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 of CT imaging of dogs, cats, horses. Discussion of clinical cases of soft tissue and emergency surgeries, also with the aid of movies.
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
Due to COVIFD-19 pandemic, the practical traing will be held online, by sghowing and discussing clinical cases about diagnostic imaging, soft tissue surgery and anaesthesiology.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral/practical examination: students will be asked to demonstrate that they have reached a good level of knowledge and understanding regarding the clinical cases studied. They are requested to discuss topics on surgical pathology, clinical surgery and diagnostic imaging (radiology, ultrasonography, CT). They will be requested to apply their knowledge and understanding.
Students must be able to apply their knowledge and comprehension capacities, showing a professional approach to their work. They should have adequate skills in discussion of their ideas and in problems' solving. Students must be able to collect and discuss data, in order to develop their own independent judgements.
Other information
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