THE VETERINARY WORKBOOK OF SMALL ANIMAL CLINICAL CASES

1. Rethinking How We Ask Students to Problem-Solve in Clinical Medicine
2. Rebuilding a Relationship: The Veterinary Client’s Role in Healthcare
3. Approaching the Clinical Cases That Appear in Parts II and III
4. Common Cases in Pediatric Canine/Feline Medicine
5. Common Cases in Adult and Geriatric Canine and Feline Medicine
6. Wellness and Weight Management
7. Urinary Chief Complaints
8. Gastrointestinal Chief Complaints
9. Ocular and Aural Chief Complaints
10. Chief Complaints Involving The Skin
11. Cardiovascular Chief Complaints
12. Respiratory Chief Complaints
13. Neuromuscular Chief Complaints
14. Reproductive Chief Complaints
15. End-of-Life

This workbook is intended to be a bridge between classroom learning and clinical training; to improve patient care and clinician confidence in practice. Common presentations in small animal practice are presented as real-world case studies while the reader is guided through work-up, critical thinking and problem solving to run the consultation efficiently. Key concepts of anatomy, physiology, radiology, clinical pathology, medicine and surgery are covered and readers are guided through history-taking and diagnostics to perform an effective consultation. Cases discussed include vaccinating the new kitten, castrating the new puppy, the puppy with diarrhoea, the blind cat, the head-shaking dog, the itchy dog. Categories of complaints covered include body weight, urinary problems, the digestive system, respiratory issues, eye problems, skin and soft tissue complaints, cardiovascular, reproductive, aural and neurological complaints. The aim is to present a problem-first approach and to encourage readers to think like clinicians rather than students by instilling a case-based problem solving approach.