Companion Animal Oncology - Cancer Surgery
Course content
To extend the students knowledge, skills, and competences within the approach to, assessment and management of the companion animal cancer patient in need of surgery. The course will extend the students assessment and management of companion animal cancer patients in need of surgery and plan the perioperative management of the patient including special anesthesia and analgesia requirements.
This course is a specialisation course at the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science. The Master is a post graduate education targeted small animal veterinarians seeking Continual Professional Development (CPD).
Read more about the Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science.
Having completed the course, the student shall be able to:
Knowledge
• Understand the etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical
appearance of neoplastic disorders in companion animal patients
with a focus on surgical intervention.
• Understand the influence of surgical neoplastic disorders in
companion animal patients on the selection of anesthesia and pain
alleviation.
• Use and continue to develop common and typical surgical
techniques in the treatment of neoplastic disease in companion
animal patients with a focus on acute symptom relief.
• Explain, reflect on, and discuss a problem-oriented and
evidence-based work-up and treatment plan for companion animal
patients with surgical neoplastic disease.
• Define and identify relevant anatomical structures.
Skills
• Perform atraumatic surgical techniques in particular
concerning tissue handling and minimally invasive diagnostics
regarding companion animal neoplastic disorders including
fibrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, oral cancer, mastocytoma, and mammary
cancer.
• Evaluate, plan, and perform reconstructive surgery used for cancer patients.
• Assess companion animal cancer patients perioperatively with a focus on treatment effects, complications, and prognosis, including adjuvant therapy.
Competences
• Evaluate, plan, and manage a diagnostic work-up for a
companion animal patient with neoplastic disease in need of
surgical intervention.
• Plan advanced therapy/procedure for companion animal cancer
patients including decision on the surgical dose in relation to
specific neoplasias.
• Independently obtain, evaluate, and elaborate on
evidence-based new knowledge within companion animal cancer
surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist
and non-specialist peers and lay persons involved in companion
animal surgical cancer patient management.
A mixture of lectures, e-learning, theoretical and practical exercises. Case-study work.
Updated literature lists will be posted 1 month prior to course start. The participant should have theoretical knowledge prepared prior to participation.
Inclusion criteria for Master's Programme in Companion
Animal Clinical Science: Degree in veterinary medicine and at least
two years of relevant work experience.
SCAM13001U, SCAM13002U, SCAM13003U, SCAM13004U or one of the
following certifications in Companion Animal Diseases:
• Danish Certificate in Small Animal Diseases, in danish known as
"Fagdyrlæge i sygdomme hos hunde og katte".
• Swedish Specialist in Diseases of Dogs and Cats, in Swedish known
as "Steg 1".
• Norwegian Specialist in Diseases of Dogs and Cats, in Norwegian
known as "Specialisering i veterinærmedisin, spesialitet
smådyr".
• Finnish Specialist in Diseases of Dogs and Cats, in Finnish known
as “Pieneläinsairauksien erikoiseläinlääkäri".
- ECTS
- 1 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Other
- Type of assessment details
- The Ongoing Test consists of three parts:
a) a minimum of 80% active participation,
b) preparation and oral presentation of a problem-oriented clinical case, and
c) a written assignment: a master thesis protocol.
To pass the course, students must have passed both Exam 1 and Exam 2. However, students may attend Exam 2 without having passed Exam 1 - Aid
- All aids allowed except Generative AI
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
More than one internal examiner.
- Exam period
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
- Re-exam
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
Criteria for exam assessment
To achieve the grade passed, the student shall be able to:
Knowledge
• Understand the etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical
appearance of neoplastic disorders in companion animal patients
with a focus on surgical intervention.
• Understand the influence of surgical neoplastic disorders in
companion animal patients on the selection of anesthesia and pain
alleviation.
• Use and continue to develop common and typical surgical
techniques in the treatment of neoplastic disease in companion
animal patients with a focus on acute symptom relief.
• Explain, reflect on, and discuss a problem-oriented and
evidence-based work-up and treatment plan for companion animal
patients with with surgical neoplastic disease.
• Define and identify relevant anatomical structures.
Skills
• Perform atraumatic surgical techniques in particular with
regard to tissue handling and minimally invasive diagnostics in
regard to companion animal neoplastic disorders including
fibrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, oral cancer, mastocytoma, and mammary
cancer.
• Evaluate, plan, and perform reconstructive surgery used for
cancer patients.
• Assess companion animal cancer patients perioperatively with
a focus on treatment effects, complications, and prognosis,
including adjuvant therapy.
Competences
• Evaluate, plan, and manage a diagnostic work-up for a
companion animal patient with neoplastic disease in need of
surgical intervention.
• Plan advanced therapy/procedure for companion animal cancer
patients including decision on the surgical dose in relation to
specific neoplasias.
• Independently obtain, evaluate, and elaborate on
evidence-based new knowledge within companion animal cancer
surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist
and non-specialist peers and lay persons involved in companion
animal surgical cancer patient management.
- ECTS
- 5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Written assignment
- Type of assessment details
- The written assignment includes an exam with multiple-choice,
short answer, and/or essay questions.
To pass the course, students must have passed both Exam 1 and Exam 2. However, students may attend Exam 2 without having passed Exam 1 - Examination prerequisites
-
Students may attend this examination without approval of Exam 1 (SCAM25043E Ongoing Test).
- Aid
- All aids allowed except Generative AI
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Exam period
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
- Re-exam
-
For information about the exact exam dates, please visit the exam schedule.
Criteria for exam assessment
To achieve the maximum grade 12, the student shall be able to:
Knowledge
• Understand the etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical
appearance of neoplastic disorders in companion animal patients
with a focus on surgical intervention.
• Understand the influence of surgical neoplastic disorders in
companion animal patients on the selection of anesthesia and pain
alleviation.
• Use and continue to develop common and typical surgical
techniques in the treatment of neoplastic disease in companion
animal patients with a focus on acute symptom relief.
• Explain, reflect on, and discuss a problem-oriented and
evidence-based work-up and treatment plan for companion animal
patients with surgical neoplastic disease.
• Define and identify relevant anatomical structures.
Skills
• Perform atraumatic surgical techniques in particular with
regard to tissue handling and minimally invasive diagnostics in
regard to companion animal neoplastic disorders including
fibrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, oral cancer, mastocytoma, and mammary
cancer.
• Evaluate, plan, and perform reconstructive surgery used for
cancer patients.
• Assess companion animal cancer patients perioperatively with
a focus on treatment effect, complications, and prognosis,
including adjuvant therapy.
Competences
• Evaluate, plan, and manage a diagnostic work-up for a
companion animal patient with neoplastic disease in need of
surgical intervention.
• Plan advanced therapy/procedure for companion animal cancer
patients including decision on the surgical dose in relation to
specific neoplasias.
• Independently obtain, evaluate, and elaborate on
evidence-based new knowledge within companion animal cancer
surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist
and non-specialist peers and lay persons involved in companion
animal surgical cancer patient management.
Part time Master and Diploma courses
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 15
- Preparation
- 80
- Theory exercises
- 12
- Practical exercises
- 15
- Exam
- 40
- English
- 162
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- SCAM25043U
- ECTS
- See exam description
- Programme level
- Part Time Master
- Duration
-
5 course days full time.
- Placement
- Autumn
This course is offered in the Autumn semester (even-numbered years). For more information about the exact course dates, please visit the webpage.
- Price
- Schedulegroup
-
Monday - Friday full time
- Capacity
- 12
- Studyboard
- Study Board for the Professionel Master´s Degree Programmes at The Faculty og Health and Medical Science
Contracting department
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Thomas Eriksen (3-7c6d7a487b7d766c36737d366c73)
- James Edward Miles (4-736a7672497c7e776d37747e376d74)
Teacher
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