Module 13 Wk 1 Flashcards
(Digital professionalism)
Define Profession?
a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification
What is a Professional?
worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful, or assured
What is digital professionalism?
Loosely defined as “the competence or values expected of a professional when engaged in social and digital communication”
What is digital communication?
Encompasses all technology that can be used to share opinions and insights, information, knowledge, ideas and interests and enables the building of communities and networks.
what are the three things that professionals should follow a framework structured
Prolifiency, reputation and responsibility
(Interpretations of Diagnostic Images)
what does increasing the amount of X-rays reaching film do?
increases film blackening
whats the order of tissue radio-opacity from the greatest to lowest?
- metal
- Bone
- soft tissue
- fat
- gas
what can be the consequence of inadequate image quality
- Can cause false positives or negatives
- Can affect all imagaing modalities
what is the three stage approach to images
Regcognition, Report and Interpretate?Analyse
Describe how you would apply the first stage, recognition, to the image
Systematically search the entitre image via a system by system approach and within the systems and area by area approach.
Decribe how you would apply stage 2, report, to assessing the image.
This is where you identify abnormalities from your search of image. This will to be to do with size, shape, numbers, position, opacity and internat stucture and functions of organs.
Decribe how you would apply stage 3, interpretation, to assessing the image
Generate differentials for all abnormalities found with the most likely diagnoses at top
Whats the Pros and cons of knowing the history when assessing the image?
Pros
- Better ability to recognise and dismiss incidental lesions
- Earlier refinement of differential lists
Cons
- Risk of bias: Expecting specific findings, Over-reading images and Temptation to finish examination when suspected lesion found
Whats the Pros and Cons of not knowing the history when assessing the image?
Pros
- No bias to particular disease
- Less likely to terminate examination early
Cons
- Longer and less structured differential lists- Potential to cloud clinical picture
What are the 4 common errors in image interpretations?
- search errors
- under-reading (judgement) errors
- over-reading (judgement) errors
- Analysis Errors
(Managing and Principles for Managing Behaviour Problems)
Define Aggression
An interaction between the dog/cat and a person/ other animal, initiated by the dog/cat, which has resulted in, or could potentially result in, injury/fright/trauma.
What treatment is there of anxiety?
- Desensitisation
- Relaxation therapy
- Environmental enrichment
What may you suggest to a client if coping strategies/ behaviour modifications are not working?
- Pheromones
- Supplements
- Behaviour modifying medication
(seperation Problems)
What are clear signs that a dog is feeling anxious when you leave them?
- yowling
- Self mutilation
- Destroying things
- aggression when the owner is leaving
What are the causes of Seperation anxiety?
- Hyper attachment
- Over attachment
- Failure to develop coping stratagies
- Fear of being alone
- Adverse events when alone
T/F having another pet might help with a dogs seperation anxiety?
True is the dogs anxiety stems from being alone
Describe the principles of Desensitisation
- Find the lowest level - might start from as soon as you pick up car keys
- repeat until they are happy with the lowest level
- then repeat and increase
- dont jump and expose them to the full limit until they are ready and worked up to it
What are the licensed medications for seperation anxiety?
- Clomipramine
- Fluoxetine
- Selegeline
(The Approach to Behavioral Problems and The Social and Clinical Causes of Behaviour Problems in Domesticated and Companion Animals)
what are the 4 main behavioural problems?
- Aggression
- Anxiety
- Attention seeking
- Compulsive
- Withdrawl
What behvioural problem puts animals most at risk of euthanasia?
Aggression
Describe Withdrawl behaviours
Learned helplessness occuring when animal has been or is being abused/neglected and have tried attention seeking behaviour or other types of behaviour and it has not helped their situation so they resort to helplessness as they feel they cannot do anything to change their situation
What are the socal and enviromental causes of behavioural problems in dogs?
- socailisation
- Attitude to resources and control
- Trauma
- Fustration
- Breed tendency
- Handling
- Learned traits
- Over/Under stimulation
What are the socail and enviromental causes of behavioural problems in cats?
- core territory
- trauma, threat and change
- relationships
What are the clinical causes of behavioural problems in cats and dogs?
- pain
- dietry sensitive
- hormonal - sex
- hormonal - endocrine
- neurological
- cardiac disease
- urogenitial tract
- sensory
- hepatic
- cognitive dysfunction
- latrogenic
