Principles of exercising veterinary medicine

Duration

Welfare and ethics : 10h Th
Veterinary law and deontology : 17h Th
Legal provisions : 13h Th
Meeting with the veterinary profession : 4h Mon. WS

Number of credits

Lecturer

Welfare and ethics : Marc Vandenheede
Veterinary law and deontology : Pascal Gustin, Benoît Kohl, Claude Saegerman
Legal provisions : Hugues Guyot, Claude Saegerman
Meeting with the veterinary profession : Georges Daube

Coordinator

Claude Saegerman

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

Welfare and ethic Animal Welfare can be defined as a dynamic balance state between the animal and its environment. Each animal, as sensitive entity is characterised by specific needs and limited adaptation skills. Exceeding those limits can generate physical and mental suffering affecting both animal health and sustainable management of the farm. Human-animal relationships might also be disrupted. Scientific studies implemented in that field enlightens the ethical debate related to the animal usage by men (« Animal ethic »). The veterinarian place is central in this debate.
Veterinary law and deontology
In the part of the course allocated to deontology (P. Gustin - 5 h), the structure and functioning of the order of veterinaries are explained and the articles of the deontology code are commented.
In the part dedicated to "Law and veterinary medicine" (B. Köhl et C. Saegerman - 12 h), students receive simultaneously an initiation to the Belgian legal system and the essential legal rules to be respected in their professional practice.
Legal dispositions
In the part Legal dispositions in the veterinary practice (C. Saegerman - 8 h), the following chapters are presented:

• Introduction
• Legal framework
• Identification, registration, traceability, mandatory notification, sectorial guides for self-control
• Laboratory information management system (LIMS)
• Epidemiosurveillance in veterinary public health
• Emerging/ re-emerging zoonosis: challenges and opportunities.
• Enzooties
• Epizooties

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The teaching unit aims four distinct learning objectives, i.e.:
1° Welfare and ethic
2° Veterinary law and deontology and legal dispositions
3° Meeting with veterinary professionals
Welfare and ethic

• Animal welfare: definition and contextualization, notions of needs and suffering, appreciation.
• Notions of animal ethic
• Application to animal production
• Application to companion animals
• Application to laboratory animals
• Application to wildlife animals in captivity

• international norms
• laws and decrees
• royal decrees
• ministerial decrees and
• agreements between individuals.

• Presentation of the legal system with a special focus on the legal expert role and function,
• Presentation of the civil responsibility rules, especially in regards to animal facts and professional responsibility insurance,
• introduction on animals sales and redhibitory defects in the case of animal sales and
• a summarised description of the actual enforcement of legal sanctions.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Welfare and ethic

• Construction, functioning and animal behaviour
• Animal productions
• Pathologies
• Open mind

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Welfare and ethic

• Conferences in auditorium (10h)
• Link with the paraclinics of "Veterinary management of animal productions" (VETE2032-A-a): small group debates on a given subject.

• Course in auditorium (17h)
• Interactive session
• The teachers are available at the end of the class in order to answer students' questions.

• Course in auditorium (13h)
• Interactive session largely illustrated by a computer assisted presentation.
• The teachers are available at the end of the class in order to answer students' questions.

• Testimonies from professionals

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

Welfare and ethic

• On campus

• On campus

• On campus

• Presentation in an auditorium

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

• Online theoretical course (lifesize recording or equivalent), accessible via the eCampus platform and largely illustrated by a computer-assisted presentation.
• The teacher is available to students via the Lifesize platform or equivalent to answer questions at the end of the theoretical course.

Recommended or required readings

Welfare and ethic
See files on "My ULg"
Veterinary law and deontology

• Course notes available on e-Campus.
• Code of deontology (http://www.ordre-veterinaires.be/)
• Recommended readings:

• Course notes available at the « Office des cours".
• Reference book: no recommended books but a list of internet websites with available and useful information are mentioned in the course notes.

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 )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Evaluation modalities and criteria:
The meeting with veterinary professionals is no subject to any formal evaluation but effective presence at the meeting is compulsory. Indeed, an absence from this activity gives rise to an overall score of "A" if the absence is unjustified or to an overall grade "E" if the absence is justified. As a result, the VETE2067-1 course will not be credited for the current year and the student will have to submit this course to their "PAE" the following year.


The evaluation, unique and indivisible, concerns 2 distinct learning activities:
1° welfare and ethic (25% of the points)
2°) veterinary law and deontology and legal dispositions (75% of the points).
The final grade is the average of the grades obtained in each of the 2 learning activities mentioned for the teaching unit weighted based on their respective number of hours.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Welfare and ethic

• Marc Vandenheede

• Prof. Benoît Kohl

• Prof. Pascal Gustin

• Prof. Claude Saegerman

• Prof. Claude Saegerman

• Prof. Hugues Guyot

• Dr. Fabiana Dal Pozzo (Amcra): invited reference person for antimicrobial resistance.  
  Meeting with the veterinary profession
  
  
• Prof. Georges Daube, Doyen