Teaching
I teach small animal internal medicine. Small animal internal medicine is the discipline that requires the clinician to integrate knowledge of physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, pathology and pharmacology in a systematic approach. We teach the problem based approach whereby our students use their communication skills to get a clear picture of the owners primary concern(s) and then examines their patient to enhance this picture. With this information they will formulate a list of differentials and an diagnostic program (sometimes alongside an immediate therapeutic plan) in order to reach a diagnosis and institute a full treatment program. Internal medicine cases are often complex and challenging but this systematic approach prepares our students for those cases going into practice.
Canine gastroenterology and endocrinology
Clinical data mining
I manage SAVSNET Datalab, the tool used by undergraduate and post-graduate students to undertake text-mining projects. I provide text mining-basics video materials and workshops for SAVSNET Datalab users to get their projects going