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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
VETE0076-9  Domestic animal diagnostic imaging

Duration :  40h Clin.
Number of credits :  
Master in Veterinary Medicine, 3rd yearToute l'année2
Lecturer :  Géraldine Bolen, Valeria Busoni, Frédéric Snaps
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
The student will be educated by means of a clinical training based on the radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations realized during the day on the patients referred to the imaging service.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
  • Initiate the students to the diagnostic imaging techniques routinely used in veterinary medicine;
  • Learn the principles of radiographic interpretation;
  • Learn how to correlate the radiographic differential diagnosis to the clinical findings.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
  • anatomy
  • manual restrain
  • content of the previous year course in diagnostic imaging
  • objectives of the clinical training of the previous year
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
A clinical rotation is organized at the beginning of the year. The presence at the clinic is mandatory between 8.30AM and 5PM. Each student should be identified by a badge with her/his name and surname. A rotation between the different activities of the imaging service will be organized: radiographic interpretation, radiographic technique in small animal radiology, radiographic technique in large animal radiology and ultrasonography. The students will be divided in groups at the beginning of the week.
Recommended or required readings :  
No specific notes.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The evaluation will be done at the end of the clinical week. A written exam will be organised during the session.
Organizational remarks :  
The presence at the clinic is mandatory. Every absence should be notified in advance.
Contacts :  
Pr. Snaps Frédéric Email: fsnaps@ulg.ac.be


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