Clinical and Therapeutic Approach At Soft Tissue Surgical Diseases in Dog and Cat

Teaching activities will take place mainly in the hospital (visiting and operating rooms, hospitalization ward, pathology ward) for direct management of clinical cases (interpretation of signs and symptoms, proper management of the diagnostic therapeutic algorithm, surgical activity in the operating room, management of surgical complications), interpretation of relevant histological findings and necroscopy examinations, with moments devoted to discussion of clinical and pathological cases with theoretical insights, making use of discussion and presentations of published scientific articles.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. The student will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the treatment modalities of the most frequent affections of surgical diseases of the dog's soft tissues and their main histopathological aspects. In addition, the student should demonstrate knowledge and concepts that enable him/her to independently propose differential diagnoses (clinical and histopathological) referred to the individual patient.

Autonomy of judgment. The student should demonstrate the ability to correctly describe the lesions and pathologies of surgical interest as well as the outcomes of the collateral examinations performed including the processing of the histopathological specimen and its interpretation.

Communication skills. The student should demonstrate the ability to communicate the skills acquired with appropriate terminology and to independently elaborate concepts and insights on soft tissue diseases of surgical interest in the dog and cat and related histopathology.

Ability to learn. The student is expected to demonstrate useful learning ability in order to independently increase knowledge of new and emerging aspects in the area of soft tissue diseases of surgical interest in the dog and cat and related histopathology