| Date | Type | Resident | Faculty | Section | Topic | Resources |
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| 7/7/20 | BR | VC | RG | Neurology | Neurolocalization, congenital & degenerative malformations (hydrocephalus, chiari-like malformation, A-A lux, Wobblers, Degenerative Myelopathy, Lumbosacral stenosis) |
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| 7/14/20 | BR | TW | RG | Neurology | IVDD (all types, central cord syndrome), FCE, spinal neoplasia and trauma (vertebral luxations/fractures) | |
| 7/21/20 | BR | CT | RG | Neurology | Seizure management, clusters, status epilepticus | |
| 7/28/20 | BR | SG | RG | Neurology | TBI, brain tumors, vestibular disease | |
| 8/4/20 | BR | NH | Neurology | Infectious/inflammatory (MUE/GME/NME, SRMA, diskospondylitis, cuterebra, toxo, neospora, distemper, crypto/fungal, rabies) | ||
| 8/11/20 | BR | AS | Neurology | Neuromuscular/ LMN Diseases (Myasthenia gravis, acute polyradiculoneuritis, tick paralysis, envenomations, botulism, neospora/toxo, myositis/myopathies) | ||
| 8/18/20 | BR | JB | Shock/Trauma | Physiology of shock & trauma | ||
| 8/25/20 | BR | VC | Shock/Trauma | Physiology of lactate | ||
| 9/1/20 | BR | JS | Shock/Trauma | Ischemia & reperfusion injury Approach to trauma in the ER/ICU (incl. global perspective, stabilization, initial treatment, diagnosis – comparing imaging modalities, etc.) | ||
| 9/8/20 | BR | TW | Shock/Trauma | Maxillo/frontal/facial trauma Cervical trauma (incl. subcutaneous emphysema, tracheal tear, pneumomediastinum, treatment of wounds in these regions, etc.) Appendicular trauma (eg general orthopedic & soft tissue principles) (TBI & spinal fx/lux discussed in Neurology Section) (Ocular trauma discussed in Ophtho section) | ||
| 9/15/20 | BR | --- | --- | IVECCS | No board review this week | |
| 9/22/20 | BR | All | --- | What I learned at IVECCS | ||
| 9/29/20 | BR | KS | Shock/Trauma | Thoracic trauma: thoracic wall, pleural space & parenchymal trauma (rib fractures, flail chest, pneumothorax, tension pneumothorax, pulmonary contusions, diaphragmatic hernias) |
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| 10/6/20 | BR | CT | Shock/Trauma | Abdominal trauma: (organ laceration/rupture/entrapment/entrapment; prepubic tendon rupture; hemoabdomen & uroabdomen stabilization & treatment) |
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| 10/13/20 | BR | SD | Infectious Diseases | Viruses: (FeLV, FIV, FIP, Panleuk, Feline URIs, Canine infectious tracheobronchitis, influenza, Parvoviral enteritis, Distemper, Rabies) (Distemper & Rabies likely covered in Neuro section) | ||
| 10/20/20 | BR | SG | Infectious Diseases | Tick-borne/Rickettsial & Protozoal infections (lyme, rickettsia, erhlichia, anaplasma, RMSF, babesia, giardia, coccidia, hemotropic mycoplasmas) (Toxoplasma & Neospora likely covered in Neuro section; Heartworm disease covered in Cardio section) | ||
| 10/27/20 | BR | JZ | Infectious Diseases | Bacteria & Fungal infectious (mycoplasma, brucella, botulism, tetanus, bartonella, blastomycoses, histoplasmosis, cryptococcus, coccidiomycosis, candida) | ||
| 11/3/20 | BR | NH | Pharmacology | Antibiotic Principles: (time vs concentration dependent; bacteriocidal vs static; classes, MOA & spectrum of action of antimicrobials; submitting cultures; breakpoints & interpreting MICs) | Previous years also read Boothe Ch. 1-6 | |
| 11/10/20 | BR | AS | Pharmacology | Use of specific antibiotics Booth Ch. 7 Reviews of treating common diseases (resp & urinary working group guidelines) |
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| 11/17/20 | BR | JB | ||||
| 11/24/20 | BR | VC | ||||
| 11/26/20 | --- | --- | Thanksgiving | No extra session this week | ||
| 12/1/20 | BR | JS |
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| 12/8/20 | BR | TW | ||||
| 12/15/20 | BR | KS | ||||
| 12/22/20 | BR | --- | --- | Left open as a placeholder for a topic we would like to rearrange or add | --- | |
| 12/24/20 | --- | --- | Christmas Eve | No extra session this week | ||
| 12/29/20 | BR | CT | Sepsis/SIRS | Pathophysiology of Sepsis 1/2 | ||
| 12/31/20 | --- | --- | New Year's Eve | No extra session this week | ||
| 1/5/21 | BR | SD | Sepsis/SIRS | Pathophysiology of Sepsis 2/2 | ||
| 1/12/21 | BR | SG | Sepsis/SIRS | SIRS: classification & manifestation | ||
| 1/19/21 | BR | JZ | Sepsis/SIRS | Sepsis/SIRS Lit Review 1/3: Human Lit |
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| 1/26/21 | BR | NH | Sepsis/SIRS | Sepsis/SIRS Lit Review 2/3: end Human Lit, start Vet Med Lit |
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| 2/2/21 | BR | AS | Sepsis/SIRS | Sepsis/SIRS Lit Review 3/3: Vet Med Lit |
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| 2/9/21 | BR | JB | Sepsis/SIRS | HAI/MDR/MRSP/MRSA | ||
| 2/16/21 | BR | VC | Sepsis/SIRS | Septic Peritonitis | ||
| 2/23/21 | BR | JS | Sepsis/SIRS | Parvovirus | ||
| 3/2/21 | BR | TW | Respiratory Physiology | West Physiology Ch. 1-5  | Previous years have done West "Part 1 & 2" while others have divided Ch. 1-9 up | |
| 3/9/21 | BR | KS | Respiratory Physiology | West Physiology Ch. 6-9 | ||
| 3/16/21 | BR | CT | Respiratory Physiology | Hypoxemia; types of respiratory monitoring (arterial blood gas, sp02, capnography, advanced monitoring procedures); types of oxygen supplementation (O2 cage vs prongs vs cannulas vs high flow vs vent) | (KING CH. 17-19, 21, 23-24) SACCM Ch 21, 22, 26 | |
| 3/23/21 | BR | SD | Respiratory Physiology | Imaging modalities (XR, CT, fluoroscopy); Respiratory sampling (nasopharyngeal swab, TTW vs endotracheal wash, etc.); Interventional radiology; Documenting pharyngeal/tracheal/bronchial collapse & hiatal hernias; etc. | ||
| 3/30/21 | BR | SG | Respiratory Physiology | Upper Respiratory Disease (stertor, stridor, bacterial/fungal/neoplastic/inflammatory rhinitis, foreign bodies, brachycephalic airway disease, laryngeal paralysis, laryngeal collapse/stenosis, tracheal collapse)
(Upper Resp Infectious Diseases (Feline URIs & Infectious Tracheobronchitis) covered in Infect Dz section) | ||
| 4/6/21 | BR | JZ | Respiratory Physiology | Lower Respiratory Disease (bronchial collapse, pulmonary fibrosis, bronchiectasis, bronchomalacia, chronic bronchitis, feline asthma, bronchogenic pneumonia & other infectious diseases) | ||
| 4/13/21 | BR | NH | Respiratory Physiology | Pulmonary Parenchymal Disease (aspiration pneumonia, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema) | ||
| 4/20/21 | BR | AS | Respiratory Physiology | Pulmonary hypertension (all types) | ||
| 4/27/21 | BR | JB | Respiratory Physiology | Thoracic Wall & Pleural Space Disease (any of the thoracic trauma not covered in Shock/Trauma section; all types/causes pleural effusions; congenital pericardial/diaphragmatic hernia; etc.) | ||
| 5/4/21 | BR | VC | Respiratory Physiology | Pyothorax, Lung lobe torsion | ||
| 5/11/21 | BR | JS | Respiratory Physiology | Smoke inhalation, carbon monoxide, oxygen toxicity | ||
| 5/18/21 | BR | TW | Respiratory Physiology | ALI/ARDS | ||
| 5/25/21 | BR | KS | Respiratory Physiology | Physiology & Principles of Mechanical Ventilation | ||
| 6/1/21 | BR | CT | Respiratory Physiology | Ventilator Waveforms | ||
| 6/8/21 | BR | SD | Renal Physiology/Clinical | Rose Ch. 14 | Group/Faculty discussion about best chapters to cover for Renal | |
| 6/15/21 | BR | SG | Renal Physiology/Clinical | Rose Ch. 15 | ||
| 6/22/21 | BR | JZ | Renal Physiology/Clinical | Rose Ch. 16 | ||
| 6/29/21 | BR | NH | Renal Physiology/Clinical | Management of obstructive uropathies (feline urethral obstruction; canine urethroliths, cystoliths, ureteroliths, renoliths; neoplasia (TCC); hematuria) | ||
| 7/6/21 | BR | AS | Renal Physiology/Clinical | AKI (causes- lepto, pyelonephritis, sepsis, NSAIDs, other drugs, grapes/raisins, pancreatitis, lyme nephritis, anesthesia, hypovolemic shock, ethylene glycol, lilies, ureteral obstruction, lymphoma, etc; diagnosis; treatment) | ||
| 7/13/21 | BR | JB | Renal Physiology/Clinical | CKD (differentiation from AKI; diagnosis; treatment; acute on chronic; terminal stages) | ||
| 7/20/21 | BR | VC | Renal Physiology/Clinical | Hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis, CRRT |