This program is the best investment you can make to update your knowledge in Feline Medicine and Surgery” 

Feline Medicine has experienced a great boom in the last decade, being one of the most demanded areas by clinical veterinarians for several reasons. The first of these is the lack of specific studies within the veterinary career, which means that many of the courses or postgraduate courses are focused on covering this lack of basic knowledge. 

The second point, and perhaps the most important, is that veterinarians, who see how the number of feline patients is increasing every day, as well as their owners, demand greater specialization. And the third point is that there are already many colleagues who want to dedicate themselves exclusively to this species, so they are also looking for a study program according to their needs and expectations.  

Although many professionals do not consider Feline Medicine as a specialty, the nature of the cat makes it essential to have a deep knowledge of this species in order to prevent any problem, to approach all pathologies in an adequate way and to solve the most complex cases, which makes specialization essential.  

The professional master’s degree in Feline Medicine and Surgery is focused on specialization, as well as on updating, directing our gaze to the future of medicine in the feline species. Specialization through a fully integrated vision of the cat as a species, first addressing its requirements and then focusing on the most relevant areas by the hand of recognized experts in each of them both in medicine and in diagnostic imaging and surgery. Updating as a response to the need for specialization and exclusive and different attention to their patients.  

As strengths of this professional master’s degree, each module develops the use of minimally invasive techniques, interventional cardiology, new monitoring and therapeutic alternatives for various pathologies of the feline species.  

As it is an online program, students will not be bound by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but rather, they can access the content at any time of the day, balancing their professional or personal life with their academic life. 

The professional master’s degree in Feline Medicine and Surgery pursues excellence in both theory and daily practice in order to offer quality care to your feline patients. 

Incorporate the latest advances in Feline Medicine into your daily practice. It's the perfect opportunity to advance your career"

This professional master’s degree in Feline Medicine and Surgery contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. Its most notable features are: 

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Feline Medicine and Surgery
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions for experts and individual reflection work 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

You will learn how to develop a protocol to identify and localize the main alterations affecting the nervous system in the feline species"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading 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 education programmed to learn 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 during the academic year. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

A unique program that stands out for the quality of its contents and its excellent teaching staff, composed of professionals with years of experience in the sector"

This specialisation comes with the best didactic material, providing you with a contextual approach that will facilitate your learning"

The Feline Medicine and Surgery professional master’s degree is oriented to facilitate the performance of the veterinary professional in his daily practice, with the latest advances and most innovative treatments in the sector.   

Specialize with the most complete program in the market and learn to diagnose and treat the feline patient, achieving successful results in each of your interventions"

General Objectives

• Determine the specific anesthetic techniques in the feline patient 
• Recognize the symptoms of pain in a cat and know how to manage it 
• Establish an adequate diagnostic and therapeutic protocol in a non-regenerative anemia 
• Address the main controversies in feline nutrition 
• Recognize the main peculiarities of drug metabolism in the cat 
• Examine which are the less common signs that can lead to suspect a digestive pathology 
• Establish the differences between periodontal disease and chronic gingivostomatitis 
• Selecting and assessing the critically ill patient 
• Establish a proper nutrition plan for the hyporexic or anorexic feline patient 
• Master the methods of monitoring in the ICU

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Feline Medicine and Surgery 

• Determine the most appropriate environmental characteristics to reduce stress and improve the management of cats in the clinic 
• Plan the different environmental enrichment protocols and establish when and how to apply them 
• Recognize the main behavioral alterations that can occur in felines and choose the appropriate therapy in each situation 
• Know the main anesthetic and analgesic protocols in cats 
• Establish the diagnostic tools that exist in the detection of pain in the feline patient and to delve into the most appropriate therapy 
• Know how to design a diagnostic protocol in the case of non-regenerative anemia 
• Give answers to the main controversies in feline nutrition 
• Adjust drug doses in the presence of certain pathologies and according to age 
• Ethical management of an urban cat colony 

Module 2. Digestive and Odontological Pathologies in the Feline Species 

• Effectively manage feline patients with weight loss 
• Determine which blood tests are useful to rule out or confirm a digestive problem 
• Resort to the ideal diagnostic technique for each digestive pathology, knowing the indications of each one and also its limitations 
• Establish in which cases it is more advisable to consider a digestive endoscopy or an exploratory laparotomy 
• Master the most effective treatments for inflammatory bowel disease based on scientific evidence
• Determine in which cases we should consider the use of stem cells or fecal transplantation for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease 
• Establish a correct monitoring of the feline patient with hepatic lipidosis 
• Develop a nutritional plan for the feline patient with hyporexia or anorexia 
• Properly manage all nutritional strategies in the treatment of digestive pathologies 
• Master dental radiology for the diagnosis of oral pathologies 
• Distinguish between periodontal disease, chronic gingivostomatitis or other oral diseases 
• Plan a correct treatment for each oral disease based on scientific evidence and expert results
• Determine when a feline patient has refractory gingivostomatitis and how to treat it 

Module 3. Hospitalization and Intensive Care in Felines 

• Adequately stabilize the patient in shock 
• Outline an adequate fluid therapy plan for each case 
• Know the blood products, when and how to use them 
• Recognize pathologic findings on blood tests, AFAST and TFAST 
• Determine and manage signs of pain in the hospitalized feline patient  
• Master the development of a nutritional plan for the hospitalized feline patient 
• Recognize and prevent signs of refeeding syndrome 
• Become familiar with the procedures to be performed in the hospitalization area 
• Protocolize the resuscitation of the patient in cardiorespiratory arrest 

Module 4. Neurology in Feline Patients 

• Perform a complete neurological examination  
• Locate a lesion in the nervous system 
• Establish differential diagnoses based on our exam 
• Determine a diagnostic protocol based on our differentials 
• Give a prognosis 
• Develop the systemic pathologies that cause neurological lesions 
• Differentiate between central and peripheral vestibular syndrome 
• Examine the protocol of action in different neurological emergencies 
• Know the possible causes of epileptiform seizures in cats 

Module 5. Feline Cardiorespiratory System 

• Perform a complete physical examination 
• Elaborate a list of differential diagnoses 
• Know the update of the main feline cardiomyopathies according to the ACVIM consensus 
• Assess the main arrhythmias 
• Apply medical therapies on an outpatient basis 
• Manage patients in hospitalization 
• Know the most common surgical techniques in the cardiorespiratory system  

Module 6. Endocrinopathies in the Feline Species 

• Delve into the treatment options and monitoring systems for diabetes mellitus 
• Analyze all the factors that can influence a difficult management of the diabetic patient 
• Develop a good protocol for the management of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar syndrome 
• Propose different therapeutic options in the hyperthyroid patient, as well as to assess the effect of this disease on the organism 
• Assess calcium disorders in the feline patient and establish a diagnostic and therapeutic plan 
• Identify the alterations of the adrenal glands and the pathophysiological alterations that they entail in the feline patient 
• Present in the foreground feline Cushing's Syndrome and acromegaly, often underdiagnosed or masked by other pathologies 

Module 7. Nephrology and Urology in the Feline Species 

• Know all the diagnostic techniques for the urinary system 
• Know how to interpret the results of blood biochemistry and urinalysis 
• Establish a diagnostic approach for the patient with acute renal failure 
• Staging of acute renal failure according to IRIS guidelines 
• Develop an action protocol for acute renal injury 
• Clarify the diagnostic approach to the patient with chronic renal damage 
• Propose the appropriate management of the specific pathologies responsible for CKD, as well as its non-specific management 
• Understand the importance of proteinuria and hypertension in the management of CKD
• Stage CKD according to the IRIS guidelines 
• Manage the patient presenting with idiopathic cystitis, both obstructive and non-obstructive
• Know the recommendations for the management of the different types of uroliths 
• Recognize the patient with ureteral obstruction 
• Establish the different techniques that exist to treat ureteral obstructions with their advantages, disadvantages and indications 

Module 8. Dermatology in the Feline Species 

• Know the structure and functions of the skin 
• Identify the different cell groups and patterns in skin cytology 
• Associate these patterns with the diseases that cause them 
• Identify the different types of skin parasites affecting the cat 
• Be able to convey to the owner the type of disease, treatment and severity of the skin disease affecting the cat 
• Develop the diseases of special public health interest 
• Establish the most effective treatment in accordance with the type of patient 
• Have a thorough knowledge of feline atopy, in particular of the different diagnostic methods and treatments existing today and their efficacy 
• Associate the different localizations of pruritus to the most probable diseases that can cause it 
• Interpret an anatomopathological report 
• Determine when to suspect psychogenic dermatitis or psychogenic pruritus and how to treat it 
• Develop the causes of pruritus and establish a specific diagnostic plan for each case 

Module 9. Infectious Diseases in Feline Patients 

• Develop the diagnostic techniques used in feline infectious pathology 
• Understand the concepts of sensitivity, specificity, prevalence and predictive value 
• Diagnose and appropriately treat a kitten with panleukopenia 
• Recognize the major clinical stages of feline leukemia and how to treat it 
• Understand feline immunodeficiency-associated diseases 
• Use the most reliable diagnostic tests in the diagnosis of any symptomatic picture of feline infectious peritonitis 
• Clarify the current knowledge about new therapeutics for patients with feline infectious peritonitis  
• Analyze the main pathogens responsible for upper respiratory tract disease 
• Elaborate an adequate diagnostic protocol for upper respiratory tract disease in acute and chronic cases 
• Responsible use of antibiotics in bacterial infections of the upper respiratory tract 
• Establish an appropriate diagnostic protocol for kittens with infectious diarrhea, as well as methods of specimen collection 
• Determine how SARS-Cov2 virus affects felines based on current scientific evidence 
• Know the pulmonary parasites that can affect the cat, diagnose them and treat them appropriately 

Module 10. Oncology in the Feline Patient 

• Rationally perform the clinical approach to the cat with a mass 
• Perform and process cytology appropriately 
• Choose the most appropriate type of biopsy 
• Carry out the staging of a tumor 
• Be able to prepare and administer chemotherapy to a cat 
• Properly manage the adverse effects of chemotherapy 
• Be familiar with the most commonly used chemotherapy agents in the feline patient 
• Be familiar with the use of electrochemotherapy in cats and in which neoplasms it is recommended 
• Know the differences in diagnosis and treatment of the different types of digestive lymphoma
• Be familiar with other types of lymphoma presentations in the cat 
• Appropriate management of a cat with mammary tumors 
• Optimally approach the treatment of injection site associated sarcomas 
• Recognize other types of cancers in the cat and their peculiarities in the species 
• Know the different types of surgical resection and the importance of excision margins 
• Properly interpret the biopsy report in relation to surgical margins 
• Master the techniques of pain control in the feline patient with neoplasia

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