Pets anatomy III

Duration

22h Th, 24h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Annick Gabriel

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

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 III is the third part of the anatomy course. It comes after anatomy of domestic animals I and II of the second year of the bachelor grade.The IV anatomy course for which it is a pre-requisite will follow.
The course will begin with general angiology (heart, arteries, veins and lymphatics) and general neurology (basic anatomical vocabulary, divisions of the nervous system, sense of information, peripheral nervous system: spinal nerves, autonomic nervous system. Topographical anatomy, angiology and applied neurology of the neck, thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities will then be studied. Comparative foetal anatomy will also be studied

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

Knowledge of anatomy courses I and II is indispensable. See this later in the section " evaluation ".

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 55 students, spread over 2 dissection rooms 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 neck and trunk (thorax, abdomen and pelvic cavity). 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)

22 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. 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 theoretical exam will be written and will be organized face-to-face on the same day for all students, the practical exam will be oral and organized in small groups, regardless of the color code (yellow or orange) in the anatomy department.


 

Recommended or required readings

Reference books
Course notes (word), course materials, power points, course reference diagrams are available on e-campus. The diagrams produced during the course will be deposited as the course evolves on e-campus. They contain all the information you need to pass the exam.
Dyce, Sack and Wensing. Textbook of veterinary anatomy. Ed. W.B. Saunders Company
Advised readings:
Sissons and Grossman's. The anatomy of the domestic animals. Volume 1. Ed. W.B. Saunders.
Anatomy of the dog. Miller, Christensen and Evans. Ed. W.B. Saunders Company
A color atlas of clinical anatomy of the dog and cat. J.S.Boyd. Wolfe Publishung Ltd.
Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques. Barone R. Angiology, Nervous system (Tomes 5, 6 et 7)

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

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

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

In-person exam
In the second session, the theoretical exam will be organized on the same day for all students and will be written. It counts for 70% 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. Knowledge of the prerequisites is essential for the success of the exam. If these prerequisites are not acquired, it is impossible to understand vascularization and innervation. Specific evaluation objectives and a precise list of diagrams to be able to be produced were provided to the students.
The practical exam counts for 30% of the final grade and consists of recognizing and describing different structures as well as 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.
The exam will consist of 2 parts, one written and one oral. The written exam will include part of the theoretical exam, representing 25% of the mark. The oral exam will include the practical exam, representing 30% of the mark and the 2nd part of the theoretical exam, representing 45% of the mark, which will be accessible to students who have obtained a minimum mark of 11.25 / 25 to written theory exam

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.
Pour tout ce qui concerne les travaux pratiques: Dr Hélène Leroy ( helene.leroy@uliege.be ), Tel : 04/366 40 61