Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Small animal emergency and critical care medicine is a one-year training postgraduate programme which provides a comprehensive knowledge of emergency medicine and management of cases with complex critical conditions. The programme focus is based on triage, stabilisation and life-saving procedures in small animals. The programme is consisted of multi-disciplinary approach in which students learn how to diagnose and treat emergent as well as critically ill patients. During the training programme students are obligated to attend lectures, practicals and to work with patients, supervised by various mentors depending on each subject (i.e. cardiology, neonatology, ophthalmology, endocrinology, neurology etc.). The training programme has a strong emphasis on clinical duties, but seminars and mentor guided learning are also integral parts of the programme. Furthermore, during the programme students will learn how to assess outcomes and to appreciate the economic and emotional factors involved in the patients’ health care as well as to develop so called team-skills of interpersonal communications for proper colleague and client relationships.

Since the case load highly varies (from 1 to 20 emergency cases per day) students will be obligated to work in night-shifts as well as during weekends.

Successfully finished programme (passing the final written and oral exam) will result in being familiar with diseases and conditions afflicting small animal emergency and critically ill patients and being able to logically correlate all clinical data in order to formulate and execute correct treatment plans.

Diploma: Certified Emergency and Critical Care Specialist

ECTS points: 60
Price per semester: 6000 EUR
Duration: 2 semester
Head of the study: Associate Professor Mirna Brkljačić, DVM, PhD
Email: mbrkljacic@vef.hr