Program Overview

Program Overview

The Companion Animal Internal Medicine and Speciality Cases - Systematic Diagnostic Decision Making program is a part of the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science. This course aims to equip students with theoretical and practical skills for diagnostic workup and clinical decision-making, while enhancing their knowledge and competencies in companion animal internal medicine.

Course Details

• Level: Professional Master
• Start date: See details
• Duration: 6 days
• ECTS: 7.5
• Price: DKK 31,500 - DKK 40,300

Course Objectives

The course will have special emphasis on the application of the problem-oriented medical record (POMR) method as a systematic reflective diagnostic decision-making tool in companion animal internal medicine patients. It will mainly be case-based and interactive to further reflection, analysis, and synthesis of patient problems from available data and background knowledge.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

• Define, identify, and discuss the systematic diagnostic decision-making approach to the companion animal internal medicine patient as well as the cardiologic, neurologic, and oncologic patient using the problem-based approach (POMR)
• Explain and reflect about the systematic diagnostic decision-making approach using POMR

Skills

• Apply the POMR approach in complex companion animal internal medicine patients in relation to clinical manifestations of disease
• Interpret, assess, and reflect on patient data in order to list patient problems, localize and identify the cause of disease (DAMNIT), establish a final diagnosis, and perform follow-up assessment based on POMR on complex internal medicine patients
• Reflect about indications for, and interpretation of, laboratory and imaging data in relation to the internal medicine patient
• Perform an advanced clinical cardiologic examination, neurologic examination, and examination of a patient with cancer
• Perform case presentations for both companion animal dedicated and non-dedicated colleagues and clients
• Apply evidence-based approaches in internal medicine patients

Competences

• Plan and evaluate a diagnostic work-up for a patient with a complex history within companion animal internal medicine
• Independently obtain, evaluate, and elaborate on evidence-based new knowledge within veterinary internal medicine
• Collaborate and communicate within and between both companion animal dedicated and non-dedicated peers and lay persons involved in companion animal internal medicine patient management

Admission Criteria

This course is only available for students enrolled on Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science. To be admitted to this course, students must:

• Hold a degree in Veterinary Medicine
• Have a minimum of 2 years of relevant job experience from companion animal practice
• Be proficient in English

Tuition Fees

• EU/EEA citizens: Single course student: 35,000 DKK, Master student: 31,500 DKK
• Non-EU/EEA citizens: Single course student: 40,300 DKK, Master student: 36,800 DKK Tuition fees include course materials and lunch/coffee. Books are not included in the tuition fees and must be purchased by the participants.

Course Directors

• Charlotte Reinhard Bjørnvad: Professor, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVCN
• Lisbeth Rem Jessen: Associate Professor, DVM, Dipl. ECVIM-CA

Lecturers

• Professor, Stijn Niessen, DVM, PhD, DECVIM-SA, MRCVS, Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
• Professor Charlotte Reinhard Bjørnvad
• Associate Professor Lisbeth Rem Jessen
• Associate Professor Lise Nielsen
• Professor, Mette Berendt, Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (Neurology)
• Professor Annemarie Thuri Kristensen (Oncology)
• Professor, Jørgen Koch (Cardiology)
• Associate professor, Rebecca Langhorn (Critical Care and Hematology)

Location

University of Copenhagen, University Hospital for Companion Animals, Dyrlægevej 16, 1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark

Additional Information

For more details about the course, please refer to the course catalogue. The course code is SCAM25017U.