Duration
320h Pers. Res.
Number of credits
| Veterinary surgeon | 15 crédits |
Lecturer
Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux, Carole Charlier, Geoffroy de la Rebière de Pouyade, Christophe Desmet, Tom Druet, Keith Durkin, Kris Gommeren, Anne-Christine Merveille, Elodie Roels, Alexandra Salciccia, Sandrina Vandenput, Dominique Votion
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
Paragraph 126 of the "décret paysage" of the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles states: "All University study programmes leading to a graduate degree must comprise a Final Degree Work (FDW) accounting for 15 to 30 credits. This FDW concerns any teaching activity, including training, practical and other professional-learning activities, to emphasize the following qualities of the students: autonomy, criticism, personal qualities and professional competences. The FDW comprises at least a written manuscript which, with ageements of the jury members and academic authorities, can be written in a foreign language".
All information regarding the organization and the realisation of the FDW the presentation and the explanation of the evaluation criteria, the recommandations to the authors,
different email contact addresses and the deadlines to send the documents are present on the website of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (URL: FMV - TFE (uliege.be)).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The general objectives of the Final Degree Work (FDW) are part of a double context
The preliminary works of the Faculty Commission allowed to identify 6 competencies the students should acquire during their studies. The FDW can contribute to two of them, the first being to develop the expertise allowing an efficient professional practice and adaptation to its constant evolution, the second the ability to establish professional relationships with the various contacts.
The first one aims at training the students to a continuous professional development process and to incite them to scientificaly contribute to the advancement of the veterinary science and practice, and to make them aware of research methodologies and evidence-based medicine, keeping a critical mind.
The second one aims at appropriately communicating by writing in a complete, clear, exact and synthetic manner, but also orally with customers, colleagues, authorities and other collaborators.
As more specific objectives, the FDW should contribute to teach the future practioner to :
- define a subject or a question related to the veterinary practice or research which should be relevant, original, interesting and prone to be developped ;
- critically and scientifically analyse, develop and solve the abovementioned question ;
- Write synthetically and in a structured way the collected informations ;
- work autonomously, interact in an adapted manner with the promoter, and request for help if necessary
- orally present and argue on the work
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The co- and prerequisite teaching units are detailed in the courses program
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The planned learning activities may slightly differ depending on the topics and the teaching environment, but essentially consist in (i) meetings and seminars to define the topic, report on the work progress and improve or reorientate it if useful or necessary, (ii) individual work consisting in collecting, analysing and criticizing information related to the topic and from varying sources, but ultimately from the scientific literature, (iii) experimental research, clinical cases analysis, or other activities in direct connection with the topic, (iv) critical analysis and written presentation of the results on a synthetic, exact and scientific way, (v) oral presentation and argumentation of the results face-to-face to a jury.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The FDW is performed over a one-year period.
The mode of delivery is a combination of face-to-face and individual or distance learning, according to the learning activities as mentioned at the above paragraph.
The guidelines for performing the TFE, as well as the learning objectives are described in the FDW guide hosted on the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine intranet site (URL: FMV - TFE (uliege.be)).
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Scientific literature related to the chosen topic. The lecture notes common to all FDW consist of the FDW guide available on the Faculty's web site and some additional informations on e-campus.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
- Remote
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Assessment must be continuous and coherent, i.e. in line with the general and specific objectives of the TFE. It must be both formative and certificative. An assessment grid is provided in the appendix to the TFE guide. It helps to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the work and its objectives. By formative assessment, we mean the recommendations made in writing or orally by the tutor to improve the student's work and thus make them more competent.
Certifying assessment means assessment which results in a final mark out of 20. This should conform to a grading scale suggested in the TFE guide.
This mark, awarded by the jury, takes into account:
- the year's work (regularity of exchanges, autonomy, spirit of initiative, continuous progression of work, etc.)
- the finished work (manuscript)
- the oral presentation, including (i) the presentation of the work (quality of the slides, clarity of the presentation, adherence to the time limit) and (ii) the answers to the jury's questions (responsiveness, accuracy, thoughtfulness, honesty).
Tutors and members of the jury are offered an assessment aid grid, in which specific learning objectives are defined. It can be found in the appendix to the TFE guide.
Work placement(s)
There is no requirement for a work placement, but the final study stage work placement could be the basis of the FDW, eventually under the form of a portfolio.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
All organisational informations are indicated in the « guide du TFE » and « Calendrier du TFE » available on the Faculty Web site (URL: FMV - TFE (uliege.be) ).
Contacts
- Coordinator: Prof. Jean-Luc Hornick. Tel: 04/366 41 31. email: jlhornick@uliege.be
- Bibliographic research and interpretation: Dr Sandrina Vandenput. Tel: 04/366 4194. email: S.Vandenput@uliege.be
- Administration contact: Mrs Murielle Hermans. Tel: 04/366 41 14. email: Murielle.Hermans@uliege.be