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Table 2 Rating of 10 most important “neurologic” learning objectives

From: Development of learning objectives for neurology in a veterinary curriculum: part I: undergraduates

Learning objectives

Mean rating

- Neurolocalize a lesion based on the examination findings.

2.37

- Understand CNS diseases according to the VITAMIN-D principal

2.37

- Understand the diagnosis and treatment of disc disease in dogs and cats.

2.35

- Understand the pathogenesis of disc disease in dogs and cats.

2.32

- Understand the diagnosis and treatment of seizure in dogs and cats

2.29

- Perform a neurologic examination of all species

2.24

- The side-effect profiles of the immunosuppressive drugs for CNS inflammatory disease

2.21

- The gross neuroanatomic structures of the cat and dog brain and spinal cord

2.19

- The mechanism of action of pain therapy

2.19

- Ability to interpret radiographs of the skull

2.18