VETE0500-1

Duration

26h Th, 24h Pr

Number of credits

	Bachelor in veterinary medicine	4 crédits

Lecturer

Annick Gabriel

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Anatomy is the science which study the organisation of living beings. It is the fondation of the teaching of medicine and consists of a necessary introduction to the knowledge of the sound organism and its functions. Veterinary anatomy is general and comparative: it concerns all animal domestic species and describes resemblances and caracteristical differences.
The course anatomy of domestic animals IV is the fourth part of the anatomy course. It comes after anatomy of domestic animals I, II and III
The course will begin with osteology of the neurocranium. Comparative and applied angiology of the head, the central nervous system part I: Introduction: morphology, different parts and vascularization, the cranial nerves with the comparative and applied neurology of the head, the spinal nerves constituting the plexuses with the distribution of nerves, angiology and applied neurology of the thoracic and pelvic limbs and their girdles including topographic anatomy. Sense organs, central nervous system part II: (afferent somatic pathways, special afferent somatic pathways, motor somatic pathways, visceral nervous system and visceral afferent, special afferent and efferent pathways) will be studied. The course will end with the study of the anatomy of birds.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student must be able to cite the general organization of all the studied systems; to describe and draw the morphology of the anatomical structures, to explain their functions, the topography, the innervation and the vascularization. The understanding of the subject is essential to pass the exam.
In practice, the student will have to be able to adapt this knowledge to the professional requirements in the field of clinical sciences, in particular medical imaging, semiology, propaedeutic and surgery, as well as in the context of food inspection. food.
Learnings tips: Anatomy is a big lesson that can be frightening to some students who think they need to learn everything by heart. However, even if long hours of learning are necessary, especially for the acquisition of basic vocabulary and nomenclature, the many links existing with courses in physiology, histology, biochemistry, pathology make the study very interesting . The understanding of the subject is indispensable and proves to be much more important than the knowledge of small sharp details without clinical interest. When one studies, one must start with the "table of contents", then the main titles, the general conformation, the main characteristics and the location, the function, before going on to study the small details. Above all, we must understand what we are studying!

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Successful completion of Anatomy I and II courses and knowledge of Anatomy III course are essential. See below for the prerequisites in the "evaluation" section.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assistance to practical lessons is obligatory.
The student should be able to perform a correct dissection, describe what he dissected, identify the different structures and describe their function. He must also look at the dissections of other students and study them. Students are required to prepare the material before coming to the dissection room. Before each lab session, the student will have to listen to (or re-listen to) the podcasts of the theory course as well as the practical films that are on e-campus. Basic knowledge checks may be done. A file, published on ecampus, will resume, before each dissection, the pieces they will have to dissect and this, in order to better prepare these TPs. A dissection technique guide is available on eCampus to help you complete your dissection, point by point and region by region. Oral examinations of knowledge control will be organized on Fridays of dissection weeks. The order of passage is communicated during the week. These questions are formative but they are also intended to inform the student about his / her level of knowledge and understanding of the subject and to best prepare him for the assessment on the day of the exam. The program provides 24 hours of practical work (TP). These courses are compulsory and complementary to the theoretical courses. They are organized in groups of 50 to 60 students over 2 weeks (10h of dissection and 2h of topographic anatomy / week and a formative interrogation on Friday PM). Schedule adjustments may take place depending on the health situation (covid). Practical work in angiology and applied neurology and topographic anatomy will be performed on the head, fore and hind limbs and their belts. The subject is approached regionally. Storage Instructions At the end of the lab session, you will need to tidy up the practice room and clean the equipment you have used. The dissecting pieces should be collected on a minimum of tables to be put in the fridge. Parts should be covered with a damp cloth to prevent drying out. The buckets of each table must be emptied into the wheelbarrow AND placed under the appropriate table attached by means of a string. The scalpel blades will be thrown into the appropriate yellow bins. It should be checked that no scalpel blade is lying on the tables, the edge of the sinks, etc. The stools will be stacked and stored in a corner of the room. The empty tables and the equipment at your disposal will be cleaned and stored in the room. The last one will check that the fridge door is closed, the faucets are closed and the sinks are no longer flowing. Biosecurity measures:For the practical activities of this UE, the student will have to know and apply the biosecurity rules available at the following address: https://www.fmv-biosecurite.ulg.ac.be/anatomie/marche-a-suivre-unique.
Specific biosecurity rules, linked to the health crisis, have been put in place and will be presented to students in the form of a film which will be posted on the e-campus.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

26 hours of theoric lessons are at the program. The typical horary includes 4 hours of anatomy lessons per week . Assistance to theoric lessons is not compulsory. However, it is strongly advised because the way to address the course is clearly developped and the focus is put on the parts to be known to be able to pass the examination. Schemes and drawings are frequently realised on a graphic tablet, put "online" and permit an easier memorisation. Most of the lessons will be podcast. A revision session can be organised at the end of the year at the request of the students. The matters that are not understood must be transmitted to the delegates that will draw up a list they will transmit to prof Gabriel some days before the session. The theoric lessons and the revision session are the only moments where the theory is developped. The aim of the TPs is for training and practical knowledge and not for teaching!

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Specific health instructions concerning the organization of practical work have been put in place and will be available on e-campus. Adjustments to the practical work schedule may take place and will be available on e-campus, in the file concerning the organisation of the practical work. The students will be distributed over the 2 dissection rooms to reduce the size of the groups as much as possible. They will work in small groups of maximum 5 students throughout the quadrimester. Some formative face-to-face questions may be replaced by online questions.
In first and second sessions, a two-part examination; a theoretical and a practical, will be organized. The 2 exams will take place on the same day, in small groups (5 students), regardless of the color code (yellow or orange) in the anatomy department.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person

Additional information:

In-person
In first and second sessions, a two-part examination; a theoretical and a practical, will be organized.
In the first session, two types of organization are possible depending on the evolution of the health crisis, either the theoretical exam will be organized on the same day for all students, or the 2 exams, theoretical and practical will take place on the same day, in small groups. (15 students), in the anatomy department; in the second session, the theoretical exam will be organized on the same day for all students. The theoretical exam will be written. It counts for 65% of the final mark and will include some true / false (or multiple choice or QRM) questions, short open questions, questions on diagrams and diagrams to be produced / completed. The weighting of the questions will be indicated. To pass the exam, it is essential to have understood the matter and to know how to make sufficiently precise diagrams to explain the functional features. The knowledge of the prerequisites is necessary. If these prerequisites are not acquired, it is impossible to understand the vascularization and the innervation
Specific evaluation objectives and a precise list of diagrams to be able to be carried out will be provided to the students.
The practical exam counts for 35% of the final grade and consists of (1) performing a quality dissection and recognizing and describing the structures highlighted (2) recognizing and describing different structures and their functions and topography. The horaries established for these examinations must be strictly respected. It is very important to know the precise topography of the structures, and to link them to the clinic.
There is no partial exemption within this teaching unit. The student with a mark <10/20 must represent both parts of the exam in the second session
Remote exam
The anatomy exam is not a short open exam.
1st session and 2nd session: The theoretical exam will be oral and will represent 75% of the mark. The practical exam will be oral and will represent 25% of the mark. Specific adapted evaluation objectives will be provided to students as well as precise evaluation methods.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Assistance to practical lessons is obligatory. Any absence from the TP must be made up during the quadrimester, within a time window approved by the assistants. If not, the student may be prohibited from presenting his exam during the first session.
Rather than to waste time to take the presences, the dissections realized by the students will serve as control of presences. Parts put at the disposal the students must be completely dissected and the dissections have to be of quality to allow all the students of the group to benefit from it for their apprenticeship.

Contacts

Prof Annick Gabriel, Tel : 04/366 40 60, annick.gabriel@ulg.ac.be. Students may obtain a rendez-vous (preferate way: by e-mail) if they have any problem.
For practical works: Dr Hélène Leroy ( helene.leroy@uliege.be ), Tel : 04/366 40 61

Pets anatomy IV