Duration
40h Clin.
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The student will be educated by means of a clinical training based on the radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations realized during the day on the patients referred to the imaging service.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Initiate the students to the diagnostic imaging techniques routinely used in veterinary medicine;
- Learn the principles of radiographic interpretation;
- Learn how to correlate the radiographic differential diagnosis to the clinical findings.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- anatomy
- manual restrain
- content of the previous year course in diagnostic imaging
- objectives of the clinical training of the previous year
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Hands-on in radiographic technique and ultrasonography.
Supervised training in image interpretation.
Filling of the activities in the Log Book.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Teaching is adapted to the choosen option. A rotation between the different activities of the imaging service will be organized: radiographic interpretation, radiographic technique and ultrasonography. Specific hands-on in radiographic technique and ultrasonography are planned.
Presence at the clinic is mandatory between 8.30AM and 5PM. Each student should be identified by a badge with her/his name and surname.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
The presence in the clinic will be organized following the sanitary rules. On-line activity may be proposed if the entire group of students should be excluded from the clinic. The teaching involves anyway some self-learning activities that are done on line autoinomously by each student.
Recommended or required readings
No specific notes.
Suggested readings:
An Atlas of Interpretative Radiographic Anatomy of the Dog & Cat » ; COULSON, LEWIS ; 2002, Blackwell Science Ltd, ISBN 0-632-04078-5
« Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology » ; Thrall ; 2012, Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, ISBN: 9781455703654
« Atlas of Normal Radiographic Anatomy and Anatomic Variants in the Dog and Cat » ; Thrall, Robertson, 2015, Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, ISBN: 9780323312257
« Clinical Radiology of the Horse » ; Butler, Colles, Dyson, Kold, Poulos, 2008, Blackwell Science Ltd, ISBN: 978-1-4051-7108-3
"BSAVA Manuals" about Imaging
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 ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Final written exam. Validation of competences using the Log-book and participation to the clinical activity may influence the final score.
The exam will be organized in presence or on-line depending on the sanitary conditions.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The presence at the clinic is mandatory. Every absence should be notified in advance.
Contacts
Valeria Busoni, coordinatrice, vbusoni@ulg.ac.be
Géraldine Bolen, gbolen@ulg.ac.be