By successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Have a better understanding of a logical diagnostic approach to skin disease
• Know many diagnostic tips useful for working towards a clear diagnosis or at least narrowing down likely diagnoses
• Know when to suspect and how to definitively diagnose the more common pruritic skin diseases
• Know when to suspect and how to definitively diagnose the more common immune-mediated skin diseases
• Have a broad understanding of the common causes of alopecia of haircoat disorders not associated with pruritus
• Cover a range of management options for pruritic, immune-mediated diseases, and some of the alopecic skin diseases.

1. Approach to diagnosis 
2. Diagnostic tests in dermatology 
3. The pruritic dog or cat 
4. Case studies: working through some pruritic cases 
5. Management options for allergies 
6. Immune-mediated diseases: diagnosis & treatment 
7. Approach to alopecic dermatoses 
8. Case studies: working through more cases

Flexible and accessible online CPD

TimeOnline is quality online education delivered by veterinary experts in short, manageable time frames.

Build in-demand skills in key clinical areas. Engage with your tutor/s and other participants through an active discussion forum. The programs are further enhanced by concise core notes, video presentations, case studies, images, useful links and interactive quizzes to test your knowledge and round out the program. Earn 10-20 CPD points with completion of each TimeOnline course.

This course is suitable for qualified veterinarians. Veterinary students are welcome to enrol.

Veterinary nurses/technicians with a special interest in the topic are also welcome to enrol in this course. Please be aware that the course is designed for qualified veterinarians and you should consider this in light of your knowledge and experience before you register.