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Gerard Cramer

2024-10-03 21:05:44 UTC

The definition seems to miss the role veterinarians play in public health. The last sentence reads like animal welfare is only practiced when needed. Possible fixes include

"They will consider disease diagnosis and epidemiology to create and communicate treatment plans and prevention protocols that consider the impact of the disease and its management on animal welfare, owner and public health and food safety.

Gerard Cramer

valla020 — 2024-10-10 00:55:40 UTC

The definition seems to miss the role veterinarians play in public health. The last sentence reads like animal welfare is only practiced when needed. Possible fixes include

Erin Malone

2024-10-10 12:38:36 UTC

consider "effectively communicate" or "collaborate with clients to develop"

Jeff Bender

2024-10-22 21:35:22 UTC

Consider rephrasing? They will consider disease diagnosis and epidemiology to create treatment plans and prevention protocols and consider and communicate zoonotic potential... to "They will consider disease diagnosis and epidemiology to create treatment plans and prevention protocols." This includes the ability to communicate to clients and discussing public health issues." This might be beyond zoonotic diseases...

Raye Taylor

2024-11-01 13:05:20 UTC

Euthanasia when needed,

would recommend considering at minimum changing to 'when indicated', 'when determined', or perhaps best as 'as appropriate'

since 'needed', implies no cultural spectrum or training in support or management of natural death.

phrasing in last sentence needs grammatical work to match with semicolon and "and"

Julie Churchill

2024-11-11 21:56:57 UTC

I am not intending to word smith the definition here but to capture a perceived content gap of nutritional therapy. I'd suggest considering rewording pharmacotherapeutics to include nutritional management of diseases (nutritional and pharmacotherapeutics?). At the last curricular revision, nutritional content was moved earlier (to Y1) and clinical nutrition (therapeutic nutrition) was omitted. I am uncertain if others have incorporated it but students tell my in the 4th year that this is a gap, (small animal content anyway) and I wanted to increase awareness.

Lauren Bernstein

2024-11-19 18:30:41 UTC

"Diagnostic skills" and "interpretation of test results" should include a strong/thorough history and PEx, rationale for why a test is recommended (pros/cons), and a basic understanding of the cost of a test.

"Treatment plans" should include the ability to communicate/recommend (non-judgmentally) more than one option (i.e. Spectrum of Care), including each option's pros, cons, costs, and potential outcomes.

Anna Kucera

2024-11-19 18:43:16 UTC

From a One Health perspective, weigh the feasibility of recommended treatment plans. Evaluate the affordability, availability, accessibility, acceptability and accommodation of plans. For example, what are the barriers to care for the family or producer? Are they geographically isolated from the services you're suggesting? Do they need wrap-around services (i.e. food support, social work, housing aid) to be able to fulfill a treatment plan?

Alex Bianco

2024-11-20 14:31:10 UTC

I think the "euthanasia when needed" is in a strange place after preventative care. I think end of life discussions are important, but I agree that "when needed" should be replaced with another phrase. I think euthanasia is a discussion in management and is better included in the previous sentence about treatment plans.

Agree that recognition of disease should start with the PE and history, not diagnostic testing. Can we add generation of a differential list which is used to identify options for diagnostic testing and therapy? Generation of a ddx list using only a history and PE is ESSENTIAL to successful practice, especially considering the spectrum of care emphasis. This should be emphasized over and over again as too often students want to do diagnostic testing without knowing what they are really looking for.

Lindsey Knox

2024-11-27 15:32:37 UTC

Small grammatical change in first sentence: "...acquired in the first stage, students will..." (add comma)

In second sentence: "...create treatment plans and prevention protocols, while considering and communicating public health issues such as zoonotic potential." (breaking up the use of "and" at the end of this sentence)

Caitlin Teanrey

2024-12-02 20:20:15 UTC

add sedation/sedate to the sentence with anesthetize and recover patients