Overview
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Requisites
Prerequisite
Enrolment rules
Enrolment in Applied Veterinary Medicine.
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Learning activities
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Learning outcomes
1.
Have attained a minimum knowledge base required to be successful in equine clinical practice.
2.
Have demonstrated a minimum level of competence in a range of clinical techniques that are considered to be core to equine or mixed practiceStudents must be able to perform a complete clinical examination of horses, including dental, ocular, neurological, and lameness exams. Other clinical techniques that must be demonstrated include passage of a nasogastric tube, common injections, blood collection, and interpretation of radiographs.
3.
Be capable of assimilating knowledge gained from signalment, history, and clinical examination to develop a problem list and all appropriate differential diagnoses.
4.
Be capable of selecting and justifying appropriate diagnostic tests in order to rule in/out differential diagnoses.
5.
Be able to communicate your findings and assessment to peers and mentors.
Assessments
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