Introduction
This course will cover a range of important equine medicine topics including: respiratory tract disease, colitis/abdominal diseases and approaches to fluid and electrolyte therapy, liver disease, urinary tract dysfunction, approaches to weight loss, cardiac disease, fever of unknown origin, septicaemia, haemolymphatic disorders and neurological diseases.
Cathy and David are dedicated and enthusiastic teachers, who will share with you their many years of experience in equine medicine as you study this program.
Key Benefits
By the end of this course you can expect to:
- Improve your skills in developing a problem-based approach to equine medicine in a practice-friendly format.
- Review up-to-date information on common problems in equine medicine.
- Improve your appreciation of the value of laboratory and other diagnostic procedures when approaching horses with medical problems.
- Learn to appreciate that equine medicine, although on occasion complex, can be broken down into 'bite sized' chunks.
- Improve therapeutic strategies for your equine medicine cases.
- Increase your personal satisfaction when dealing with equine medical cases.
Timetable
for Modules
| Modules | You
will receive modules in: | Modules
to be received from
you by Post Graduate
Foundation for assessment |
| Module 1 | 1st
week of February | End
of February | | Module
2 | 1st week of
March | End of
March | | Module
3 | 1st week of
April | End of
April | | Module
4 | 1st week of
May | End of May |
| Module 5 | 1st
week of June | End
of June | | Module
6 | 1st week of
July | End of
July | | Module
7 | 1st week of
August | End of
August | | Module
8 | 1st week of
September | End
of September | | Module
9 | 1st week of
October | End
of October | | Module
10 | 1st week
of November | End
of November |
Content
of Modules
| Month | Subject |
February | Diagnosis
and Treatment of Respiratory Tract Disease including Pneumonia/Pleuropneumonia |
March | Acute
Diarrhoea and Approaches to Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy | April | Liver
Disease | May | Urinary
Tract Dysfunction | June | Approaches
to Weight Loss in Horses | July | Cardiac
Disease | August | Fever
of Unknown Origin | September | Septicaemia
in Adults and Foals, including Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation |
October | Haemolymphatic
Disorders | November | Neurological
Diseases |
Reading
List Current
Therapy in Equine Medicine Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Robinson), WB Saunders - useful
but not essential
Large Animal Internal Medicine (Smith), CV Mosby, Volume
2 - useful but not essential
Problems in Equine Medicine (Brown), Lea
and Febiger - very good but not essential
Equine
Internal Medicine (Reed & Bayly), WB Saunders. - excellent but not essential
Journals
Equine Veterinary Journal - useful but not essential
Equine Veterinary
Education - very good but not essential
Journal of the American Veterinary
Medical Association - useful but not essential
Journal of Veterinary
Internal Medicine - useful but not essential There
is no need for you to buy any of these. Any of the above are good to have, but
not necessary. The articles provided with each module provide extensive reading.
Publications
can be purchased from:
www.amazon.com
OR
PVP Publications,
PO Box 112, Seaforth NSW 2092 and
67 Peacock
Street, Seaforth NSW 2092
Tel & Fax: (02) 9948 4605 |
Technical requirements for online study
Technical requirements for online study WebCT is a software program developed in Canada which provides a platform and a set of web course teaching tools for online learning. As an introduction to the online learning environment The Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science is using this platform to give you access to your course online. This medium will allow you to access your course and participate in online discussions with other participants and your tutor via a computer, a modem and a web browser, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer.
To optimise your use of WebCT for online learning we recommend the following specifications: http://www.pgf.edu.au/disted/index.cfm#technical
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