Learning objectives
The students must acquire knowledge and understanding on how to perform a correct clinical examination: general and particular semeiologic examination. They should be able to understand the acquired data, applying knowledge and understanding, showing professional skills and being able to make judgements. Students must show communication and learning skills.
The student must be able to perform a correct radiographic examination. The student must be aware of the radioprotection principles, and demonstrate professional skill in discussing radiographic, ultrasonographic and CT cases. By the end of the stage they should be able to autonomously perfom a surgical and anaesthesiolgy visit on both companion and food producing animals, and to draw a list of differential diagnoses. Moreover, they should demonstrate the ability to appropriately deal with the sterile environment of the surgery suite.
Students are requested to spend a period of time outdoors in equine clinical centre and in the unit of critical care/intensive therapy unit. Students must show, again, communication and learning skills.
Prerequisites
Anatomy, physiology, general pathology, surgical pathology, surgery, diagnostic imaging knowledge
Course unit content
Clinical examination of small and large animal: general and particular semeiologic examination.
The students are directly involved radiographic examinations (positioning of the patient, correct setting of exposure values –kV/mAs, radiographic image acquisition). The student must be aware of the radioprotection principles, and demonstrate professional skill in discussing radiographic, ultrasonographic and CT cases.
Students are involved in surgical and anaesthesiologic procedures of small and large animals.
Students are requested to spend a period of time outdoors in equine clinical centre and in the unit of critical care/intensive therapy unit.
Full programme
Discussion of clinical cases from x-ray, US nadCT during their performance and during the drawing of the resulsts for dogs, cats, horses. Discussion of clinical cases of soft tissue, orthopaedic and emergency surgery and endoscopy during their performance at the OVUD or in the horse private practice.
Bibliography
Thrall DE. Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology, 6th Ed., Elsiever, 2013; Schwarz T, Saunders J: Veterinary Computed Tomography. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
FOSSUM Small animal surgery
3° ed., Mosby, Gennaio 2007
AUER Equine surgery
3° ed.,W.B. Saunders, Dicembre 2005
MC Muhlbauer and SK Kneller: Radiography of the dog and cat: guide to making and interpreting radiographs. 2013, Wiley-Blackell
Teaching methods
Students attend to the different sections of the SSD (radiology, surgery, anaesthesiology) of dogs and cats, and they attend for 1 week a horse private practice.
During their stage, they are directty involve in the performance of radiography, ultrasound and CT scans and in their interpretation. They are involved in the surgical and anaesthesiology examinations. They should always demonstrate the basic knowledge of the subject, needed to properly perform their practical activity.
Assessment methods and criteria
The learning of the subject is daily ascertained by the dialogue with the student on the subject of the practical activity.
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