Applied Clinical Dermatology

Course dates

Offered next time fall 2025.

The course is available every second year.

Examination

Please find dates and details about the exam in the exam schedule.

Knowledge

Having completed the course, the student must be able to:

• Define, identify and discuss veterinary methodology and paraclinical tools in systematised reflective clinical decision-making in companion animal clinical dermatology.
• Explain basic structure and physiology of the skin and hair and define pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in common dermatologic diseases.
• Demonstrate critical reflection on the significance of skin anatomy and physiology in the clinical approach to dermatological lesions. 
• Demonstrate critical reflection with respect to further diagnostic planning to achieve a specific diagnosis of the dermatological patient.
• Discuss the fundamental prerequisites for appropriate preparation of diagnostic protocols.
• List appropriate differential diagnoses based on clinical dermatologic presentations in companion animals.

Skills

Within the area of clinical dermatology, the graduate must be able to:

• Apply methodologies such as performing clinical dermatological examination and use basic diagnostic tools for relevant dermatological cases in companion animals, especially for pruritic lesional skin and non-pruritic alopecic lesions.
• Analyze and reflect on collected data in order to discriminate between relevant dermatological differential diagnoses.
• Demonstrate systematic approach to pruritic versus non-pruritic skin diseases including the discrimination between infectious causes versus inflammatory, hypersensitivity causes for pruritus, as well as systemic (endocrine) and local causes of the hair follicle for non-pruritic alopecia.
• Make clinical decisions, arrive at a diagnosis and consider evidence based scientific approaches in order to plan and administer further appropriate diagnostics, patient therapy and management. 
• Communicate effectively in writing and pass on results to relevant parties.

Competences

Following the course, the candidate must be able to:

• Evaluate companion animal diseases within clinical dermatology.
• Work independently, take responsibility for, predict, prognosticate and make decisions within clinical dermatology at an advanced basic level.
• Educate owners of chronic dermatological patients concerning long-term medical treatment and supportive long-term treatment for the skin barrier.
• Discriminate between curative and palliative treatment options in companion animal clinical dermatology.
• Independently evaluate and structure own learning processes and continuously obtain new knowledge at an advanced level within clinical dermatology.
• Use relevant scientific literature in the field of dermatology.
• Evaluate different patient types combining the above-achieved skills.

Find detailed information about the formal requirements for this course.

Read more about admission on the main page of Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science.

EU/EEA citizens*
Single course student: 33,500 DKK
Master student: 30,000 DKK 

Non-EU/EEA citizens
Single course student: 37,740 DKK
Master student: 34,240 DKK

Tuition fees include course materials and lunch/coffee. Books are not included in the tuition fees and must be purchased by the participants.

Terms and conditions.

*Citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland is entitled to a subsidised tuition fee, due to EU legislation, hence the difference in price.