Dr. Samantha TAYLOR
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General internal medicine
My webcasts
Teaching goals
- Explain the effect of hyperthyroidism on the kidney
- Discuss the negative effects of remaining hyperthyroid on progression of CKD
- Explain the importance of iatrogenic hypothyroidism and the effect on azotaemia and survival
Teaching goals
- Explain how pet cats come to live with us in modern times and how they have evolved from African Wildcats
- Explain why understanding cats is important as a veterinary professional
- Describe cat friendly facilities and handling
- Understand why cats should be treated gently and with respect
Teaching goals
- Explain causes of inappetence in hospitalised cats
- Discuss effect of pain, nausea and anxiety on appetite
- Understand impact of inadequate food intake on recovery
- Discuss appetite stimulants
- Discuss feeding tube placement, indications and use
Teaching goals
- Explain diagnostic tests for chronic enteropathies in cats
- Discuss management techniques for intestinal inflammation
- Understand faecal transplants and their use in cats
Teaching goals
- List the clinical signs of nasal disease in cats
- List the causes of nasal disease in cats
- Explain the investigation of nasal disease
- Discuss how chronic rhinosinovitis can occur and how to treat it
- Discuss the treatment of nasopharyngeal stenosis
- Discuss the types and treatment of nasal neoplasia
Teaching goals
- Explain the definition of overweight and obesity in cats
- Describe the health consequences of obesity in cats
- Discuss the evidence on communication around body weight in cats
- Understand the comparisons between human and animal obesity
- Understand why the question ‘is obesity a disease’ is complex