Companion Animal Ophthalmology – Companion Animal Ocular Surgery

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

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

• Understand the etiology, pathophysiology and clinical appearance of ocular disorders in companion animal patients with focus on surgical intervention.
• Understand the influence of surgical ocular disorders in companion animal patients on the selection of correct surgical approach.
• Use and continue to develop common and typical surgical techniques in the treatment of ocular disease in companion animal patients with focus on saving vision versus acute symptom relief.
• Explain, reflect about, and discuss a problem oriented and evidence based work-up and treatment plan for companion animal patients with surgical ocular disease.
• Define and identify relevant anatomical structures.

 
Skills

• Perform atraumatic microsurgical techniques in particular with regards to tissue handling and minimal invasive diagnostics in regard to companion animal ocular disorders including entropion, third eyelid prolapse (‘cherry eye’), distichiae, corneal ulceration/corneal perforation, and intraocular foreign body.
• Evaluate, plan and perform reconstructive surgery used for breeds with eyelid diseases as entropion.
• Assess companion animal ocular patients perioperatively with 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 an ocular disease in need of surgical intervention.
• Plan advanced therapy/procedure for companion animal ocular patients with focus on saving vision versus acute comfort relieve.
• Independently obtain, evaluate and elaborate on evidence based new knowledge within companion animal ocular surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist and non-specialist peers and lay persons involved in companion animal surgical ocular patient management.

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.