CPE Small Animal Medicine Station 1 Clinical Evaluation

CPE Small Animal Medicine Station 1 Clinical Evaluation

1. 1.-History taking

   • Signalment, including breed
   • Presenting complaint
   • Duration of presenting complaint
   • Past problems
   • Previous treatments
     • response to those treatment
   • Extent of involvement of other animals on premises
   • Husbandry
   • Vaccination history
   • Dietary/nutrition history
   • Accurately recording all findings on the appropriate medical form

2. 2.-Physical Examination

   • Distance
     • Body condition
   • Hands-on
   • Assessing the patient
     • Determining correct heart and respiratory rate, temperature, respiratory pattern,
   • Handling the patin humanely
   • Accurately recording all findings on the appropriate medical form

3. 3.-Integration Integration of Clinical Information

   • Identifies patient problems based on history and physical examination
   • Develop differential diagnoses list or most relevant problems identified

4. 7.-Communication skills

   • Communicates clearly and effectively throughout the case
   • Effectively answering the client/examiner’s questions

5. 4.-Diagnostic Approach

   • Comprehensively orders diagnostic tests
   • Ordering and justifying diagnostic tests relevant to the problems identified
   • Efficiently orders diagnostic tests
   • Orders diagnostic tests in a logical progression
   • Explains the rationale for each diagnostic test requested

6. 5.-Integration of diagnostic information

   • Interpret laboratory results accurately
   • Uses diagnostic test results to refine the differential diagnoses list
     • Describes how each test result is used to rule in or rule out diagnoses
   • Arrives at the most likely diagnosis

7. 6.- Developing therapeutic plan

   • Treatment
     • Follow-up
   • Prevention and control issues
   • Prognosis