

VMED 5272 Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

4.1 Basic surgical skills 3 Exam Lecture Competency Five: Basic medicine skills, experience and case managemen

VMED 5272 Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 3, 4, 5 Exam Lecture Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management

VMED 5272 Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

6.1 Emergency Care Management 4 Exam Lecture 6.2 Intensive Care Management 4 Exam Lecture

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Students should be able to: Key words:

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1. Recognize important historical information and use this information to create an initial differential list.

important historical information

2. Develop a detailed list of differential diagnoses for each of the following major clinical primary/secondary lesions: Nodules, non-healing wounds, pustules, papules, erosions/ulcerations, alopecia, exfoliative/scaling/crusting dermatoses, pigmentary disturbances, bullae/vesicles.

nodules, non- healing wounds, pustules, papules, erosions, ulcerations, alopecia, exfoliative, scaling, crusting dermatoses, pigmentary disturbances, bullae, vesicles

3. Determine the utility of each basic dermatologic diagnostic test.

dermatologic diagnostic test

4. Develop a patient-specific diagnostic testing strategy/plan to confirm your clinical examination. and identify a specific disease diagnosis.

patient specific diagnostic testing strategy/plan

5. Outline a treatment plan based on the most likely differential diagnosis.

treatment plan

6. Recognize cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease. cutaneous manifestation of systemic disease




Assessment Method

Teaching Method

1.1 History/Physical Examination 1,6 Exam 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 2,3,4,5,6 Exam 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 3,4,6 Exam 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 2,3,4,6 Exam Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated


Assessment Method

Teaching Method

2.1 Treatment planning 3,4,5 Exam 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

5 Exam



Assessment Method

Teaching Method

5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 2,3,4,5,6 Exam Lecture 5371

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students should be able to…

Course Objective Keywords

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1. Explain the steps to managing your veterinary career. career management 2. Explain the basic components of professionalism. professionalism 3. Explain the basic components of successful negotiations career management 4. Explain the basic economic realities of the profession of veterinary medicine. economics 5. Explain the different types of incentive pay plans for veterinarians. employment compensation 6. Explain the various methods for setting professional fees. economics 7. Explain the basic components of veterinary practice marketing. business management 8. Explain basic accounting concepts for veterinarians. economics 9. Describe methods of managing your student loan debt and repayment options business management 10. Explain the conditions under which specialists are used. business management 11. Explain the key components of mastering the veterinary office visit. business management 12. Explain the basic concepts behind hiring, training and keeping a successful team. business management 13. Describe common client problems and how to prevent and manage them. business management 14. Describe the key features of an equitable employment contract business management

AVMA – COE Competency

VMED 5371 Course

Objective

Assessment Method

Teaching Method

Competency One: Comprehensive patient diagnosis (problem solving skills), appropriate use of clinical laboratory testing, and record management 1.1 History/Physical Examination 1.2 Patient Assessment/Clinical Thinking Skills 10,11 Exam Lecture 1.3 Knowledge Base/Basic Pathophysiology 10,11 Exam Lecture 1.4 Diagnostic Skills/Clinical Laboratory Assessment 11 Exam Lecture 1.6 Medical Records 1,11 Exam Lecture Competency Two: Comprehensive treatment planning including patient referral when indicated 2.1 Treatment planning 1,10,11 Exam Lecture 2.2 Understanding Therapeutic Modalities and Availability (would include knowledge of referral services available)

1,4,10,11 Exam Lecture

Competency Four: Basic surgery skills, experience, and case management 4.3 Case Management 1,2,3,10,11 Exam Lecture Competency Five: Basic medicine skills, experience and case management 5.1 Basic medical skills/ Case Management 1,2,3,10,11 Exam Lecture Competency Six: Emergency and intensive care case management 6.1 Emergency Care Management 3 Exam Lecture Competency Seven: Health promotion, disease prevention/biosecurity, zoonosis, and food safety 7.1 Health Maintenance/promotion 1,10 Exam Lecture 7.2 Disease prevention/Control/Eradication 4 Exam Lecture Competency Eight: Client communications and ethical conduct 8.1 Client Communication/Client Education/Discharge Summary 1-11,13,14 Exam Lecture 8.2 Working with Health Care Team 1-10,12-14 Exam Lecture 8.3 Ethical Conduct 1-6,10-14 Exam Lecture 8.4 Emotional Stability 1,3,5,9,11-14 Exam Lecture 8.5 Reliability/Thoroughness/Punctuality/Appearance 1-3,5,11-14 Exam Lecture Competency Nine: Critical analysis of new information and research findings relevant to veterinary medicine

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1,2,8,10,12 Exam Lecture

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