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| VETE0076-9 | Domestic animal diagnostic imaging
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| Duration : | 40h Clin. |
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| Lecturer : | Géraldine Bolen, Valeria Busoni |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| 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. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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- 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.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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- anatomy
- manual restrain
- content of the previous year course in diagnostic imaging
- objectives of the clinical training of the previous year
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 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. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| No specific notes.Suggested readings:
ED Thrall textbook of veterinary diagnostic radiology
BSAVA Manuals about Imaging |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Two evaluations will be done during the clinical week, one based on participation and activity of the student during the clinical work, the other based on a MCQ organized during the week. A written exam (based on 3 clinical cases) will be organised during the session. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The presence at the clinic is mandatory. Every absence should be notified in advance. |
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Contacts :
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| vbusoni@ulg.ac.be |
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