Dedicated Companion Animal Clinical Practice.

Having completed the course, the student shall be able to:

Knowledge
• Explain, reflect about, and demonstrate an overview of complex clinical diagnostic decision-making, patient therapy, and management in dedicated companion animal practice.
• List, classify, and demonstrate critical reflection on existing and new approaches to patient diagnosis, therapy, management, and client education in a dedicated companion animal practice situation.

Skills
• Interpret, assess, and reflect on collected patient data in order to identify/localise the cause of disease, make clinical decisions, arrive at a diagnosis, and apply and integrate evidence-based scientific approaches to plan and administer further diagnostics, patient therapy, and management.
• Seek out, reflect on, and apply new evidence to patient problems in a dedicated companion animal clinical setting.
• Communicate effectively and discuss patient issues and solution models with both peers and non-specialists at an advanced level and across disciplines within dedicated companion animal practice.
• Communicate effectively in writing and orally regarding patients and pass on results to relevant parties including both specialists, dedicated companion animal, and mixed practice colleagues and clients.

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