Small Animal Medicine and Therapeutics 1
VETS3244
Small Animal Medicine & Therapeutics 1 is the foundational unit of small animal veterinary medicine and expands on the application of the fundamental principles of Veterinary Pharmacology (VETS3013).This Unit builds upon concepts of problem-solving and pathological processes explored earlier in the curriculum. It enables integration and application of knowledge learnt in Veterinary Anatomy & Physiology 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B (VETS1014, VETS1034, VETS2011, VETS2016), Principles of Disease (VETS2013), Veterinary Microbiology (VETS3040), Animal Disease (VETS3242), Veterinary Pathology (VETS3011) and Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (VETS3013).Through predominantly case-based teaching, this unit of study enables undergraduate veterinary students to develop clinical reasoning frameworks using the problem-oriented approach to medicine and lays the foundation for practicing as a small animal clinician. Further, this unit integrates veterinary pharmacology, enabling the development of specific therapeutic plans for small animal patients based on fundamental principles and evidence-based medicine.Assessment: Small Animal Medicine & Therapeutics 1 includes assignments that provide students with the opportunity to develop foundational skills in clinical examination of the small animal patient, intra-semester evaluations and an end of semester examination.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Senior
Credit points: 8
Commencing semesters: 2
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: VETS3244
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No