Small-Animal Clinical Skills for Students: A Quick Reference Guide for Clinical Rotation, Confident Diagnosis, and Everyday Veterinary Practice

Small-Animal Clinical Skills for Students

Small-Animal Clinical Skills for Students by Dr. Emily Hayes is a practical reference guide designed for veterinary students, new graduates, and clinical support staff. It explains how to assess presenting signs, develop problem lists, prioritize diagnoses, recognize emergencies, and communicate effectively during clinical rotations. With worked cases, self-assessment questions, diagnostic algorithms, and guidance on challenging clinical situations, it helps readers build confidence and strengthen everyday veterinary practice skills.

Key Features

• Covers 21 chapters organized into six parts for clinical rotation learning.
• Guides readers from presenting signs to prioritized differential diagnoses.
• Explains problem lists, anatomical localization, and clinical reasoning.
• Highlights urgent findings and situations requiring immediate escalation.
• Includes four recurring learning boxes: Red Flag, On Rotation, Common Student Error, and Quick Recap.
• Provides dedicated chapters on anesthesia, surgery, dentistry, and toxicology.
• Presents 12 worked clinical cases with patient histories and laboratory data.
• Includes 413 self-check questions with detailed answers.
• Offers six appendices covering reference ranges, dose calculations, triage, and diagnostic algorithms.
• Addresses client communication, euthanasia, professional challenges, and international practice differences.