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| VETE2031-1 | Biosecurity, veterinary good practices and Evidence-Based Medicine
- Biosecurity, veterinary good practices
- Evidence-Based Medicine
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| Duration : | Biosecurity, veterinary good practices : 1h Th, 30h Mon. WS
Evidence-Based Medicine : 4h Th, 4h Mon. WS
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| Lecturer : | Biosecurity, veterinary good practices : Christine Filot, Claude Saegerman
Evidence-Based Medicine : Jean‑Michel Vandeweerd
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| Coordinator : | Claude Saegerman |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| Veterinarians play an important role in animal welfare, animal and public health, environment protection, and provide a wide range of services. To properly fulfil these roles, vets must be aware of and capitalize new skills, know-how and proper behaviour in the fields of biosecurity, good veterinary practices and livestock farming as well as in evidence-based medicine.
Part I. Biosecurity, Good Veterinary and Farming practices
There is a growing interest in the general public for the prevention and control of emerging diseases and pathogens. Prevention of such outbreaks requires higher biosafety levels and implies adaptation of the university veterinary education. The international definition of biosecurity in the field of animal health is very wide (World Organisation for Animal Health, 2008): "Biosecurity is the execution of the measures that reduce the risk of introduction (bioexclusion) and diffusion of pathogens (bioconfinement); it demands the adoption of a set of attitudes and behaviours by people in a way to reduce the risk in any activity involving domestic animals, exotic and wild birds maintained in captivity and their products."
The fundamental principles of biosecurity are the following: (i) biosecurity tends to reduce the risk of introduction and spread of infection; (ii) people's actions are essential in the application of biosecurity and (iii) biosecurity is made up of three main steps (isolation, cleaning and disinfection); isolation being the most efficient action and disinfection the least efficient one. Information, awareness and training should be implemented in every single university involved in veterinary education.
Furthermore, a Good Veterinary Practice Guide was published by the European Veterinaries Federation. It consists in a standard specifying the principles related to the ethic and European veterinary deontology, as well as the requirements related to quality management in a veterinary structure. As an adviser, every vet should also be informed of the content of the WOAH-FAO Good Farming Practice guide, aiming to control the dangers that could threat animal health and food sanitary security at the farm level. Every single vet student should be aware of such information.
The course is comprised of a theoretical introduction (biosecurity procedures applied to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,University of Liege, Good Veterinary and Farming Practice codes) and practical exercises. Tutorials will be implemented by means of simulation exercises for the learner and resolution of questions related to each chapter of the taught subject. |
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| This course is an introduction to critical appraisal of the scientific literature and to Evidence Based Medicine. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the learner will be able to:
Part I. Biosecurity,Good Veterinary and Farming Practices
· Understand didactic materials made available, in English
· Know the biosecurity and Good Veterinary and Farming Practices codes issues
· Know and apply wisely practices of biosecurity in the faculty
· Know, understand and apply the main measures required to minimize the risk of introducing pathogens in individual production units (bioexclusion),the risk of transmission outside (bioconfinement), and the spread of pathogens throughout the food chain, with regards to zoonotic aspects
· Know and enforce good practices aiming at minimizing the risks for animal health and food safety that can occur at a farm level
· Explain the authority alert procedure in case of detection of a notifiable disease
· Improve his ability to provide services in accordance with customers' requests (breeders, competent authority)
· Know the means to demonstrate his ability to provide regular services complying customers' requests and legal requirements.
· Be aware of the veterinarian's role in matter of environment protection (responsible use of veterinary products, recycling of consummables) |
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| · Explain and justify the importance of the approach of Evidence Based Medicine
· Use bibliographic databases
· Explain the pyramid of evidence and the most common study designs
· Understand systematic and random error
· Sort out publications by level of scientific evidence
· Explain and apply concepts of clinical epidemiology to answer questions referring to frequency, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, risk
· Understand antibiotherapy, antibioresistance, nosocomial infection
· Justify the choice of a diagnostic test
· Use EBM in litigation |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| General training in veterinary sciences (bachelor's degree) |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practical class (30 hours): based on the student's personal work online (on E-campus) which consists in studying each chapter of the course successively. |
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| Lessons in lecture theatre. After a brief reminder of 3rd year topics, the EBM approach will be applied to clinical questions about diagnosis, risk and prognosis. Basic clinical epidemiology will be illustrated. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Part I. Biosecurity and Good Veterinary and Farming Practices
· Lecture in French (1 hour): presentation of speakers, of the whole course and the different parts, of issues and global context, of pedagogic objectives to reach and of ways of functioning.
· Practical class (30 hours): based on the student's personal work online via E-campus, which consists in studying each chapter of the course successively. Each chapter includes written notes (Biosecurity manual of the Faculty and Good Veterinary or Farming Practice codes) and multimedia data (a video or powerpoint presentation illustrating the main points to be memorised ). After studying each chapter, the student has to answer an on-line questionnaire in order to test his or her knowledge (max. 5 questions). Chapters are divided as follows:
o Chapter 1. Procedures and general biosecurity rules (C. Saegerman)
o Chapter 2. Biosecurity applied to horses (G. van Galen)
o Chapter 3. Biosecurity applied to large animals (F. Rollin et H. Guyot regarding ambulatory clinic)
o Chapter 4. Biosecurity applied to pets (K. Gommeren)
o Chapter 5. Biosecurity applied to poultry, rodents and exotic pets (Mihai Szalo)
o Chapter 6. Biosecurity applied to slaughterhouses, cutting-plants and other agro-alimentary industries (Marie-Athénaïs De Schaetzen)
o Chapter 7. Biosecurity in veterinary diagnosis laboratories (D. Cassart)
o Chapter 8. Good Veterinary Practice code (C. Saegerman)
o Chapter 9. Good Farming Practice code (C. Saegerman)
A part of the didactic material will be available in English, in order to stimulate its learning. Time periods will be settled to allow students to meet a referent person if tutoring is necessary.
One referent person by chapter will also be identified to answer students' questions on matters related to biosecurity, Good Veterinary and Farming Practices code. |
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| Face-to-face. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Part I : Biosecurity and Good Veterinary and Farming Practices
· Biosecurity SOP applied to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,University of Liege
· Powerpoint presentation
· Didactic movie of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
· Good Veterinary Practice code of the European Veterinary Federation
· OIE-FAO Good Farming Practice Guide, aiming at ensuring food safety |
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| The reference textbook is : Guide pratique de médecine factuelle vétérinaire. JM Vandeweerd, C. Saegerman. Editions Le Point Vétérinaire. 2009. 190 pages.
Seven articles by Vandeweerd et al are made available to students. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Part I : Biosecurity and Good Veterinary and Farming Practice
· MCQ counting for 4/5 of the whole grade and including questions related to lectures with 80% of questions in French (knowledge of the topic) and 20% of questions in English (English understanding and knowledge of the topic) |
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| Multiple choice questions. A series of questions will be part of the exam (biosecurity) of Professor Claude Saegerman. |
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Training(s) :
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| Non applicable |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Non applicable |
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