227.503 - Veterinary clinics
| Credits : 96 |
Year : 2010 |
| Mode : Internal |
Semester : Double |
| Location : Palmerston North |
Online component : None |
| Coordinator : Prof Tim Parkinson |
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This course provides tuition, demonstration and clinical experience in surgery, anaesthesia, medicine, epidemiology and theriogenology of animals; health and management of production animals; diagnostic procedures, including imaging, necropsies and laboratory tests; and diagnostic reasoning. Students will need to complete all compulsory elements including external placements and will be provided with opportunities to gain further experience in chosen areas.
Rotation 1 epidemiology tutorials 2009
Rotation 1 epidemiology tutorial notes can be downloaded from here. A critical appraisal worksheet can be downloaded from here. Click here for an example of a paper appraised using this worksheet approach.
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Wed 13 May
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1430
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WB SR
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Fri 15 May
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1400
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WB SR
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Wed 20 May
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1430
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WB SR
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Fri 22 May
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1400
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WB SR
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Wed 17 Jun
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1430
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WB SR
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Fri 19 Jun
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1400
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WB SR
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Wed 24 Jun
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1430
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WB SR
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Fri 26 Jun
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1400
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WB SR
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| Wed 26 Aug |
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1400 |
WB SR |
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| Fri 28 Aug |
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1400 |
WB SR |
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Feed budgets
A spreadsheet for preparing a feed budget can be downloaded from here. A spreadsheet for evaluating dairy cow rations can be downloaded from here. Alternatively, try CamDairy.
Useful papers
Greenhalgh T, Taylor R (1997) How to read a paper: Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research). British Medical Journal 315: 740 - 743.
Greenhalgh T (1997) How to read a paper: Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses). British Medical Journal 315: 596 - 599.
Greenhalgh T (1997) How to read a paper: Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests. British Medical Journal 315: 540 - 543.
Greenhalgh T (1997) How to read a paper: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses). British Medical Journal 315: 672 - 675.
Greenhalgh T (1997) How to read a paper: Assessing the methodological quality of published papers. British Medical Journal 315: 305 - 308.
Greenhalgh T (1997) How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls. British Medical Journal 315: 422 - 425.
Greenhalgh T (1997) How to read a paper: Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about). British Medical Journal 315: 243 - 246.
Greenhalgh T (1997) How to read a paper: The Medline database. British Medical Journal 315: 180 - 183.
Evans RB, O'Connor A (2007) Statistics and evidence-based veterinary medicine: Answers to 21 common statistical questions that arise from reading scientific manuscripts. Veterinary Clinics Small Animal Practice 37: 477 - 486.
Lunsford KV, Mackin AJ (2007) Thromboembolic therapies in dogs and cats: An evidence-based approach. Veterinary Clinics Small Animal Practice 37: 579 - 609.
Holmes MA (2007) Evaluation of the evidence. Veterinary Clinics Small Animal Practice 37: 447 - 462.
Ferguson DC (2007) Testing for hypothyroidism in dogs. Veterinary Clinics Small Animal Practice 37: 647 - 669.