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: [email protected]
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.
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