Companion Animal Ophthalmology – Basic Companion Animal Ophthalmology

A mixture of lectures, e-learning, theoretical and practical exercises. Case-study work.

Having completed the course, the student must be able to:
 
Knowledge

• Explain, reflect about and demonstrate overview of the systematic approach to the patient with congenital ocular diseases.
• Explain, reflect about and demonstrate overview of the systematic approach to the patient with symptoms of hereditary ocular diseases.
• Explain, reflect about and demonstrate overview of the systematic approach to the patient with symptoms of ocular manifestation of systemic diseases.
• Explain, reflect about and demonstrate overview of the systematic approach to the patient with symptoms of neoplastic ocular diseases.
• Know ocular pharmacological drugs that can be used in veterinary ophthalmology.
• Know aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for ocular diseases in dogs and cats at an advanced level
• To define, identify and evaluate veterinary methodology and the use of general and advanced veterinary diagnostic methods for veterinary ophthalmology patients.

 
Skills

• Apply evidence based approaches to dogs and cats with complex ophthalmic symptoms.
• Perform oral presentation of patient history, symptoms and diagnostic plan for both specialist and non-specialist colleagues and clients.
• Discuss relevant problems and questions within the systematic approach to patients with complex ophthalmic symptoms.
• Use and adjust slit lamp biomicroscopy.
• Use and adjust headset for indicted ophthalmoscopy.
• Perform gonioscopy examination at a basic level.
• Perform an electroretinogram (ERG) at a basic level.
• Perform ocular ultrasonographic examination at a basic level.
• Interpret, assess, and reflect on collected patient data in order to identify/localize the cause of ocular disease occurrence, 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.

 
Competences

• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist and non-specialist peers and lay persons involved in companion animal patient management.
• Plan, evaluate and manage a diagnostic work-up and treatment of patients with complex ocular diseases.
• Independently obtain, evaluate and elaborate on evidence based new knowledge at a specialty level within complex ocular diseases.

You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course: 

The course responsible at the specialisation track in Companion Animal Cardiology is:

• Professor of Companion Animal Clinical Oncology Annemarie Thuri Kristensen, University of Copenhagen.

Lecturers at the specialisation track are:

• Assistant Professor of Veterinary Ophthalmology Michala de Linde Henriksen, Colorado State University (CSU).
• National and international capacities within the field.