Learn with specific diagnostic laboratory and imaging tests used for the digestive tract”

The digestive tract extends from the mouth to the anus and is responsible for receiving food, breaking it down into nutrients, ensuring their absorption into the bloodstream and eliminating non-digestible nutrients from the body.

The components of the digestive tract are: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. The digestive system also includes organs outside the digestive tract: the liver, gallbladder and pancreas. This is sometimes referred to as the gastrointestinal tract, but neither of these names is entirely correct. These organs also produce blood clotting factors, hormones unrelated to digestion, and help to eliminate toxic substances from the blood and metabolic drugs.

The abdominal cavity is the space containing the digestive organs. It is bounded by the abdominal wall (skin, fat, muscle and connective tissue), the spine, the diaphragm and the pelvic organs.

The main objective of this program is to become better informed about digestive diseases, provide orientation regarding patients with abdominal pain and digestive losses and, above all, to understand how to guide the owner in preventing those diseases with predisposed breeds.

This program highlights the characteristics of the most common diseases in the digestive system: causes, symptoms, diagnostic protocol, treatments and dietary recommendations.

Upon completion of the program, students will have obtained knowledge that is essential for professional practice, whether they choose to exercise in a clinical, academic or research context" 

This postgraduate certificate in Digestive System Disorders in Small Animals contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. Its most important features include:

• Case studies presented by experts in Digestive System Disorders in Small Animals
• Graphic, schematic and practical contents created to provide scientific and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional development
• Latest information on Digestive System Disorders in Small Animals
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Digestive System Disorders in Small Animals
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Each chapter is accompanied by clinical cases that aim to incorporate the knowledge conveyed and includes activities that will allow students to assess their progress"

It includes, in its Teaching staff, Professionals belonging to the veterinary field, who pour into this training the experience of their work, in addition to recognized Specialists from Reference Societies and Prestigious Universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive learning programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of Digestive System Disorders in Small Animals.

This postgraduate certificate is organized to allow for logical and intuitive in-depth study as well as the consolidation of diagnostic, therapeutic and follow-up protocols" 

A high-level program through which you will achieve professional success"

The postgraduate certificate in Digestive System Disorders in Small Animals is designed to facilitate the performance of the veterinary professional with the latest advances and most innovative procedures in the field.

You will learn about common alterations in blood tests, X-rays and abdominal ultrasound, from professionals with years of experience in the field"

General Objectives

• Identify patients with non-specific abdominal pain and/or dehydration
• Compile all clinical signs related to diseases in the digestive tract
• Establish a list of differential diagnoses of animals with vomiting and diarrhea
• Generate specialized anatomical knowledge of the digestive system
• Be familiar with specific diagnostic laboratory and imaging tests used for the digestive tract 

Specific Objectives

• Establish anamnesis and general physical examination of patients with vomiting and diarrhea
• Identify common alterations in blood tests, X-rays and abdominal ultrasounds
• Generate therapeutic plan for patients with vomiting
• Propose a therapeutic plan for patients with diarrhea and for icteric patients
• Examine hereditary and predisposed breed-associated diseases
• Demonstrate knowledge in management of dehydrated patients and/or those in septic condition
• Address commonly used drugs
• Identify the secondary pathophysiological consequences of digestive diseases on the rest of the organism
• Provide dietary recommendations 

This postgraduate certificate is unique in its category, which will allow students to acquire specialized knowledge in order to offer high-quality internal medicine services to clients and patients"