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2025-2026 / VETE2076-1

Clinical biology

Duration

16h Th

Number of credits

 Veterinary surgeon2 crédits 

Lecturer

Hélène Amory, Frédéric Billen, Kris Gommeren, Elodie Roels

Coordinator

Elodie Roels

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

All chapters covering clinical biology (haematology, coagulation, biochemistry, urinalysis) are addressed, from basic concepts to tests used in daily practice. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of laboratory tests and the relationship between clinical examination and test results.

Examples illustrate the course and are taken from companion animal or equine medicine.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective is to reach the fundamental concepts of clinical biochemistry and veterinary haematology. The main goal is to give students the tools they need to easily tackle clinical biology when they become veterinarians in the field.

The specific objectives for each chapter can be found in the course content tab on eCampus.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Biochemistry courses of the first cycle (Bachelor, 2nd and 3rd years).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Practical works are aimed to helping students to interpret correctly the results from the laboratory.

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

Blended learning


Further information:

The majority of teaching takes place in person in the form of two-hour lectures in the lecture theatre. The general introduction chapter is given in the form of a podcast available on Ecampus.

The chapters devoted to proteins and the specific characteristics of the equine species could be taught remotely by Prof Amory.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

Lecture notes (slides shown during lectures) are available on eCampus.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam


Further information:

The evalution for the veterinary clinical biology course takes the form of a written examination consisting of multiple-choice questions (MCQ) (50%) and short open-ended questions (SOE) (50%).

The final examination mark, whatever it may be, is rounded down to the nearest whole number.


Exemple questions (with answers and feedback) will be available on eCampus to help students prepare for the examination.

If a second session is necessary, the examination will have the same format as in the first session.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

  • Prof. Elodie Roels (course coordinator),
    Email: eroels@uliege.be
  • Secretariat: Lorena Macas Macas (lmacas@uliege.be)
  • Prof. Amory, Dr Billen, Prof. Gommeren (co-lecturers)

Association of one or more MOOCs