Companion Animal Neurology - Applied Clinical Neurology

To achieve the grade passed, the student shall be able to:
 

Knowledge

• Define, identify, and discuss veterinary diagnostic methodology and paraclinical options in systematised reflective clinical decision-making in companion animal clinical neurology.
• Explain, reflect, and demonstrate a systematic clinical approach to the neurological patient at an advanced level.
• Reflect on the significance of applied neuro-anatomy in the clinical approach to the neurological patient. 
• Demonstrate critical reflection concerning diagnostic planning in a specialty practice situation.
• Discuss the fundamental prerequisites for appropriate preparation of diagnostic protocols.
• List appropriate differential diagnoses according to the neurological signs and the development of disease.

Skills

• Apply methodologies such as performing and applying clinical neurological examination and use basic diagnostic tools for relevant neurological cases in companion animals with the purpose of assessing CNS function and detecting CNS and PNS lesions. 
• Analyse and reflect on collected data in order to discriminate between neurological and non-neurological conditions and relevant neurological differential diagnoses.
• Demonstrate the systematic approach to interpret, assess and reflect on collected patient data in order to localize a lesion neuro-anatomically and identify the cause of neurological disease.

• Make clinical decisions, arrive at a diagnosis, and consider evidence-based scientific approaches in order to plan and administer further appropriate diagnostics, patient therapy, and management.
• Communicate effectively in writing and pass on results to relevant parties.

Competences

• Evaluate companion animal diseases within clinical neurology.
• Work independently, take responsibility for, predict, prognosticate, and make decisions within clinical neurology at an advanced level.
• Make ethical considerations regarding diagnostic methods and therapeutic initiatives and place these into perspective.
• Educate owners of acute and chronic neurological patients concerning acute and long-term medical treatment, respectively, as well as recovery and rehabilitation.
• Independently evaluate and structure own learning processes and continuously obtain new knowledge at a specialty level within companion animal clinical neurology.
• Use relevant scientific literature in the field of companion animal clinical neurology.
• Evaluate different patient types by combining the above-achieved skills.

To achieve the maximum grade 12, the student shall be able to:
 

Knowledge

• Define, identify, and discuss veterinary diagnostic methodology and paraclinical options in systematised reflective clinical decision-making in companion animal clinical neurology.
• Explain, reflect, and demonstrate a systematic clinical approach to the neurological patient at an advanced level.
• Reflect on the significance of applied neuro-anatomy in the clinical approach to the neurological patient. 
• Demonstrate critical reflection with respect to diagnostic planning in a specialty practice situation.
• Discuss the fundamental prerequisites for appropriate preparation of diagnostic protocols.
• List appropriate differential diagnoses according to the neurological signs and the development of disease.

Skills

• Apply methodologies such as performing and applying clinical neurological examination and use basic diagnostic tools for relevant neurological cases in companion animals with the purpose of assessing CNS function and detecting CNS and PNS lesions. 
• Analyse and reflect on collected data in order to discriminate between neurological and non-neurological conditions and relevant neurological differential diagnoses.
• Demonstrate the systematic approach to interpret, assess, and reflect on collected patient data in order to localize a lesion neuro-anatomically and identify the cause of neurological disease.

• Make clinical decisions, arrive at a diagnosis, and consider evidence-based scientific approaches in order to plan and administer further appropriate diagnostics, patient therapy, and management.
• Communicate effectively in writing and pass on results to relevant parties.

Competences

• Evaluate companion animal diseases within clinical neurology.
• Work independently, take responsibility for, predict, prognosticate, and make decisions within clinical neurology at an advanced level.
• Make ethical considerations regarding diagnostic methods and therapeutic initiatives and place these into perspective.
• Educate owners of acute and chronic neurological patients concerning acute and long-term medical treatment, respectively, as well as recovery and rehabilitation.
• Independently evaluate and structure own learning processes and continuously obtain new knowledge at a specialty level within companion animal clinical neurology.
• Use relevant scientific literature in the field of companion animal clinical neurology.
• Evaluate different patient types by combining the above achieved skills.