University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Syllabus

I. Course information Number: VM 5304

Course Title: Small Animal Neurology

Phase: 3

Semester: Spring

Year: 2012

Course credit: 1

II. General information Course director: Tom Schubert

Office location & office hours: VH 42 by appointment

Office phone number: 392-2226

Email: Schubertt@ufl.edu

Course Faculty: Tom Schubert and Roger Clemmons

III. Course description

Course goals/ Educational goals of the course: The goal of this course is to familiarize the

student with the logical approach to Clinical Neurology, to have the student

comfortable with the fundamental neurological exam, lesion localization, assessing the

findings in light of signalment and history, producing a list of differentials and being

able to make a plan of action.

Course Outline & schedule:

Date/time Location is large animal auditorium Instructor

Monday January 30, 1PM-2:50PM T Schubert

Introduction, The Neurological Exam, Diagnostic aides.

Chapters 3 and 4 in Dewey

Tuesday January 31, 1-2:50 R Clemmons

Encephalopathy, Head Trauma, seizures

Chapters 5, 6 and 7

Wednesday February 1, 1-2:50 T Schubert

Vestibular and Hearing

Chapter 8

Disc Disease pages 323-339

Chapter 10

Thursday Feb 2, 1-2:50

Wobblers, Degenerative Myelopathy, pages 339-345 R Clemmons

Vertebral Anomalies, AA Subluxation, pages 350-355

Chapter 10

Friday Feb, 3, 1-2:50

COMS, Discospondylitis, Meningitis, FCE, 356-372 T Schubert

Chapter 10

Monday Feb 6, 1-2:50 T Schubert

Cauda Equina,389-402

Chapter 11 and Chapter 13, 419-425

Spinal Trauma, 405-414

Chapter 12

Tuesday Feb 7, 1-2:50 T Schubert

Peripheral Nervous System, 427-457

Chapter 14

Myopathies, 469-505

Chapter 15

Wednesday Feb 8, 1-2:50 T Schubert

Junctionopathies, 517-551

Chapter 16

Friday Feb 10, 1-2:50 In the testing center

T Schubert

Final Exam- 70 multiple choice questions

IV. Course Materials

Required text: A practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology by C. Dewey

Second edition by Iowa State Press

Recommended reference Text: Clinical Syndromes in Veterinary Neurology by K.

Braund

Out of press but available for free online via International Veterinary Information

Service. www.ivis.org Register (for free) then click on Library then Books.

Additional Resources/ equipment: Required review: The Neurological Exam by Dr.

Cheryl Chrisman online at www.cliniciansbrief.com Register (free), click on

clinicians Web brief then click on The neurological exam step by step.

This must be reviewed before the first day of class!

V. Evaluation/ Grading/ Testing:

Grades: Please go to this website for a review of the Universities grading system

that includes minus grades.

http://www.ces.ufl.edu/tempfiles/Minus_Grades.pdf

Grades will be based upon the final exam and class attendance.

"Students requesting special classroom or testing accommodations must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting such accommodation

VI. Administrative Policies: see Student Handbook @

http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/documents/studentHandbook.pdf

Remediation

Attendance

Academic Honesty

Professional Behavior

Deadline Student Evaluation of Instruction

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Student Safety

VII. Other information:

Course Evaluations will be online at www.evaluations.ufl.edu. To receive a grade in the

course the student must fill out an evaluation.

Attendence in class is mandatory and an absence may reflect on your grade.

Make-up exams will not be given.

Lecture Power Points will not be released.