| Responsible Department | Department for Small Animal Clinical Sciences |
| Earliest Possible Year | Post experience Master´s Programme |
| Duration | Outside schedule |
| Credits | 5 (ECTS) |
| Level of Course | Post experience masters programme |
| Examination | Continuous Assessment written examination and oral examination Portfolio Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: The students will be continuously assessed based on the following: Students have to participate at least 80% of the practical course. As a part of the course the student will have to perform oral presentations and hand in a number of in written exercises/cases and procedure protocols. 7-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: |
| Organisation of Teaching | Practical 5-days course at University Hospital For Companion Animals (Universitetshospitalet for Familiedyr) |
| Block Placement | Outside schedule Week Structure: Outside schedule, Week 13, 2013 |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Optional Prerequisites | 150908 Veterinary Clinical Pathology - Test validation/ Clinical decision making I |
| Mandatory Prerequisites | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM); at least two years of companion animal practice work experience; and certified Danish Fagdyrlæge. *If fagdyrlæge-edducation from another country, please provide documentation of education and recertification. |
| Course Content | |
| Having completed the course, the student should be able to: Focus on level of evidence for diagnostic markers in veterinary clinical pathology relevant for small animal clinical practice. Understand and explain the relation between study design of reported results and the level of evidence, incl. identification and importance of specific sources and types of bias in clinical studies. Development of models based on several analytes: Diagnostic models Predictive models | |
| Teaching and learning Methods | |
| A combination of theoretical lectures and case-based practice. | |
| Learning Outcome | |
| See below | |
| Course Literature | |
| Recommended literature list will be posted 1 month prior to course start | |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Mads Kjelgaard-Hansen, mjkh@life.ku.dk, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences/Centrallaboratoriet, Phone: 353-33873 | |
| Course Fee | |
| DKK 30.000 | |
| Study Board | |
| Study Committee V | |