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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 : Catherine Delguste
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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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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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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 (Saegerman et al., 2012): "Biosecurity is the execution of the measures that reduce the risk of introduction (bioexclusion), to limit the spread of the pathogen within the same facility (bio-compartimentation), to limit the spread of the disease agent outside the facility (inter-herd transmission) (bio-containment), to prevent the risk of human (bioprevention) and to prevent any environmental and persistence of the pathogen (biocontamination).
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 and a practical part as e-learning. 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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| In the recent context of rapid enlargement and evolution of medical knowledge and of improvement of the access to information, evidence-based medicine has become essential. It is the tool of choice for a better informed medical decision. This approach is based on critical appraising of medical scientific information, owing to information reliability criteria on the one hand, and to the transposability of this information to an individual case on the other hand. It lies at the crossroads of science, human being and constraints associated with the particular context of the patient. First developed in human medicine, it is now widely used in veterinary medicine, too (evidence-based veterinary medicine, EBVM). This approach is the base of the « life-long learning », necessary for a veterinary practice of high quality.
This course is divided in two parts : a theoretical (4h) and a practical part (4h). This latter consists in a tutored group work where students are asked to apply the EBM approach to a topic of their choice. At the end of the tutored session, each group submits a report which will be evaluated and taken into account for the first session score of EBM. |
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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 inside (biocompartimentaiton) or 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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| At the end of the course, the student will be able to
· Understand principles and importance of EBVM
· Formulate a relevant question from a veterinary situation, in order to answer it according to EBVM principles
· Search literature in appropriate databases
· Select relevant papers for answering a question according to EBVM principles
· Apply quick reading of veterinary scientific articles
· Evaluate internal and external validity of a publication
· Interpret the results of a study
· Take a critical look at its own approach
Students will also be aware of the importance of biosecurity in veterinary practice, as well as of the major role of the vet in public health. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| General training in veterinary sciences (bachelor's degree).
The understanding in the reading of the English language in the veterinary scientific literature. |
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| Courses of documentary research (VETE1001-1) and appreasing of scientific literature (VETE1002-2)
Comprehension of English in the veterinary scientific literature |
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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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| · Theoretical course (2x2h) : this course will fit into the continuity of the course of BAC3, from which a reminder will be given. The EBVM approach will then be developed and applied to clinical questions.
· Practical course (4h) : realization of a tutored group work |
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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 and M.-F. Humblet)
o Chapter 2. Biosecurity applied to horses (H. Amory)
o Chapter 3. Biosecurity applied to large animals (F. Rollin, M. Laitat 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 (D. Marlier)
o Chapter 6. Biosecurity applied to slaughterhouses, cutting-plants and other agro-alimentary industries (M.A. de Schaetzen, N. Korsak and A.L. Rodrigues)
o Chapter 7. Experimental farm (I. Dufrasne)
o Chapter 8. Anatomy (A. Gabriel)
o Chapter 9. Biosecurity in veterinary diagnosis laboratories (D. Cassart)
o Chapter 10. Good Veterinary Practice code (C. Saegerman)
o Chapter 11. 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
Documents available on:
. the e-Campus plateform of the University of Liège
. the Faculty Web site concerning the biosecurity |
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| · Powerpoint slides from the theoretical course, available on eCampus
· Recommended book if you need additional information :
o Lecture critique et communication médicale scientifique. LR Salmi. Elsevier Masson, 2012. 462 p.
· Optional further reading :
o Handbook of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine. P Cockroft, M Holmes. Blackwell Publishing, 2003. 210 p.
o Guide pratique de la médecine factuelle vétérinaire. JM Vandeweerd, C Saegerman. Les Editions du Point Vétérinaire, 2009. 195 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Part I : Biosecurity and Good Veterinary and Farming Practice
. A final written exam consisting in "short answers open questions" (SAOQ) counting for 2/3 of the finale note 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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| The written report of the group work realized in the practical course will count for half the points of EBM of the first session. A final open book written exam consisting in « short answers open questions » will count for the other half of the EBM points of the first session.
The second session evaluation is only based on an open book written exam consisting in « short answers open questions ».
In total, EBM counts for one third of the final score, and biosecurity for the other two thirds. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Non applicable |
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Contacts :
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| Catherine Delguste
04/3664041
cdelguste@ulg.ac.be |
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