| 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 47, 2012, Monday to Friday |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| 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: . Confident in diagnostics and staging of the oncological patient at an advanced level . Confident in using chemotherapy . Confident in planning treatment . Knowledge at advanced level in different types of cancers . - Diagnostics and treatment of melanomas . - Diagnostics and treatment of mast cell tumours . - Diagnostics and treatment of malignant lymphoma . complications and supportive therapy . nutrition and nutraceuticals . transfusion-guidelines . pain management . supplement therapies . hypercoagulability in cancer | |
| Teaching and learning Methods | |
| A combination of theoretical lectures and case-based practice. | |
| Learning Outcome | |
| The purpose of this course is: Medical management of the small animal cancer patient incl. principles and therapeutic options for the most common companion animal cancers. Prognosis, client communication and consulting. Assignment : Each participant makes drug administration procedures for medical treatment of oncology patients for their clinic. | |
| Course Literature | |
| Recommended literature list will be posted 1 month prior to course start. | |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Annemarie Thuri Kristensen, atk@life.ku.dk, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences/, Phone: 353-32923 | |
| Course Fee | |
| DKK 30.000 | |
| Study Board | |
| Study Committee V | |