Study Programmes 2015-2016
VETE2068-1  
Medicine, dentistry and general surgery for pets and equines, including principles of EBM
Duration :
30h Th, 12h Clin. Pr.
Number of credits :
Master in veterinary medicine (60 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Hélène Amory, Frédéric Billen, Stéphanie Claeys, Catherine Delguste, Sigrid Grulke, Dominique Peeters
Coordinator :
Stéphanie Claeys
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
This teaching unit includes the following chapters:
- general surgery
- wound healing and treatment: companion animals (CA) and horses
- dentistry (CA and horses)
- first consultation in CA
- management of the most frequent clinical situations in CA practice
- management of the most frequent clinical situations in equine practice
- evidence-based (veterinary) medicine (EB(V)M)
Learning outcomes of the course :
- to gain the basic knowledge needed to understand the medical and surgical pathologies seen in bloc 2
- to prepare the students to deal with the most common clinical situations in their future profesional life
- to formulate and answer a question relevant to veterinary medicine, starting from a clinical situation
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Basic knowledge in anatomy and physiology of domestic animals.
EBM: understanding of scientific english, statistics, epidemiology, bibliographic research and information criticism.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Six practical sessions are organized: equine dentistry, equine colic approach, routes of administration and foot examination (EQ), surgical instruments (CA), cutaneous sutures on cadavers (CA), bandages (CA). Presence of the students is MANDATORY. Any delay or absence must be communicated to Nadine Dumont (nadine.dumont@ulg.ac.be). The missed practical session must be followed later by inserting another group after confirmation with Nadine Dumont (for CA sessions) or Audrey Fraipont (for EQ sessions) (audrey.fraipont@ulg.ac.be). Any non excused absence exposes the student to being inadmissible to the theoretical exam.
Films exposing surure techniques, surgical instruments and bandages must be viewed before going to the 3 sessions in CA. Those films are accessible on MyUlg and on the CVU website.
The evaluation of the practical sessions is a global appreciation of the participation of the student. This appreciation may modulate the note obtained at the theoretical exam.
The EBM part includes 3 hours of group works.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face.
Recommended or required readings :
Course notes will be available on MyUlg and ecampus.
Assessment methods and criteria :
A written exam will be organized on each session. A single note will be attributed for the whole teaching unit. No partial exemption will therefore be attributed.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
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