Duration
Scientific English II : 44h Mon. WS
Critical appraisal of scientific literature : 4h Th, 4h Mon. WS
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills : 8h Mon. WS
Number of credits
Bachelor in veterinary medicine | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Scientific English II : Véronique Doppagne
Critical appraisal of scientific literature : Sandrina Vandenput
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills : Catherine Delguste, Vinciane Toppets
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
Scientific English II
This English course continues the language training of Veterinary students by focussing on the oral understanding of veterinary information.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
The objective of this theoretical and practical training is to help students read scientific information in a critical way and be prepared for the Evidence-based Medicine approach, which will be developed in master.
Acquired knowledge and skills will prove useful during university education and professional career.
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills
This activity is a sensitization to the importance of developing an adequate professional relationship with clients and other healthcare professionals.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Scientific English II
The objectives of the English course are twofold:
- develop the understanding of scientific information presented orally, and
- reinforce the students' knowledge of the vocabulary of veterinary English through various listening comprehension and note-taking exercises.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
This training will enable students to carry out literacy information research.
It involves a two-pronged approach:
- a theoretical part, in amphitheater, which will enable students (i) to identify the different types of scientific papers, (ii) understand the notion of biased rendering of information, and (iii) skim resources to select the most appropriate data,
- a practical part, given in small groups, which will enable students (i) to acquire the necessary independence to select relevant resources in order to solve a given problem, (ii) to read a scientific paper and assess its quality (method, bias, etc.) using an checklist.
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills
Students will be sensitized to the importance of communication in healthcare, in a veterinary and sometimes also in an interdisciplinary context
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Scientific English II
Thorough knowledge of the veterinary vocabulary and scientific English features seen in the first two veterinary English courses.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
A good knowledge of the document literacy information search processes and tools (VETE2104 course) are necessary.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Scientific English II
Listening comprehension exercises to be done individually following a course schedule given in the presentation session of the course.
There is no automatic entitlement to exemption.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
Four theoretical hours followed by four hours of practical exercises. The course starts in the second quarter (February). It is organized so as to encourage students' active participation.
There is no automatic entitlement to exemption.
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills
Video analysis, simulation, and debriefing
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Scientific English II
Blended learning
Additional information:
Blended learning
Additional information:
The English Listening Practice module of the course consists of graded listening comprehension exercises on eCampus and an exam that will verify the students' ability to take notes during a short lecture and answer precise questions on the topic of the lecture.
In the course of the year there will be six compulsory listening comprehension tests on eCampus and several in-person or online LC exercises. All those tests aim at helping the the students test and improve their ability to understand specialised information given orally. The latter are scheduled on CELCAT.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
In-class course
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
face to face
Recommended or required readings
Scientific English II
The course videos, notes and calendar are on e-Campus.
Course notes (Powerpoint slideshows) are available on eCampus after the exercise sessions.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
Course notes (powerpoint slideshows used during the theoretical course) are available on eCampus.
The reference books listed in the course notes are library resources at the disposal of all students.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
The marks obtained for the different modules of VETE2109 will be merged in a single grade out of 20, with English accounting for 60%. There is no mark for the integration module, but all the module assignments must have been done for the global grade based on the other module to be calculated. Attendance at the integration module classes is compulsory.
The global grade for VETE2109 is a weighted mean of the marks obtained in the two modules of the course, except if one of the two module marks is equal to or smaller than 8.0/20. In this case, it is that fail mark (of 8 or less) that will be used as global grade for the course VETE2109.
In the September (resit) session, the students have to resit only the module for which they did not obtain marks equal to or greater than 10.0/20. They cannot resit module they have already passed.
Partial exemptions (based on pass grades of 10.0 or more in one or more modules) will be carried over from one academic year to the next.
Scientific English II
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
The students' ability to accurately understand veterinary information given orally will be assessed through a compulsory listening comprehension and note-taking test. The students will be asked to listen to a 15-minute veterinary talk and answer MCT questions and a few short-answer open questions based on the notes they have taken.
The English module is assessed twice in January (50% of the module grade) and in June (50% of the module grade). There's only one listening comprehension in the resit exam.
The English grade accounts for 60% of the global grade of VETE2109. However, if the grade for English is less than or equal to 8.00/20, this failed grade will be used as global grade for VETE2109.
In September, the students have to resit only the module(s) for which they did not obtain marks equal to or greater than 10.00/20.
Partial exemptions (based on pass grades of 10.00 or more in one or more modules) will be carried over from one academic year to the next.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Assessment takes place in June together with the English examination.
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Attendance is mandatory
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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Scientific English II
In-class exercises and tutorials and self-assessment online tests taken at home.
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills
FMV, and "pharmacie didactique du CHU" for the interdisciplinary activity
Contacts
Scientific English II
Véronique Doppagne, V.Doppagne@uliege.be
20, rue de Pitteurs, 4020 (Bât L3)
Tél. : 04/366.58.78
Please always use your ULiege email address when sending emails and mention the course code (VETE2109) in the email object field.
Critical appraisal of scientific literature
Sandrina Vandenput, DVM, PhD
ULiège Library | Health Sciences
Email : S.Vandenput@uliege.be
Please always use your ULiege email address when sending emails and mention the course code (VETE2109) in the email object field.
Introduction to occupational and interpersonal skills
Catherine Delguste, 04/366 41 40, cdelguste@uliege.be
Vinciane Toppets, 04/366 40 85, vtoppets@uliege.be
Contact in pharmacy:
Aurore Gaspar, aurore.gaspar@uliege.be