Learning objectives
The students must acquire knowledge and understanding about the therapeutic protocols for animals and for critically ill animals in intensive care.
In particular, the student should be able to:
1) Know the correct clinical and monitoring process, as well as the methods of administering drugs in critical situations. Be able to understand and use the scientific terminology of the disciplines (knowledge and understanding).
2) To be able to use the knowledge acquired in situations characterized by the involvement of several organs, mainly acute, in subjects of different age groups, to demonstrate the ability to quickly and rationally interpret emergency situations in terms of drug interactions during polytherapy (applying knowledge and understanding).
3) At the end of the lessons, the student must demonstrate that he is able to perform a correct approach to the hospitalized patient, and to have understood the knowledge related to the various topics covered during the theoretical-practical lessons, and to know how to correlate them to the various organizational levels (autonomy of judgment).
4) The student must demonstrate that he can clearly communicate the knowledge learned using a language appropriate to the interlocutors (communication skills).
5) The student, in addition to demonstrating that he is able to correlate, integrate and manage the knowledge imparted in interdisciplinary areas, must demonstrate that he has developed skills that make him largely autonomous in the management of knowledge (learning skills).
The teaching materials during any frontal lessons (eg slides) will be available on Elly
Prerequisites
Nessuno
Course unit content
The students will spend part of the course hours in practical attivities with critically ill animals in intensive care unit; moreover, the students will partecicpate and discuss clinical cases presented to the visit for illnesses which could need an intensive care.
Some theoretical lessons on the management of critically hill veterinary patients will also be held, as well as the discussion of clinical cases of intensive care.
Full programme
There is no pre-established program, but situations are faced in a normal clinical setting of a hospital with an emergency department active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, addressing the cases that arise from time to time.
Bibliography
Timothy B Hackett, Elisa M Mazzaferro. Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Procedures, Wiley Ed.
Teaching methods
the students, together with the tutor, partecipate in the clinical management of cases in the intensive care unit; they monitor the general health and administer drugs according to the proposed schedule. They fill in the daily clinical records and discuss the cases with the clinical staff. Students are also involved in the interactive discussion of clinical cases with the teacher.
Assessment methods and criteria
Practical examination: students will be asked to demonstrate that they have reached a good level of knowledge and understanding in discussing a clinical case. Students must be able to apply their knowledge and comprehension skills, 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.
Students with SLD, BES or disabilities must send requests to be able to take advantage of compensatory and/or dispensatory measures at the exam site at least 10 working days before the date scheduled for the exam by email addressed to the professor in charge of the course and in cc to the Department contact person (list of contact persons and related email addresses available here http://cai.unipr.it/it/student-con-dsa-e-con-bes/42/) and to the Reception and Inclusion Center (cai@unipr.it).
Other information
Lo studente durante la pratica deve avere un abbigliamento composto da camice, green e calzature sterilizzabili.
During the practical activity in the hospital the student must have clean scrubs, gown and shoes (no orange, yellow or red).
