Duration
30h Th, 12h Clin. Pr.
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Hélène Amory, Frédéric Billen, Stéphanie Claeys, Catherine Delguste, Sigrid Grulke
Coordinator
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
Learning unit 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 learning unit
- 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 understand the basics of EBM, and apply them to answer clinical questions
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 ecampus.
The evaluation of the practical sessions is a global appreciation of the participation of the student. This appreciation .
The EBM part includes 3 hours of group works. The evaluation of this work can positively modulate the note obtained at the theoretical exam.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face.
Both distance and face-to-face learning for the EBM practicals
Recommended or required readings
Course notes will be available on ecampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
A written exam will be organized on each session.
The final mark results from a common decision of all the co-lecturers. This mark can not be split between the subfields of the course. A final mark < 10/20 will result in the student having to sit the exam again for the entire content of the course.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
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