IM: Hematology/Immunology & Basic Oncology

01/05/2019 - 05/05/2019 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg

held

Principal Course Master:
Prof. Dr. Reto Neiger DECVIM-CA, DACVIM (DE)
Course Masters:
Dr. Christiane Stengel DECVIM (DE)
Dr. Jarno Schmidt MRCVS, DECVIM-CA (DE)
Program Overview

Due to the high interest in the Internal Medicine discipline, as of 2018 parallel to the Internal Medicine study program in Utrecht, ESAVS offers an alternative Internal Medicine program which has the same scope covering all relevant topics of Veterinary Internal Medicine in a total of 6 weeks of residential course work.
While equivalent to the Utrecht IM – study program in content as well as in regard to ECTS Points meeting all requirements for the Certificate and Master Degree in Internal Medicine.

Please note that the new study program has a different structure and is composed of 6 one week (5 day) Courses:

  • Internal Medicine: Gastroenterology & Liver and Pancreas
  • Internal Medicine: Nephrology & Endocrinology
  • Internal Medicine: Respiratory and basic Cardiology
  • Internal Medicine: Haematology and basic Oncology
  • Internal Medicine: Infectious diseases / Immunology and basic Neurology
  • Internal Medicine: Toxicology and basic Emergency and Critical Care

Each course can be taken independently in any sequence as fits your schedule. The courses are case oriented with emphasis on practical problem solving exercises.

Course Overview
Clinical work-up of internal medicine hematologic, immunologic problems and basic oncology will be presented in a case oriented approach. Typical and less common problems of dogs and cats presented with diseases involving clinical and laboratory abnormalities involving the entire hematologic system (red and white blood cells, thrombocytes) and oncologic cases will be used to demonstrate a structured and problem-oriented work-up.
Preliminary Program (Subject to change)
Wednesday, 1 May 2019
09:00 – 10:30 Tumour aetiology and tumour biology for clinicians
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Tumour staging methods (radiography, ultrasound, CT, tumour markers, biopsies)
12:30 – 13:30 Cytology: general approach
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:30 Paraneoplastic syndromes
15:30 – 16:30 Principles of chemotherapy
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00 Adverse effects of chemotherapy
Thursday, 2 May 2019
09:00 – 10:30 Principles of surgical oncology & radiation oncology
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 White blood cell abnormalities
12:00 – 13:00 Lymphatic & myeloid leukaemia
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Lymphoma
15:30 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Canine mast cell tumours
17:30 – 18:00 Splenic abnormalities (including haemangiosarcoma)
Friday, 3 May 2019
09:00 – 10:45 Anaemia – regenerative
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 Anaemia – non regenerative
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 14:45 Erxthrocytosis Neiger
14:45 – 15:45 Primary coagulation disorders
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30 Secondary coagulation disorders

Social Dinner

Saturday, 4 May 2019
09:00 – 10:30 Transfusion principals
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Hyperproteinaemia
12:00 – 13:30 Vaccination and canine infectious diseases
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:30 Canine infectious diseases I
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00 Feline infectious diseases
Sunday, 5 May 2019
09:00 – 10:30 finishing lectures of previous two days and cases
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Cases
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:00 Cases
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00 Round up and question time
 

Total hours: 40

ATF hours (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland): 34

ECTS credits (Master & Certificate): 5

 

Registration and fees
Tuition fee: Euro 1.950.-
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Early registration: Euro 1.850.-

(deadline for early registration payment: 30th October 2018)
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