Learning objectives
D1: Knowledge and understanding. the course is aimed at teaching knowledge and understanding of the basics of soft tissue surgery.
D2: applying knowledge and understanding. The student should learn
how to apply the acquired knowledge and understanding in the everyday clinical activity for surgical cases.
D3. making judgements.Students must be able to interpret collected
data.
D4: Communication skills. Students should be able to communicate information, ideas, solutions and problems to specialists and clients.
D5: Learning skills. Students must have developed the learning skills
needed to undertake subsequent studies with high degree of
autonomy.
Entry Requirements Pharmacology
Prerequisites
Anantomy, physiology, pharmacology, toxicology, chemoterapy/diagnostic imaging, veterinary surgical pathology
Course unit content
Centesis on small animals.
Bandage. Setting of the operating room. Principles of asepsis and
antisepsis and proper use of
antimicrobials. Basic surgical instruments. Preparation of the surgical field. Preparation of the
surgeon. Cutting and suturing soft tissues in small animals. Enterectomy and cistectomy in small animals, bone marrow withdrawal, application of
a thoracostomy tube. Suture materials, knots and sutures. Drains. Basic reconstructive surgery. Ophalmic examination.
Management and manipulation of horses; clinical examniation of horses with surgical diseases. Anaesthetic blocks in horses.
Full programme
practical lessons in small groups of students during which they learn the suture principles on mannequinis first, then on small animal cadavers, on which they learn to insert a chest drain, an esophageal feeding tube, they learn to perform a bone marrow or bone biopsy. On animals organs, where they perform cystotomy and enterotomy/enterectomy.
On owned dogs and cats students perform ophtalmology visits; on horses they perform the clincial visits and lameness vsit. Anaesthesiology block on horse legs.
Bibliography
Fossum Theresa Welch: Chirurgia dei Piccoli Animali. Masson Editore
Tobias K.M., Johnston S.A. Veterinary Surgery: Small Animal
Teaching methods
Practical activities designed to develop the knowledge gained during the theory lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
The test of the learning results described by the D1 indicator, and partly of indicators 2 and 3 is performed by a practical part during which students have to perform a suture on a fantom, to recognize surgical instruments and prepare a surgical field.
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