SVEK13024U Summer School Companion Animals
Veterinarians (graduate students).
The students will take active part in the daily work in the University Hospital of Companion Animals under direction of the responsible veterinarians. The daily language in the hospital is Danish but all staff members are familiar with English and will speak English with the students. Several staff members are native English or American speaking.
The Small Animal Hospital has elective cases, community practice, referral service and emergency patients.
It will be possible for the students to work during daytime and/or during evening shifts in the hospital.
The working hours during the daytime will be from 8.00 am – 4.00 pm
The working hours during the evening time will be from 4.00 pm – 00.00 am
Furthermore the student can take part in the daily clinical work
during the weekend daytime, 8.00 am – 4.00 pm.
Clinical training can be within the following rotations (at least
one full week for each rotation):
- General practice
- Internal medicine
- Surgery
- Anaesthesiology
- Emergency service (day shift)
- Emergency Service (evening shift)
- Companion Animal Veterinary Imaging
- Veterinary Clinical Pathology (cytology)
- 1 week combination of specialty services (Cardiology, Oncology
and Neurology)
Students will be asked to compile a list of preferred rotations.
However the final planning will be made by the course organizers
with no guaranty of preferred rotations.
During the course, the student will get the possibility to
achieve first hand experience within one or more of the above
mentioned clinical rotations at the University Hospital of
Companion Animals.
Knowledge:
- Describe some common medical and surgical diseases in companion
animal general practice
- Describe the use of problem based clinical examination and
interpretation methodology in companion animal clinical practice
Skills:
- Apply problem based clinical examination and interpretation
methodology in companion animal clinical practice
- Perform a full clinical investigation of a companion animal
patient
- Determine and justify diagnostic and treatment plans as well as
prognosis in selected patients.
- Choose, justify and interpret relevant para-clinical- and
clinical tests in selected clinical scenarios
- Obtain and process selected clinical diagnostic samples"
Competencies:
- Identify, evaluate and interpretate elements of a clinical
case to be able to compile and implement diagnostic and-
therapeutic plans.
- Use professional communication by implementing correct medical
terminology
Relevant literature within companion animal practice
- Category
- Hours
- Practical exercises
- 82,5
- Total
- 82,5
For exchange students: sign up for nomination through your home university. For Danish students: sign up via KUnet and find the registration form for ”sommerklinik” under ”blanketter”.
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessment, .
- Type of assessment details
- The student will be evaluated during the rotations
- Exam registration requirements
The student must attend each of the rotations for a minimum of 80%
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
During the course
- Re-exam
None
Criteria for exam assesment
To achieve the grade passed, the student shall (in an adequate level) be able to:
Criteria are set at levels appropriate to the time
spent on the course and to status as a final year veterinary
student. Assessment will be made during the
course as follows:
Knowledge:
- During rotations contribute to clinical discussions concerning
patients by showing knowledge relevant to a particular patient.
Skills:
- Demonstrate relevant clinical skills such as the ability to
perform diagnostic tests and clinical examinations related to
companion animal veterinary patients.
Competencies:
- Present a summary of a particular patient's status at a
particular time, in the form of a "SOAP Note" ,
(subjective, objective assessment plan).
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- SVEK13024U
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 2 weeks in the period from the end of June until the end of August.
- Placement
- Summer
- Schedule
- .
- Course capacity
- 5 students per week with a maximum of 20 indvidual students during the course months (july and august).
Study board
- The Study Board for Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
Contracting department
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Fintan McEvoy (fme@sund.ku.dk)
Lecturers
Clinicians at University Hospital of Companion Animal